The verbal request becomes a dispute
A change requested at a site meeting is carried out, then contested at final account time. Without a dated request or approved minutes, the amendment is negotiated instead of being recorded.
By trade Project management software for construction
Project management software for construction has to follow what happens around the site as much as the site itself: the milestones promised to the project owner, the committees, the requests that will become amendments, the other companies on the works, then maintenance after delivery. pylotik manages these commitments with the project owner, for contractors, project management firms and engineering firms.
The problem
What weakens a construction project.
The technical skills are there. What is missing is a shared record of what was promised, requested and decided.
Several companies, no overall view
The structural work, the technical trades and the finishing each move forward on their own schedule. One trade's delay carries over to the next, and nobody sees it coming in time.
Teams committed to too many sites
The site manager follows several projects at once. Without a workload plan, the date promised to the project owner ignores their other commitments.
In practice
What pylotik brings to construction.
Plans, models and site tools stay where they are. What changes is that commitments, committees and decisions no longer live in emails.
Milestones and committees with the project owner
Milestones, site committees and their minutes are held in the tool. The project owner approves the minutes, refuses them with a reason or asks for a correction; failing that, approval is tacit at the agreed deadline.
Amendments built on facts
A change request is recorded at its date, with its decision. The amendment starts from that record. See contractual commitment tracking.
Several companies on the same works
A project connects one supplier and one client. The companies on the works are managed by linking their projects, with watched dependencies. See multi-project and multi-party management.
The contract and its financial tracking
Fixed price, a milestone-based payment schedule; time and materials, a monthly schedule. Ordered, invoiced, paid, balance due, cost and margin. See project financial tracking.
The workload of the teams
Workload plan, weekly time entry, weekly report, reviews and leave. Nobody is rated, nothing is scored. See team management.
Maintenance after delivery
Once the building is delivered, a maintenance contract carries its period, its volume in days and its committee. See maintenance contract management.
The project owner, when it is an external organization, gets free access to what concerns it through the client portal, without seeing your costs, your margins or your teams' workload. One reference data set, read by each party according to their rights: this is operational commitment management. The full tour is on the product page.
The limits
What pylotik does not do on a construction site.
Out of scope
No BIM or digital model viewer. No quantity takeoff, no price estimating, no quotes. No document management for plans and their revisions. pylotik is not an ERP, does not keep the books and does not issue invoices or progress statements: it connects to the ERP, through a connector built to your needs, to send it billing orders. No routes or geolocation, and no offline mode: the mobile app is an installable web app, which needs a connection.
Companies managing several suppliers on the same project will find guidance in the comparison of multi-supplier project tools, and all the tool families on the comparisons page. Prices are public on the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
What we are asked in construction.
How do I track the amendments of a construction project?
By recording each change request at its date, with its decision and its minutes. The amendment then rests on dated facts rather than on a memory of a meeting.
Can the project owner follow progress?
Yes. They follow what concerns them and approve what is submitted to them: minutes, milestones, intervention acceptances. Their access is free when they are an external organization.
Can I track several companies on the same works?
Yes, by linking their projects to yours, one level deep, with the Extended Project module from the Business tier. Dependencies between projects and milestones are watched; dates are not recalculated automatically.
Do you replace our site management or quoting software?
No. Price studies, quotes, plans and the digital model stay in your tools. pylotik carries the commitments, the committees, the decisions and the workload of the teams.
Does the app work without a network on site?
No. The mobile app is available at m.pylotik.com, without an app store, but it has no offline mode.
Next
Going further.
- Project management in an engineering firm: phases, project owner approvals and joint contracting.
- Contractual commitment tracking: milestones, deliverables, amendments and client delay.
- The multi-supplier comparison: managing several companies on the same project.
- The product tour: projects, contracts, teams and finances in the same tool.