Quotes take days and vary every time
Quotes are built from memory and old spreadsheets, so they go out late and priced differently each time. The job that was meant to make money quietly loses it.
Software for Alberta contractors that crews actually use on site
Quoting, scheduling, job costing and safety paperwork should not live in four spreadsheets and a group chat. Glasshead Tech builds software for contractors in Alberta and across Canada, designed for poor signal, work gloves and real crews, with the price and timeline published up front.
Updated
Four places this work leaks time and money.
Margin is a surprise at the end
Hours, materials and subcontractors sit in different places. By the time the books show a job lost money, the next three are already running the same way.
Paperwork waits in the truck
Safety forms, site photos and sign-offs get done on paper, then retyped at night. Some never reach the file, which matters the day an insurer or client asks for them.
Dispatch runs on text messages
The schedule is a whiteboard and a thread of texts. A cancelled job or a late supplier means calling everyone, and the customer still asks where your crew is.
What we build for this sector.
Quoting and estimating
Price lists, labour rates and templates for the jobs you repeat, so a quote takes minutes instead of an evening. Customers get a clean, branded quote they can accept online, and approved quotes become jobs without retyping.
Software band: $18,000 – $50,000Scheduling and dispatch
One view of who is where, with jobs assigned to crews and sent to their phones. When a job moves, the people affected are told. Customers can be sent an arrival window instead of phoning the office.
Software band: $18,000 – $50,000Job costing
Hours, materials and subcontractor costs recorded against each job as they happen, compared with the quote. You see margin while the job is running, when there is still time to change something.
Software band: $18,000 – $50,000Safety documentation and field capture
Hazard assessments, toolbox talks, incident reports, photos and sign-offs captured on a phone at the site, stored against the job, and ready to export when a client or insurer asks for them.
Software band: $18,000 – $50,000Websites that get calls
A fast, plain site that says what you do, where you work and how to book you, with click-to-call and a quote form that lands in your inbox. Built to be found for your trade and your city.
Websites band: $4,500 – $12,000Safety records that hold up when someone asks
Alberta's Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) legislation expects employers to assess and control hazards and keep records of it. COR, the Certificate of Recognition safety program, is audited partly on that paperwork, and many clients ask for COR before you can bid. WCB-Alberta expects work injuries to be reported promptly. Software does not make a site safe, but it makes the record complete and easy to find. This is general information, not legal or safety advice.
- Hazard assessments and toolbox talks filed against each job
- Incident reports started on site, ready for WCB-Alberta
- COR audit evidence exported by date and site
- Records kept in your account, not ours
Built for poor signal, work gloves and a phone in a truck.
Job sites rarely have good coverage. Our field screens work offline, save as you go and sync when signal returns. Buttons are large enough to hit in gloves. Photos, hours and sign-offs are captured at the job, not retyped from memory at night.
In detail
What should software for contractors in Alberta actually do?
It should turn a quote into a job, the job into a schedule, and the schedule into costs and paperwork without anyone retyping a number. For most trades that means four connected pieces: quoting, scheduling and dispatch, job costing, and safety and field capture, all usable from a phone on site.
Off-the-shelf tools assume every trade works the same way. They do not. An HVAC install, a panel upgrade and a re-roof each have their own materials, labour and margins, and generic products make you bend your work around their fields. We build around your price list, your crews and your paperwork, and connect to the accounting product you already use, such as QuickBooks. That is the core of our custom software development work.
Quoting software for contractors that matches how you price
Quotes built from memory and old spreadsheets go out late and priced differently each time. We build quoting around your price list, markups and standard scopes, so a repeat job is a few taps and a new job is a short edit. Customers accept online, and the approved quote becomes the job without retyping.
The customer record then does the remembering. A CRM for HVAC contractors tracks equipment, service history and the maintenance visit due next autumn. A CRM for electrical contractors tracks permits, inspections and the commercial client who wants every invoice split by site. If you are weighing a product against a custom build, our guide to quoting software for contractors sets out the trade-offs.
How does job costing software show margin while the job runs?
Crews log hours and materials against the job from their phones, subcontractor invoices are matched to the quote, and the system compares actual cost with the estimate every day. You see a job drifting in week two, when there is still time to change something, instead of discovering it in week ten.
The same numbers improve the next quote. When finished jobs show which scopes run over, the price list gets corrected at the source rather than by instinct. Margin by job, crew and customer can sit inside the system or in Power BI and Excel through our data analytics service.
Scheduling, dispatch and field capture that work without signal
A schedule only works if the crew trusts it. Dispatch gives one view of who is where, sends changes to phones and gives customers an arrival window instead of a phone call to the office. Field screens work offline, save as you go and sync when signal returns, which is a normal day outside town.
Roofing, landscaping and concrete work move with the weather, so rescheduling is quick and everyone affected is told without a round of calls. Hazard assessments, toolbox talks, incident reports and site photos are completed at the job and filed against it, so the record exists on the day rather than being rebuilt a week later. We build these phone-first through app development, with forms designed alongside the people who fill them in.
Websites for contractors that get the phone ringing
Most calls for a plumber, an electrician or a roofer start with a search on a phone. A contractor site needs to load quickly on a weak connection, say what you do and where you work, show the number without scrolling, and send quote requests straight to the office inbox.
Website design for plumbers and other emergency trades puts the call-out number at the top of every page. Service and area pages give customers and search engines the same plain facts. Our website design for contractors runs $4,500 – $12,000 over four to six weeks.
How much does software for contractors cost?
Operational software, including quoting, scheduling, job costing and safety capture, costs $18,000 – $50,000 and takes eight to sixteen weeks. Most contractors start with one or two pieces, usually quoting and job costing, and add the rest once the first is in daily use. Every project gets a fixed quote before work starts.
| Option | Best for | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Contractor website | Calls and quote requests from local search | $4,500 – $12,000, 4–6 weeks |
| Single workflow, such as quote follow-up or safety form routing | One slow, repetitive process | From $2,500 per workflow, 2–4 weeks |
| Quoting, scheduling, job costing or field capture system | Crews and an office running on spreadsheets and texts | $18,000 – $50,000, 8–16 weeks |
| Ongoing care | Updates, backups and support after launch | From $300/month, cancel anytime |
You own the code, the data and the accounts, with a documented handover. The pricing page lists every band.
Asked before they write.
Can you build quoting software for contractors that fits our price list?
Yes. We start from your actual price list, markups and standard scopes rather than a generic template. Repeat jobs become a few taps, and approved quotes carry into scheduling and job costing, so numbers are entered once and the margin you priced is the margin you track.
What does job costing software for contractors cost?
Operational software, including job costing, falls in our $18,000 – $50,000 band and takes eight to sixteen weeks. After a 30-minute call you receive a fixed quote for exactly the parts you choose, before any work starts. Smaller single workflows, such as quote follow-up, start from $2,500.
Does the field software work without signal?
Yes. It is built to be offline-tolerant. Crews can complete forms, record hours and attach photos without a connection, and the data syncs when signal returns. Screens use large controls so they work in gloves. Entries save as they are made, so a dropped connection or a flat battery does not wipe a half-finished form.
Do you work with contractors outside Alberta?
Yes. We are in Edmonton and work with contractors across Canada, mostly remotely, with site visits in the Edmonton region when they help. Systems handle GST and HST correctly, can be hosted in Canada for you, and treat Alberta privacy law as the baseline, with other provinces scoped in from the start.
Will the software help with COR audits and OHS paperwork?
It helps with the records, not the safety program itself. Hazard assessments, inspections, toolbox talks and incident reports are captured on site, filed by job and date, and exported in the shape your auditor asks for. Your program, training and practices are what COR audits look at; the software makes the evidence complete and easy to find.
What is not included in a contractor software project?
Accounting and payroll stay in the products built for them, such as QuickBooks; we connect to them rather than replace them. Phones and tablets, software subscriptions and payment processing fees are paid to those vendors. We do not write your safety program or give legal advice. Everything that is included is listed in the fixed quote.
The services behind these systems.
Custom software
$18,000 – $50,0008–16 weeks
Glasshead Tech does custom software development in Edmonton, building the systems Alberta companies run daily operations on: quoting, scheduling, job costing, safety documentation, field capture, client portals and booking. Builds cost $18,000 to $50,000 CAD and take 8 to 16 weeks, with a fixed quote before coding starts. You own the code, data and accounts at handover.
App development
$18,000 – $50,0008–16 weeks
Glasshead Tech does app development in Edmonton for field teams that work without signal: web apps for the office and mobile apps for crews, built offline-first so forms, photos and signatures save on the device and sync later. Apps cost $18,000 to $50,000 CAD, take 8 to 16 weeks and are quoted at a fixed price first.
Website design
$4,500 – $12,0004–6 weeks
Glasshead Tech does website design in Edmonton for businesses that want to edit their own site: custom, planned around what buyers ask, on an editor your team learns at handover, with on-page SEO, forms and analytics included. Projects cost $4,500 to $12,000 CAD, take four to six weeks and are quoted at a fixed price first.
Automation
From $2,5002–4 weeks per workflow
Glasshead Tech builds business automation for Alberta companies, so nobody re-keys data between the tools they already pay for: quotes become invoices, web enquiries land in the CRM with an owner, and reports assemble on schedule. Each rule-based workflow costs from $2,500 CAD, takes two to four weeks and is quoted fixed before work starts.
Data and dashboards
From $4,5003–6 weeks
Glasshead Tech sets up data analytics for Edmonton businesses as one trusted view of the few numbers that run the company, pulled automatically from accounting, job costing, CRM, e-commerce and spreadsheets. It is built in Power BI or as a custom dashboard, from $4,500 over 3–6 weeks, priced in writing before any work.
Near you.
Edmonton
Alberta's capital, where the studio is based
Glasshead Tech does web design for Edmonton businesses and publishes the range up front: $4,500 to $12,000, four to six weeks to launch. The same Edmonton studio builds custom software and AI automation and runs IT support. Discovery happens in person or by video, the quote is fixed first, and replies come within 24 hours.
Leduc and Nisku
south of Edmonton in Leduc County
At Glasshead Tech, web design for B2B companies in Leduc and Nisku costs $4,500 to $12,000 and launches in four to six weeks. Quoting, work order, dispatch and offline field software runs $18,000 to $50,000 over eight to sixteen weeks. You get a fixed quote and a reply within 24 hours.
Fort Saskatchewan
northeast of Edmonton, at Alberta's Industrial Heartland
Glasshead Tech does web design for Fort Saskatchewan contractors, fabricators and suppliers: a business website costs $4,500 – $12,000 and launches in 4–6 weeks. Safety documentation, field capture and quoting software costs $18,000 – $50,000 over 8–16 weeks. We work from Edmonton, visit when it helps and fix the quote before work starts.
Red Deer
central Alberta, roughly between Edmonton and Calgary
Glasshead Tech does web design for Red Deer trades, retailers and agriculture-linked businesses, built for your team to update. Websites cost $4,500 – $12,000 over 4–6 weeks; online stores cost $9,000 – $28,000 over 6–10 weeks. We work from Edmonton, run central Alberta projects remotely, visit by arrangement and fix the quote before work begins.
Tell us where the work leaks time and money.
Send a few lines about quoting, scheduling or paperwork. We reply within 24 hours, and a 30-minute call is enough to give you a fixed quote.