Change orders slip. Hours go untracked. The field and office never sync.
SubTrade fixes all three — in one construction management platform built exclusively for trade contractors.
Crew clocks in from their phone. You see exact labor costs per job in real time. Know if a job is profitable before you invoice.
15h+
Saved per week on timesheets and admin
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💰
Top Revenue Driver
Change Order Management
Stop letting scope changes disappear into texts and emails. Create, send, and get change orders approved from the job site in minutes — before the work is done. Every dollar earned gets captured.
2×
Average change order revenue after switching to SubTrade
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Field-to-Office
Real-Time Field Communication
Daily logs, photos, drawings, and RFIs — all synced live between field and office. Your foreman updates a task; your PM sees it instantly. No more phone tag.
One platform. Every tool your trade business needs — from winning the bid to closing out the job.
No more juggling spreadsheets, texts, and paper timesheets.
Westside Elec.
HVAC Retrofit
Project Management01🏗️
Core Feature
Project & Task Management for Subcontractors
Stay on schedule and within budget with intuitive project tracking designed for how subcontractors actually work. Real-time visibility into all your projects, milestones, deadlines, and stakeholders — from one dashboard.
Milestone tracking
Task assignment
Deadline alerts
MARKUP
Drawings & Markups02📐
Field Ready
Construction Drawings & Markups
Access the latest plans directly from your phone or tablet on the job site. Annotate, mark up, and share drawing changes instantly — no more printing, no more "wrong revision" mistakes. Everyone always works from the current set.
Mobile access
Real-time annotations
Version control
PDF support
This Week — Labor
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Total Hours
247h
Labor Cost
$12.4K
Time Tracking03⏱️
Save 15h/week
Time Tracking & Job Costing
Crew clocks in and out from their phones — GPS-verified, no paper required. See exact labor costs per project in real time. Know your margins before you send the invoice, not two months later from your accountant.
GPS clock-in
Job cost reports
Payroll export
Labor analytics
Week of Feb 17
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HVAC
HVAC
Tower
Tower
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Scheduling04📅
Stay on Schedule
Crew Scheduling for Trade Contractors
View your crew's assigned work by day or week. Push schedule updates instantly and your team sees them on their phones. No more "I didn't know we had a shift change" — everyone stays in sync automatically.
Weekly view
Mobile notifications
Crew management
Shift changes
Change Orders
CO-014 Approved
Extra conduit run
+$3,200
CO-015 Pending
Drywall scope change
$5,800
+ CREATE NEW CHANGE ORDER
Change Orders05💰
Never Miss Revenue
Change Order Management
Create a change order on your phone in 60 seconds, send it to the GC for approval, and track every status in one place. Stop leaving money on the table because verbal approvals got forgotten — get it in writing, instantly.
Mobile creation
Digital approval
Status tracking
Revenue reports
Daily Log — Feb 17
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Daily Logs & Photos06📋
Document Everything
Daily Logs & Jobsite Photo Documentation
Log daily site conditions, crew counts, delays, and milestones in seconds. Attach geo-tagged photos directly to your logs. Build a complete, time-stamped job record that protects you in disputes and impresses GCs.
Photo documentation
Geo-tagging
Weather logging
Dispute protection
CRM — Leads
ABC General Contractors Follow up Apr 2HOT
Smith Commercial Build Bid sentWARM
+ ADD NEW LEAD
CRM07🤝
Grow Your Business
CRM & Vendor Management for Contractors
Track leads, manage GC relationships, and never miss a follow-up. Keep your vendor contacts, pricing, and purchase history organized in one place — so you always know who to call and what you paid last time.
Lead tracking
Vendor management
Follow-up reminders
GC relationships
Purchase history
SUBMITTALS
SAFETY
Shop Drawings – Elec.✓ APPROVED
Material Data Sheet⏳ PENDING
Product Specs – HVAC✎ DRAFT
Submittals & Safety08🦺
Stay Compliant
Construction Submittals & Safety Compliance
Streamline submittal packages for faster GC approvals — track every status from draft to approved in one place. Manage safety forms, toolbox talks, and incident reports so your crew stays protected and your jobs stay compliant.
A GC approved verbal scope changes — you forgot to write a change order. Now you're eating $4,000.
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A crew member's timesheet is wrong — again. You spend Friday afternoon playing detective.
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Your foreman called 3 times today to ask where the drawings are. They're in your email. Somewhere.
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You finished a job and had no idea if you made money until your accountant told you two months later.
The fix
SubTrade was built by subcontractors who lived every one of these problems.
Generic construction software is built for GCs. SubTrade is engineered for the unique workflows, billing cycles, and daily chaos of trade contractors. It fits how you already work — not the other way around.
"We used to lose $8–12K a month in missed change orders. That number is basically zero now. SubTrade paid for itself in the first week."
★★★★★
"My foreman was calling me 6 times a day. Now he checks the app. I got my afternoons back. Game changer for a 3-crew HVAC operation."
★★★★★
"Time tracking alone saved us 12 hours of admin a week. Now I actually know if a job is profitable before I send the invoice."
★★★★★
"We run 6 crews across three provinces. Before SubTrade, scheduling was a nightmare of phone calls and spreadsheets. Now I assign shifts in two minutes and everyone knows where to be."
★★★★★
"The daily logs and photo documentation feature has saved us twice in disputes. A time-stamped record of every day on the job is worth more than I can quantify."
★★★★★
"I tried three other apps that didn't stick. SubTrade was set up in a day and my guys were using it by the end of the week. It's actually built for how we work."
Got questions?
Frequently Asked Questions
SubTrade is an all-in-one construction management platform built exclusively for subcontractors and trade contractors — including electrical, plumbing, HVAC, drywall, concrete, masonry, roofing, and more. Unlike generic construction software built for GCs, SubTrade is engineered around how trade contractors actually work: mobile-first time tracking, fast change order creation, field-to-office communication, crew scheduling, and real-time job costing.
SubTrade offers a completely free trial—no credit card required and zero setup fees. Get started in under 10 minutes and enjoy the flexibility to cancel anytime. Our standard pricing begins at $299/month plus tiered per-user rates. We frequently offer special promotions, so we encourage you to contact the SubTrade team for the most competitive current rates tailored to your team.
Most subcontractors are fully set up and have their crew clocking in within one business day. The platform is designed to be intuitive — no IT team or lengthy onboarding required. Your field crew can start using it on their phones the same day you sign up.
SubTrade lets you create a professional change order directly from your phone in under 60 seconds — before the extra work is done. Send it to the GC for digital approval, track the status in real time, and keep a complete record of every approved, pending, and rejected change order. Our customers report doubling their captured change order revenue after switching to SubTrade.
Yes. SubTrade is fully mobile on iOS and Android, built specifically for use on the job site. Crew members can clock in with GPS verification, foremen can update daily logs and attach photos, and change orders can be created and submitted — all from a phone, even in areas with limited connectivity.
SubTrade supports all trade contractors including electrical, plumbing, HVAC, drywall, concrete, masonry, painting, excavating, roofing, flooring, and structural steel subcontractors. If your trade isn't listed here, reach out — if you're a subcontractor, SubTrade is built for you.
Yes — that's exactly what SubTrade is designed to do. GPS-verified mobile time tracking eliminates paper timesheets entirely. Real-time project dashboards replace status update spreadsheets. Crew scheduling, daily logs, and change order tracking all live in one place, so you can retire the combination of texts, emails, and spreadsheets for good.
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