Project-to-trade structure
Keep the house or project at the top while individual HVAC, electrical, plumbing and other jobs retain their own records.
Run Your Trades
RunYourTrades for General Contracting
General contractor software that keeps every trade tied to the house.
See the project as a whole while still keeping HVAC, electrical, plumbing and other trade work organized at the job level. Budgets, commitments, changes and field records stay connected instead of living in separate spreadsheets.
✓ One customer + job record✓ Field + office together✓ Built for small trade businesses
General Contracting JOBRunYourTrades dashboard
Active job
Whole-home remodel
General contracting · Multi-trade project
3 trades need attentionProjectHouse-level view
TradesJobs linked together
BudgetCommitted + spent
ChangesScope tracked
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Built around general contracting work
Your software should understand what happens after the phone rings.
A general contractor does not just manage tasks. You manage a house or project made up of dozens of scopes, trades, decisions and dollars. RunYourTrades lets each job keep its own detail while rolling the work back into a project-level view so the GC can see the whole picture without losing what happened underneath.
Budget, committed and spent visibility
See the money at the project level while keeping the detail attached to the individual work that created it.
Field documentation across scopes
Keep photos, notes and change information with the right trade job instead of dumping everything into one project folder.
Changes without spreadsheet archaeology
Document scope movement as it happens so the project budget and final billing do not depend on reconciling texts at the end.
The full path
How a General Contracting contractor uses RunYourTrades.
The point is not to add another place to type. The point is to keep the information created at each stage useful at the next stage.
Create project
Open the house, building or overall project record and establish the big-picture customer and budget context.
Create trade jobs
Break HVAC, electrical, plumbing and other scopes into jobs that remain linked to the project.
Scope / price
Keep each trade’s photos, notes, quotes and material information with the correct piece of work.
Schedule
Coordinate individual jobs while still seeing how the project is moving as a whole.
Field progress
Capture progress photos, notes and issues against the exact job where they occurred.
Change work
Keep additions and scope changes visible at the job level before they roll into overall project cost.
Review money
Compare project budget, committed work and spending without losing the underlying job detail.
Close out
Keep the final record of each trade and the project together for billing, warranty and future customer work.
One connected record
What stays attached instead of getting lost.
A good contractor system becomes more useful as the job moves forward. The details collected in the field should still be there when somebody prices the work, schedules the return, checks the invoice or answers the customer six months later.
General Contracting job record
The exact mix changes by trade, but these are the kinds of details RunYourTrades keeps connected.
- Project / house
- Linked trade jobs
- Customer record
- Trade scopes
- Quotes / commitments
- Schedules
- Field photos
- Change work
- Budget / spent
- Invoices / closeout
A real-world path
One house, five trades, one operating view
A remodel includes HVAC, electrical, plumbing and finish work. Each scope needs its own photos, schedule, quote, notes and changes, but the owner still needs to know what the entire house is costing. RunYourTrades keeps those jobs individually useful while linking them to the larger project. When an electrical change increases cost or site prep runs over plan, the detail stays with that job and the overall project view reflects the impact.
General Contracting software questions
Answers before your free trial.
Can RunYourTrades manage multiple trades on one project?+
Yes. The general contractor workflow is designed to keep individual trade jobs linked to the larger house or project.
Can each trade keep its own photos and notes?+
Yes. Each job can retain its own field documentation while still belonging to the overall project.
Can I see project budget and job-level detail?+
The workflow is designed so the project-level money can stay connected to the individual scopes and jobs underneath it.
How are change orders handled across trades?+
Changes can stay attached to the trade job where they happened and remain visible as part of the larger project record.
Is this meant for smaller general contractors?+
RunYourTrades is built around small trade businesses and owner-led operations that need project organization without a disconnected stack of point tools.
Does it replace accounting?+
No. RunYourTrades handles the operational workflow and is designed to pass clean estimate and invoice information to QuickBooks.
One platform, multiple trades
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Bring one of your real jobs.
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We’ll walk through your actual workflow—from the first customer contact through field documentation, scheduling, approvals and money—inside RunYourTrades.