Benefits

iBUILD effectively manages sales transactions in an orderly and timely fashion. To facilitate the sales processes, iBUILD provides the sales staff with numerous documents that are pre-populated with client information and job information. The pre-population action takes place when the sales person creates the new job. Major time savings as well as major reduction to sales staff paperwork and data entry requirements.

• All sales documents are readily accessible online and in real-time from any device (pc, laptop, tablet or smartphone).
• A sales person can request a printout of any document right from their smartphone.
• iBUILD also provides documents that are required by law, as well as
• Sales supplementary forms, sales acknowledgements and waivers designed to protect you the builder from situations that can arise during your builder / client interactions.

Benefits

iBUILD creates a builder, client, developer, supplier on-line real-time interactive platform to effectively manage the client’s house design, exterior and interior selections processes in an orderly and timely fashion.

• During the house design process, iBUILD provides the client the ability to upload any plans, drawings, sketches or pictures right from their smartphone.
• The clients on-line exterior selections process populates all quote requests and purchase orders related to the exterior selections areas for their job.
• As part of the client online interior selections process, if a client exceeds any category allowance the iBUILD system automatically creates a change order as well as purchase order for the overage and passes the PO particulars onto your on-line accounting system.

The processes described above result in huge savings in time, paperwork and data entry, all awhile eliminating errors.

Benefits

• To manage the purchasing Purchase Order (PO) processes in a timely fashion, the iBUILD system automatically creates a PO at the instant a QR is accepted
• To facilitate a number of iBUILD’s reporting processes, the vendors names on accepted PO’s populate;
  • the budget detail report and quote request master list
  • the Purchase Order detail report and PO master list
  • the client/supplier interactive interior selections appointments schedule
  • the construction schedule
  • the warranty trade/supplier work orders module
• In addition, the iBUILD system sends the PO information, which includes a pre-coded job number and Work In Progress (WIP) account number, across to your on-line accounting system to facilitate vendor invoicing payment processing and transaction recording.

Benefits
iBUILD ‘s builder, trade/supplier on-line real-time interactive construction scheduling platform is based on data collected over 40 years of building experience and is totally unique to iBUILD.

• iBUILD ‘s unique scheduling system allows a site supervisor or manager to enter a start date & approximate number of months he/she feels the build could take, in seconds the system provides the site supervisor with a customized but modifiable construction schedule for the entire project in a sequential itemized detailed critical path format, broken down into 7 manageable phases and at the same time informs he/she the exact number of months the build should take along with a projected possession date.
• Before locking the schedule, the supervisor has the opportunity to tweak the schedule by changing the number of days for a select number of major players in the schedule (e.g. framing, plumbing, heating, electrical etc.) and upon doing so the system will re-calculate the entire schedule and provides a revised number of months and revised possession date. This process can be repeated until the supervisor is content with the resulting schedule.
• Once the supervisor is happy with the schedule he/she can then start the on-line interactive scheduling process that involves trades and suppliers changing and/or confirming their suggested start dates, this interactive process is totally unique to iBUILD.

Benefits

• iBUILD’s modelling system provides builders the capability to create a full working model of a design they feel could be very popular. Once the model is created they then have the ability to quickly create jobs from the model, without having to re-invent the wheel.
• A working model meaning, the model is set-up with a thorough and complete budget with all supporting construction documentation. This information is then readily available to populate each new job that is created from the model.
• Models are huge, huge time savers.

Unique Features
iBUILD Provides the Builder with Price Book Options and Assemblies in the Following Major Areas That Can, With A Simple Click, Instantly Populate Change Orders & PO’s For FASTER Document Handling and Processing.

• Security, Home Automation, Entertainment and Central Vac
• Exterior Finishing
• Insulation and Drywall
• Painting
• Cabinets and Vanities
• Interior Finishing
• Shower Doors, Shelving and Glass
• Railing, Spindles, Stub-walls, Stairs
• Flooring
• Appliances

Benefits
In some jurisdictions builders are required by law to have purchased a new home warranty policy with a registered new home warranty company/provider for each new home that they build. These policies can range from 5 to 10 years. In addition to purchasing a new home warranty policy, builders are are also required to provide a 1-year warranty service program to each client which starts from the day the customer takes possession of their new home. To effectively manage a builders 1-year warranty service program processes in an orderly and timely fashion, iBUILD created a builder / client on-line real-time interactive platform.

• iBUILD’s platform allows a client to login and generate a general warranty service request at anytime, if it’s an emergency situation that could deteriorate out of control or wait until the builders regular designated times at 6-month and 12-month intervals for non-emergency issues
• the iBUILD platform then allows you the builder to categorize the clients warranty items by trade then easily transfer the categorized items to trade assigned work orders

• Sales Documents Required by Law (3)
• Sales Contracts (9) Types Available
• Sales Supplementary Forms (10)
• Sales Acknowledgements & Waivers (14)
• Sales Letters (6)
• Design Letters (5)
• Construction Letters (9)
• Warranty Letters (27)
• Job Surveys (2)
• Detailed Housing Specifications (Provided with One Example but A Builder Can Create as Many as They Need)

• Detailed Trades & Suppliers Scopes of Work (59)
• Detailed Trades & Suppliers Quality Control Checklists (59)
• Vendor (Trade & Supplier Partners) Contract Agreement (1)
• System Administrative Manuals (6)
  • Client Home Maintenance & Limited Warranties Guide
  • Client Purchase, Design, Selections, Construction & Warranty Processing Guide
  • Departmental Job Descriptions & Procedures Manual
  • Employee Employment Policies Manual
  • Ready-To-Move (RTM) Plant Management Requirements Manual
  • Safety Manual

Client View

• Shows Construction progression photos
• DownLoad all Sales Contracts
• Selection Appointment date options for Product Selection
• See real-time house cost summary
• Product Selection Tools
• Initial House Plan Tools
• Download Blueprint, Grade Slip, and Plot plan

Trade View

• Quote Request bid
• Download Blueprints, House specifications and Related Scope of Work
• Product Select Tool
• Interior Product Selection Appointment Tool
• Initial House Plan Tool
• Construction Schedule update Tool

Developer View

• Exterior Selection Approval Tool
• Initial Lot Inspection Form/Photo
• Final Lot Inspection Form/Photo
• Download Blueprint, Grade Slip, and Plot Plan

• When negotiating with a potential client, iBUILD’s on-line job cost summary report allows, you the builder, to quickly enter a margin % in a job mark-up box which automatically calculates the sales dollar value and gross margin dollar value calculated on your job cost projections. This action can be repeated as many times until you’re satisfied with the projected gross margin profit dollars. This process can even be handled discreetly on your smartphone while having a mid-day luncheon meeting with a potential client before a decision is made to enter into a construction agreement.

• iBUILD’s Job Actuals vs. Budget with Variances Report pulls the Job Budgeted Cost Dollars from the iBUILD System, at the same time pulls the Actual Job Dollars from your online integrated Accounting System. Performing this task daily on all your Active Jobs ensures you will be made aware immediately of any issues going off the rails so that corrective actions can be taken in order to maintain your projected gross margins. This report informs you daily if your making money or not. A must report for business planning.

Features

• Job Budgets / Cost Summary
• Job Cash Flow Requirements Reporting
• Job Actuals vs. Budget with Variances Reporting

Benefits

• At time of set-up between iBUILD and QuickBooks Online
  • With just one click on the QuickBooks Online icon in iBUILD, iBUILD quickly performs all the necessary hand shaking processes, so to speak, between iBUILD and your specified version of QuickBooks Online in order to facilitate the daily transactions processing between the two applications.

• Daily interactions between iBUILD and QuickBooks Online
  • Each time a new job is created in iBUILD, iBUILD immediately interfaces with QuickBooks Online to set-up a WIP sub-account for the new job, ready to receive transactions. Accounting never again has to manually get involved in this process.
  • Each time a PO is created in iBUILD, iBUILD once again, immediately interfaces with QuickBooks Online and creates a PO transaction in QuickBooks Online. The PO info when sent over, includes a pre-coded job number and work in progress (WIP) account number to facilitate the vendor invoice/PO match up payment processing and WIP account entry recording.

Benefits

• iBUILD’s safety program is fully integrated into the entire system to ensure all parties employees, clients, trades and suppliers;
  • First, acknowledge your safety program by reading and signing specific documents designed for each party
  • Second, clients, trades & suppliers are reminded of your safety program each time they log into your builders system
• With iBUILD’s safety program, if properly implemented and followed, a builder will be able to prove due diligence thus should never have to face any heafty fines or even prison terms