We could tell you why Forge is a must for commercial contractors. But why not hear it from the contractors themselves? 👇 PS: Forge tickets are going fast — grab yours before it's too late. Can't wait to see you in sunny San Diego 😎🤙 buildops.com/forge

Every commercial contractor runs two sets of numbers whether they mean to or not. Work progresses in the field while invoices, payments, purchase orders, receipts, labor and material costs move separately toward the books. Labor is the sharpest gap. The field books hours at a blended rate, but the real payroll cost, including taxes, burden, prevailing wage and fringe, lands later and often never makes it back to the job. On a prevailing wage job, the premium can run about 30 dollars an hour over the burden rate the field is watching. So the margin a project manager watches all month is not the margin finance books at the end of it. Nobody finds out until close, and by then the crew has moved on and there is nothing left to recover. Finance Hub closes that gap by putting a governed ledger inside BuildOps between the two systems. Transactions are validated, coded and approved there before they post. Exceptions surface in near real-time when they happen rather than at month end. Periods close and stay closed. Every financially significant action is written to an audit record. Job cost and work in progress refresh from the same ledger, so the field and finance finally read one number. Take a closer look at Finance Hub: buildops.com/features/financ…

We benchmarked 1,500+ commercial contractors and found that the top 20% collect cash 62% faster, pull 65% more revenue per technician, and win 14 more points on every quote. Now you can see where your shop sits, and what closing the gap is actually worth. Run your numbers (takes about 3 minutes): roi.buildops.com

BuildOps just took home Project Management Solution of the Year from @PropTech_Awards. BuildOps was built because commercial contractors deserve a platform that works as hard as they do. For the crews keeping hospitals cool, schools running, and buildings safe — the work behind the scenes that nobody sees until it stops. Awards are great to have. But what matters more is watching contractors close out work faster, spot problems earlier, and grow without adding back-office headcount. Huge thank you to the contractors who trust us with their work and the team behind the product. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is headlining #Forge2026, the biggest event for commercial contractors, this November in San Diego. Can’t wait to see him in a room full of the teams that keep the lights on and the data centers humming. Third-generation racer. 50 wins, 2 championships, 2 Daytona 500s, 15 straight years as NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver, Hall of Fame since 2021 — and now owner, broadcaster, author, and founder. He’s lived the same math contractors do every day: good day vs. bad day usually isn’t luck, it’s whether the team nailed the prep. That’s why he belongs on the Forge 2026 stage in San Diego this November. buildops.com/forge?utm_sourc… #AllSystemsGo.

Proud to partner with @lumberfi_inc to connect BuildOps field data directly into Lumber’s Canadian payroll engine—giving contractors one connected system from job site to general ledger, with compliance and job costing handled automatically.

Revenue that used to sit in visit notes is finally getting picked up. AI recommendations are viewed 12x more often than a year ago, turning technician notes from completed visits into thousands of new sales opportunities each quarter.

Document scanning is up nearly 9x year over year. OpsAI pulls line items off supplier invoices and POs, helps invoices draft themselves, and cuts roughly 80% of the manual data entry behind purchasing and billing.

Over the last 12 months, monthly active AI users inside BuildOps grew 17x across more than 1,500 commercial contractors 🧵 For example, techs now run 100,000+ equipment nameplate scans in a single month. They take a photo, #OpsAI reads the plate, and the asset record fills in:

3 keynote speakers who raised the bar at the biggest event for commercial contractors. Forge has a history of bringing in keynote speakers people talk about long after they leave the stage. And Forge 2026 is about to shift into another gear. Get your tix buildops.com/forge?utm_sourc…

This is a big one. ACG Los Angeles recognized BuildOps with this year’s Industry Transformation award, and we’re fired up 🔥. Huge moment for us and the work we’re doing to help contractors. Shoutout to our team, customers, and partners who are building this with us. 💚

Most project tools were built for the GC. Not for the specialty contractors actually doing the work. That’s why we built Projects. A project system built for the trades. buildops.com/platform/projec…

Big news: Dzmitry Markovich joins BuildOps as our new CTO. He scaled engineering at Dropbox through its IPO, led the function at Apollo.io, and has been advising us since 2023. Now he's here to build what's next for OpsAI and the trades. bit.ly/48CcRSk

You were there. You remember. THE event made for commercial contractors, and it's coming back. Lock in your ticket before early bird ends May 6. Save some 🤑. And if you weren't there? Be in this photo next time. Forge 26. November 4–6. San Diego. buildops.com/events/forge/?u…

You shouldn’t have to spend your nights stitching together Dailies just to figure out what got done. From To-do to Done shows how crew level reports, tasks & drawings all roll into one workflow so the job tells on itself. Hit the link & grab a spot bit.ly/4tg5APr

Day 4 of #NationalApprenticeshipWeek is about what real mentorship looks like. Greg Crumpton (40+ years in HVAC) is backing 20-year-old tech Henry Kneeland as he builds his career. One mentor, one apprentice.

Day 3 of #NAW2026 : Brooke Liang, steam fitting and welding apprentice. She walked away from a nursing track, found welding and steamfitting, and helped start Sisterhood of Trades so women in the trades don’t have to do it alone.

Day 2 of #NationalApprenticeshipWeek: Karly Rolls Hoehn, Rolls Mechanical. Her take on “I can’t find anyone good”: you have to build them. Rolls keeps apprentices on-site year-round, brings in interns every summer, & has leaders who started as shop hands & worked their way up.

Kicking off National Apprenticeship Week #NAW2026 with Angie Simon. After leading Western Allied Mechanical, she co-founded Heavy Metal Summer Experience and put high school students on real jobsites across 51 camps in North America.

This year’s spring cleaning list: • The “don’t erase this” corner of the whiteboard • Stacks of printed job and cost spreadsheets • Every work order that only exists on paper Box up the old system and kick it to the curb. What’s the first thing you’d toss in the box? 🧽

If we keep selling HVAC as “hot roofs and hard days,” we’ll keep losing the next gen. On Commercial Grade, Curtis Perry Jr. shows how that same work can turn into controls, chillers, boilers, project management, sales, and leadership. piped.video/ahiYd5EhZJ0

Weak cost controls on small jobs? Manageable. On larger projects? One thing goes sideways and the boulder's already in motion. The best contractors read it in the first 25%, not the last. Full conversation here: piped.video/watch?v=hRuRAH5m…

Three open jobs. Twelve techs. One dispatcher making the right call in under a minute. That's what happens when OpsAI pulls skills, certs, and distance — and recommends the best fit before you have to think twice. bit.ly/488YDYP

April is that customer who calls you in the rain and expects you to remember every nut and bolt on the unit. OpsAI Smart Asset Recap pulls the whole story on your phone in a couple taps so you fix instead of guess.

“Pressures look good” is table stakes. In our new Commercial Grade ep, Curtis Perry Jr. walks through how he really runs a no-cool call: superheat, subcooling, airflow, filters, cleanup, and hunting for the quiet issues that blow up later. piped.video/ahiYd5EhZJ0

A breakup letter to every whiteboard holding a multi-million-dollar project together with dry-erase markers and a prayer. Swipe through. Tag someone who's still in this relationship.

The book that secretly designs BuildOps. Fast Company tapped our Head of Design, Roger Wong, to share his most influential business read. fastcompany.com/91520886/23-…

Philly contractors: trade the jobsite for The Bank on May 1. Breakfast & lunch on us, real-talk roundtables, and a backstage tour of the Home of the Phillies with the sharpest shops in the region. Lock in your spot now, this one’s going to be good. 🔗 buildops.com/citizens-bank-p…

Experienced techs are walking out with years of know-how. This convo with Manja and Abby from BuildOps is about how one mechanical shop started breaking that bottleneck. If you’ve got even one senior tech you can’t afford to lose, grab your seat: bit.ly/4mnDEar

Experienced techs are walking out with years of know-how. This convo with Manja and Abby from BuildOps is about how one mechanical shop started breaking that bottleneck. If you’ve got even one senior tech you can’t afford to lose, grab your seat: bit.ly/4cfS2Nc

Ever had an inspector fail your job & try to shake you down for $300 “just because”? Wilson didn’t pay. He knew the code, his numbers, and pushed back. The episode is contractor-to-contractor truth on margin, culture, and why we lose so many apprentices. piped.video/watch?v=zCQAtXU6…

Shifts that cross midnight used to mean blocked timesheets and payroll headaches. Not anymore. BuildOps now handles overnight time entries, next-day timestamps, accurate break tracking, clearer clock-in/clock-out, on web and mobile.

If your team only knows how to clear tickets, AI will just help you screw up faster. Our CEO Alok Chanani breaks down why AI is as much culture as it is tools, & why contractors who truly know the work and the customer are about to lap everyone else. forbes.com/councils/forbeste…

RFIs in portals, CORs in Excel, submittals in inboxes. Time to connect it all. Live April 8 with Alex Manske and Alex Crumb. Register here: buildops.com/resources/2026-…

You’re already doing the work; now it’s time to get full credit for it. In 30 minutes, we’ll show how BuildOps turns every RFI, submittal, and COR into one connected record so OpsAI keeps documents and your pay apps moving while your crews keep building. buildops.com/lp/wb-2026-04-a…

Layer One was killing it in the field and getting buried in the office. They finally upgraded their system and got about a week back every month. buildops.com/resources/layer…

Full apprenticeship classes. Empty crews. It’s not a pipeline problem. Wilson Matthew Betances explains why the next gen. isn’t soft ... they’re done putting up with 1980s jobsite culture, and what leaders need to change if they want people to stay. piped.video/zCQAtXU6EcY?si=RVUW…

Last year: talking about tech + AI This year: actually pushing it Forge 2026 · Nov 4–6 · San Diego Early bird pricing is live. Don’t wait. buildops.com/events/forge/?u…

Big news at BuildOps 🎉 We’re welcoming Will Lehrmann as our new Chief Product Officer to help power the next chapter of our AI-native platform for commercial contractors. More here: constructiondive.com/press-r…

Techs shouldn’t have to dig through years of tickets just to figure out what’s going on with a unit. OpsAI gives them a quick recap right on mobile, so they roll up knowing what’s been tried, what’s still open, and what to do next.

If we want more young people in the trades, we’ve got to train them better. Don’t just hand them a certificate. Stack 50 real jobsite skills in 50 weeks. End the year with a real apprentice, not just a name on paper. Watch Manja Horner’s full breakdown: lnkd.in/gPsMdN4g

80% of contractors still track bids with spreadsheets and email. That breaks down at scale. We sat down with Rob Harris, EVP at JH Kelly, to talk high-stakes bids — what to take, when to walk. Full webinar: piped.video/watch?v=hRuRAH5m…

Megaprojects are stacking up in a few states, but everyone feels the pressure sooner or later. Open the map, pick your state, and see how the work is shifting around you: bit.ly/3PAgktD

See the issue. Log it. Done. RFIs on mobile let crews capture field questions directly from drawings, markups, photos, and context all attached. No desktop. No delays. No lost handoffs. Check out more from our product drop here: buildops.com/resources/built…

The trades don’t run without women. From the jobsite to the back office, women keep every visit and every project moving. This #InternationalWomensDay, with a growing labor gap in the trades, we’re celebrating all the ways women build — and the roles we need more women in.

By the time people start saying “that’s not our problem,” the real damage is already done. In his new Forbes piece, our CEO Alok Chanani unpacks how blame signals organizational decay—and how to rebuild real ownership across teams. forbes.com/councils/forbeste…

That one person in your shop who can fix anything—but never wrote any of it down? New Commercial Grade ep with RC Victorino & Manja Horner on what that costs the trades and how to pass the knowledge on faster. Watch/listen: piped.video/pgbSKz-2vg4?utm_sou…

Residential proved how far great customer experience can go, easy booking, clear updates, and no surprises. Commercial customers now expect the same. Here’s what contractors can learn from residential and how to apply it on every job: buildops.com/resources/what-…

Forbes just named BuildOps one of America’s Best Startup Employers 2026, our 4th year in a row on the list. We’re #54 in the U.S. and #1 in Santa Monica, building for the crews who keep hospitals, airports, and data centers running at 3 a.m. Full story: forbes.com/lists/americas-be…