Construction technology
The Builders Desk
Product engineering on the staffing platform, client portal and marketing site.
Product engineering + platform buildOngoing partnershipSince 2024
The situation
A remote construction-support business needed to move from spreadsheets and email threads to an actual platform — one that could onboard clients, manage placements, and give both sides visibility without someone manually assembling a status report every week.
How we approached it
- Scoped the operation as it actually ran, not as the process documentation described it
- Delivered in phases so clients could be onboarded before the full feature set landed
- Built role-based access from the start rather than retrofitting permissions later
- Shipped the marketing site alongside the platform so both told the same story
What we built
- A staffing and placement platform with role-based access
- A client portal giving controlled visibility into active engagements
- Reporting that replaces manually assembled weekly updates
- A marketing site built for search and conversion
What changed
Phased
onboarding from week one
rather than a single launch
Manual → automatic
client reporting
One system
replacing spreadsheets and email threads
Technologies used
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- PostgreSQL
- Tailwind
- Vercel
What we do for them now
We continue to build features, run the infrastructure and maintain both the platform and the marketing site as the business grows.
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