A BUILDER’S PERSPECTIVE
Good work needs
good information.
I’m Andy Edwards. I run Standard West Builders, and I started BuildTether because I wanted a better way to keep everyone on a job working from the same information.
Not another pile of files. Something useful when you’re standing in the room, talking to a trade or answering a client’s question.
Meet Standard West Builders ↗
WHY I BUILT IT
“Can you send me
that sheet again?”
On a build, the details come from everywhere: plans, emails, texts, selections, manuals and conversations in the field. You can have all of them and still spend half your time looking for the one somebody needs.
My work includes custom homes, ADUs, additions and remodels. The projects vary, but that problem keeps coming up. A fixture gets selected, an instruction changes, or a trade needs a detail—and somebody has to connect the dots.
A room is a useful place to start.
With BuildTether, the plans and information for a room have a place to live. A posted QR code gets someone there from the jobsite. A shared link gets them there from anywhere.
Then the record grows with the job: photos, marked-up plans, instructions, notes and schedules. You decide what your team and client can see. The same code can stay on the wall while the information behind it changes.
Less repeat work.
More time building.
I want the software to help with the sorting, searching and writing that takes time away from running the job. You still review the details and make the decisions. It should feel like a practical tool, not another thing you need an office day to learn.
BuildTether is also for the designers, trades and clients who help bring a project together. Their questions and experience matter. So does the feedback from the contractors using it in the field.
Built with help along the way.
Thank you to the development team, family, friends and fellow contractors who have contributed their time, ideas and encouragement. This is about making the work a little clearer for everyone involved.