Why Contractors Should Visualize Jobs With a Mobile App
Restoration
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Sam Miller
RevOps Manager
So, you have an appointment to meet with a homeowner about a new remodeling or restoration job. Congrats! Here are seven ways you can make the most of that first on site visit by using a mobile project-visualization app.
1. Save Time When Gathering Room Measurements
2. Impress the Homeowner with a Digital Drawing
3. Inspire and Define a Clear Vision
4. Ensure Easy, Accurate Estimating
Usually, you work on estimating after you leave a potential job site. However, a good project-visualization app will allow you to create a rough estimate before you leave. This gives you an opportunity to talk about pricing right away. Then you can justify your costs or tweak the estimate if the homeowner has any objections. Having an upfront discussion like this can help you close the deal sooner rather than later.
The accuracy of app-recorded room measurements also helps you calculate the exact materials and supplies you will need to purchase. This way, you can avoid having a surplus of items left over when the project is completed.
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5. Improve Communication with Team Members
After you leave the client’s home, you will need to communicate the project’s details to your office staff. An effective project-visualization app will help you do that promptly, from the field, by allowing you to share files of all the documentation you created on site. This helps your staff get up to speed on the project quickly and easily, while minimizing questions, confusion and the need for a follow-up meeting. Everybody will be in sync before starting development of the client’s formal contract.
6. Minimize Mistakes and Costly Rework
Miscommunication in advance of a remodeling or restoration job can lead to errors, cause delays and increase project costs. Therefore, it makes sense to do anything you can to prevent that from happening. Good job visualization boosts communication before a project begins by making the project less conceptual and more tangible. This helps you interact better with your client, office employees, work crew and subcontractors prior to starting the actual work. Visualization also helps minimize risk if a dispute or insurance claim arises later, after the project is finished, because it serves as another form of documentation.
7. Limit the Need for Multiple In-Person Meetings for Safety Reasons
In order to prevent COVID-19 contagion, you will want to continue social distancing as much as possible. One way you can do that is by minimizing your quantity of meetings per week. Again, a good mobile visualization app can help here. By sharing drawings and a rough estimate during the initial visit with a homeowner, you may be able to limit the number of times you have to return. That’s good for you and your client.
Now that you know the key advantages of visualizing remodeling or restoration projects, the next step is to discover exactly how you can do that. The faster you download and become familiar with a project-visualization app, the quicker you can put it to use to benefit your business!
