The Houzz app lets Clark’s clients use the Ideabook function to show him shots of what they want in their home, making it easier to create a budget. “Being able to go onto BuilderTrend and see photos of what’s current, what happened today, and the daily logs and everything-I couldn’t imagine building without it.”Īdam Clark, president of Choice Home Construction, in Gig Harbor, Wash., also uses BuilderTrend, along with several other apps. “We do projects within a 40-mile radius, so we can’t always be present on jobsites,” Graniczny says. The building management app basically keeps her in touch with teammates and clients and allows her to share files instantly. BuilderTrend, Graniczny says, is the workhorse of Sublime. Some of the apps she uses are simple, such as the calculator (great for whipping up a ballpark figure during a sales meeting) and Google Calendars (notifications remind her about appointments) some are a little more complex. Graniczny owns both an Android smartphone and a tablet.

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