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Smoothbuilding
- Industry
- construction
- Product Type
- physical
- Problem
- Construction projects face delays and sky-high completion costs due to inefficiencies caused by outdated technologies and practices.
- Market Size & User Personas
- Construction companies, general contractors, and subcontractors who have to manage and coordinate the day-to-day operations on a construction site.
- Solution
- Smoothbuilding is a cloud-based collaboration platform that streamlines the communication between workers on a construction site. It provides real-time job management, updates, and tracking as well as the capability to easily communicate with the entire team onsite.
- MVP Features
- Real-time job management & tracking; Team communications; Workers' schedule, timing, and locations; Cloud-based storage and sharing of documents; Secure profile management; Automated time-tracking; Resource management; Assignment of tasks.
- Implementation Details
- The web-based platform would be built using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js). The platform would integrate with existing systems used by construction companies such as project management platforms and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
- Value Proposition
- Smoothbuilding helps construction companies save time, reduce errors, and lower costs related to managing construction sites by providing an easy-to-use web platform that streamlines communication and job management on construction sites.
- Pain Points to Solve
- Inefficient communication, outdated time-tracking & job-tracking technologies, high rates of errors, and unpredictable completion costs.
- Sales & Marketing Channels
- Direct sales, webinars, email campaigns, in-person events, and social media.
- Revenue Stream Sources
- Subscription fees and/or pay-per-use fees for the platform.
- Cost Structures
- Development costs, sales & marketing costs, and hosting & operational costs.
- Key Activities
- Developing and refining the platform, marketing & sales, customer onboarding, training, and customer service.
- Key Resources
- Software developers, sales and marketing personnel, customer service personnel, and infrastructure.
- Key Partners
- None.
- Competition Landscape
- Construction companies currently rely on manual processes and outdated technologies for managing construction sites. There are a few companies providing cloud-based solutions, but these are focused on the high end of the market.
- Competition Advantage
- Smoothbuilding is designed to make construction site management easy and accessible to a wider range of companies and users. Our competitive advantage is providing a user-friendly platform at an affordable price.
- Idea Validation Steps
- Meeting with construction companies, focus groups, surveys, and customer interviews.
- Potential Business Challenges
- High customer acquisition costs, difficulty in making the platform user-friendly, and competing against entrenched incumbent technologies.