Home Features Who it's for Apps Security Plans Talk to us

Key events: slab casting, handover

Bhoomi pooja, foundation pour, slab casting, topping out and handover run as key events. Each has readiness checks counted back from the day, bookings for ready-mix and pump, and invitations the client answers from a link. Curing and cube results follow by themselves.

PLANSFrom Growth

Compare plans How it works

Why it matters

A slab pour goes wrong for small reasons: reinforcement not signed off, the pump late, no lights for a night pour. Afterwards curing stops on day four and the 28-day cube result is never chased. Construction software keeps checklists, but the pour itself is a line in the schedule. In SmartMy Construction the pour is an event with its own checks, each with a role and a due date. Its bookings become a purchase order or a work order, the client answers an invitation, and curing, cube results and de-shuttering follow by themselves.

The problem it solves

The pour is fixed for Saturday, but the reinforcement was never signed off by the consultant.
The ready-mix is booked by phone, and nobody knows the order number or the cost until the bill comes.
The client's family hears about the slab casting after it is over.
Curing is skipped after the first few days, and the 28-day cube result is never chased.

How it works

Five event types come ready, each with its checks, bookings, invitations and follow-ups. An administrator can change them or add more.
On a project, add a key event of a type, such as Slab Casting for Tower B, 3rd floor, with its place, date and time. Its readiness checks are made, each with a due date and the person in that role.
Bookings come from the type: concreting contract, ready-mix (grade, m³, slump, trucks, time slot), pump, vibrators and labour. Name the supplier and press Make Purchase Order, or name the contractor and press Make Work Order.
Press Propose the Date, then Fix the Date. Everyone invited gets an email and a WhatsApp message with what to expect and a link. On the link they answer Coming, Maybe or Not Coming, say how many come along, see the map and save the date.
Each morning every person is told the checks and follow-ups due that day. A check that needs a photo cannot be ticked without one, and a signed-off check only by that role or a manager.
On the day press Start and add live updates with photos, such as third truck in, 18 m³ poured.
Press Done. The event report goes on the project feed. The follow-ups are made: a curing photo daily for 7 days, cube results at 7 and 28 days, de-shuttering at 14 days.

Everything it does

Ready event types

Bhoomi Pooja (Ground Breaking): 2 hours; site cleared and marked, ceremony spot ready; pooja items and priest, food and sweets (client pays), photographer
Foundation Pour: 8 hours. Excavation and PCC checked, reinforcement signed off by the consultant, cover blocks, cube moulds, water and power backup. Cube results at 7 and 28 days
Slab Casting / Roof Concreting: 8 hours. Shuttering and props, reinforcement signed off, cover blocks, conduits and sleeves, cube moulds, water and power. Lights for a night pour, curing material. Curing 7 days, cubes at 7 and 28 days, de-shuttering at 14 days
Topping Out: 2 hours; a celebration with the team
Handover / Possession: 2 hours. Snags closed, deep cleaning, keys, manuals and warranties, occupancy or completion certificate. Griha pravesh pooja items; a defects visit after 30 days

Event types

Name, usual length (4 hours for a new type), what to expect, colour, Entity
Invite the Client (on), and the project roles to invite, such as the consultant, the bank's engineer, subcontractor and supplier
Has a Ceremony, with who pays: Company, Client, Shared or In the Contract
Rain Matters, with a weather note you type on the event; no forecast is fetched
Remind Hours Before: 24
Checks: name, role, days before (1), Photo Needed, Signed Off
To Book: kind (Contract / Subcontract, Material Order, Labour, Equipment, Permission / Booking, Ceremony, Other), role, who pays, days before (3)
After: follow-ups with days after, how many times, role and Photo Needed

An event

Name, project, type, place, starts and ends, date proposed by us or given by the client, and why this date
Draft, Date Proposed, Date Fixed, On Now, Done, Cancelled
Buttons: Propose the Date, Fix the Date, Start, Done, Cancel, Back to Draft, Send New Invitations
Checks done, total and late; bookings with quantity, unit, cost, who pays, book by, status (Needed, Asked, Confirmed) and reference; the event's total cost
Checks do not block the date: fixing it with checks late is allowed and recorded

Bookings to orders

Material Order: Make Purchase Order makes a draft purchase order to the supplier for the project. It is delivered to the site store for the event's time, at the booked cost or the product's cost
Contract / Subcontract: Make Work Order makes a draft work order to the contractor for the quantity and unit booked. It then follows its approval, measurement and running bill
The booking shows the order number and is marked Asked

Invitations and replies

The client and people in client roles if the type invites the client, plus team members in the type's roles
A page per person with no login: details, map, Coming / Maybe / Not Coming, how many with them (up to 50), calendar file
Coming count on the event; Came and Came At ticked on the day
People who said Not Coming get no reminders

On the day and after

Live updates with photos and videos, each posted on the project feed
Done writes the report (who came, bookings, the day's updates, what is next) and makes the follow-ups
Construction > Site > Site Work > Event Follow-ups lists them; Done on each, with a photo where needed
A client payment due When a Key Event Is Done falls due
With stages, the check Its key events are done waits for the stage's events

Who uses it

Site engineerPlans the pour, books the ready-mix and pump, runs the day and presses Done.

Consultant / ArchitectSigns off the reinforcement check before the pour.

Quality EngineerGets the cube moulds ready and records the 7- and 28-day cube results.

Supervisor / ForemanDoes the cover blocks, water, power and lights checks and the daily curing photo.

Client and familyReply from the invitation, save the date and read the report on the feed.

Where you use it

Web: Construction > Site > Site Work > Key Events (calendar and list) and Event Follow-ups; the Key Events tab on the project
Configuration: Construction > Projects > Configuration > Projects > Key Event Types
The invitation page for each person, with no login
The project feed and each outside person's feed link
Not in the SmartMy Construction app yet

What you control

Settings

Event types with their checks, bookings, follow-ups and roles to invite: five ready
Invite the Client: on
Remind Hours Before: 24, plus the morning of the day
Usual length: 4 hours for a new type (2 or 8 on the ready ones)

Notifications

Key Event Invitation: to everyone invited when the date is fixed, by email and WhatsApp, with the link
Key Event Changed: a new date or a cancellation, to everyone invited, by email and WhatsApp
Key Event Reminder: before the event and on its morning, to those who did not say no, by email and WhatsApp
Event Checks and Follow-ups Due: every morning, to each person, in the app and as a phone notification
Sent at once, at any hour: these are work messages, so quiet hours do not hold them back

Questions

Do late checks stop the pour?

No. You can fix the date with checks late, and the event records which were late. The checks hold a stage, not the event: with stages, the stage waits until its events are done or cancelled.

Does it show the weather forecast?

Not by itself. Types marked Rain Matters have a weather note you fill in on the event. A forecast feed is not built.

Can the ready-mix booking become a purchase order?

Yes. Pick the product and the supplier on the booking and press Make Purchase Order. A draft order is made for the project, delivered to the site store for the event's time.

Which plan has it?

Growth and Scale. The payment that falls due when an event is done comes with it.

Related features

PROJECTS AND SET-UPStages you leave only when the checks passEvery job moves through your stages, from Planning and Approvals to the Defects Period. A stage lets go only when its checks pass, such as the key events done or the client's stage payment received. Passing anyway takes an approval with the reason on record.PROJECTS AND SET-UPClient payment plans with milestonesGive a contract job its payment plan. For example: 10 % on signing, 15 % at foundation, 10 % per slab and 5 % at handover. Each milestone falls due by hand, on a date or after a number of days. With Growth also at a stage or when the slab casting is done. The client is told the amount and the date to pay by.PROJECTS AND SET-UPProject feed for the team and the clientOne timeline per project where stage changes, key events, payments due and your own posts land. Each item says who it is meant for: your team, the client, subcontractors, the bank or buyers. People outside are told on WhatsApp or by email with a link to their own view, and confirm important items with Seen.MONEYWork orders and subcontractor billsA work order to each subcontractor with items, rates and terms, approved before work starts. Running bills come from certified measurements. They take off retention, advance, back-charges and TDS, and become the vendor bill.MONEYMaterial requests, orders, transfers and issuesSite staff ask for material from the site or the app, and a manager approves. The request becomes a purchase order to the site store or a transfer from another site. What arrives is issued to the work, a place or a subcontractor. Every order carries the project, cost code and place.PLANT, SCHEDULE, QUALITY, SAFETYLab tests, non-conformances and the quality gate on billingTrack every sample from the pour to the lab result: cubes at 7 and 28 days, steel, soil, brick and water. Each is due on its date and passed or failed against its limits. A failed test raises a non-conformance by itself; a closed one charged to a subcontractor comes off their next running bill. With the quality gate on, work is certified for billing only when its hold points have passed.

See your next site report on it.

Tell us what you build, how many sites you run and how your client hears about progress today. We will set up a project with you and send your first daily update.

Talk to us Compare plans