Managing 12 Subs Across Surrey, Burnaby, and Downtown Shouldn't Require 12 Phone Calls
Vancouver's construction boom, concentrated in Surrey, Burnaby, and the city's densifying corridors, has general contractors juggling multiple active projects with a web of subcontractors, each on their own schedule. Change orders flow through text messages, draw schedules live in spreadsheets that are always stale, and coordinating subs across Metro Van traffic turns every morning into a logistics puzzle. The GCs thriving in this market have systematized sub coordination, change order tracking, and draw schedule management so the office isn't the bottleneck between the job site and the bank.
Problems vancouver contractors deal with
Sub coordination across 3-5 active sites in Surrey, Burnaby, and Vancouver means your phone never stops
Change orders arrive as text messages that don't make it to the project budget until someone remembers
Draw schedules in spreadsheets go stale the moment a scope change happens, so your lender sees last week's numbers
Project timelines shift daily but the master schedule only updates when someone manually moves tasks
Multi-project visibility requires your project manager to check five different places before the Monday meeting
FAQ
How does change order automation work across multiple project sites?
Change orders are captured via a mobile form on-site: scope change, cost impact, timeline adjustment. Approval routes to the project manager or GC owner. Once approved, the project budget, draw schedule, and sub notifications update automatically. No text-message chains, no forgotten scope changes showing up at invoice time.
Can this help coordinate subs across Metro Vancouver's traffic?
Yes. Sub scheduling factors in project sequencing and location, so if your framing crew finishes in Surrey on Tuesday, the system schedules them at the Burnaby site Wednesday instead of sending them back downtown. Subs get automated schedule confirmations so you're not making phone calls every morning.
What about draw schedule management for our lender?
Draw schedules auto-update as milestones are completed and change orders are processed. Your lender gets a current snapshot at any time, formatted to their requirements. No more assembling a draw request from three spreadsheets and a stack of invoices.
