For subcontractors

Subcontractors: Text the Update Without Another App Login

Subcontractors are often asked to download a builder’s app, make a password, and hunt for the punch item. Many crews will not do that, so the photo stays on one phone. Punchlists AI lets the foreman text the update to the job. The general contractor still decides what is sent on to the owner.

The snag

Every GC hands you a different login.

Your foreman is on the tools. A new app, a password reset, and a punch list hidden in a portal means the photo never leaves the phone. The GC then says the item was never closed.

  • The crew already knows how to text.
  • A second app is where updates go to die.
  • We do not claim every GC you work for uses Punchlists AI. This only applies when they do.
What you can do here

Text the room, the trade, and the photo.

When the GC runs the Field App, the foreman texts the job instead of installing software. The Field App page also lists language translation so a mixed crew can read the same note.

  • Say what is done and what is not.
  • Name the room so the office does not guess.
  • Ask the GC which number to text before you send crew photos.
What stays with the GC

The builder still owns the owner message.

Texting the GC is not the same as texting the owner. The GC chooses what moves forward. If a change costs money or time, do not treat a text as a signed change order unless the GC says it is.

  • Keep cost and schedule talks explicit.
  • A "done" text without a photo is still a weak close.
  • Your own office software is separate. This site does not connect it for you unless Managed Solutions is scoped to do that.

Questions

Do my people have to download an app?

The Field App page says no download and no login. They send a text. Confirm the phone can send a normal text message to the job number the GC gives you.

Does my text go straight to the owner?

Not by itself. The GC or project manager chooses which updates are sent to owners and clients.

What if the GC uses a different system?

Then this product is not in the middle of that job. Punchlists AI is the tool when that GC is on the Field App, or when your own company signs up.