The Contractor’s Friend
This part of the website deals with “The Contractor’s Friend” or TCF for short. TCF
was concieved by myself when, back in 2001, our house was flooded. None of the contractor’s
we talked to or even hired had any idea of how to go about setting everything up.
These were small contractors who dealt mainly with pen and paper. They do not have
any sort of recourse to a computer program except those really bad discount programs
you can buy which do not meet any of the needs of these people. They don’t keep
track of employees. They don’t keep track of projects. They don’t keep track of
materials, phone numbers, clients, building layouts, or anything else. So what you
wind up with - is a mess. TCF is being built to address these problems. To make
it so all of this is kept, in a database, so you can call it up any time you wish.
It also provides a method for your customers to log in and to look at what it is
you are saying you’d like to charge them so they can approve or disapprove of what
it is you are going to do. Further, all contracts can be created in the program
and kept in the program and modified in the program. So as you go along you can
make things better and better for you and your company. Last, but not least, all
of this paperwork doesn’t have to clutter up your desk. It can stay in the computer
until you and your customer is ready to go forwards with the contract. Then both
you and your customer can print out the appropriate paperwork and both of you can
keep track of what is going on at the work site. “BOTH OF US?” you say? Yes. That
is one of the problems with how things are being done presently. Usually either
the customer knows exactly what is going on and starts to boss you and your crew
around or only you know what is going on and the customer is left in the dark to
wonder what is going on. Doing it our way allows both you, your crew, and your customer
know exactly what is going to happen. Further both you, your crew, and your customer
are given check lists so everyone can stay on the same page. As things get done
your crew can check it off of their list of TO-DO things, let you know it is finished,
you can check it and mark it completed, and then you can talk with the customer and
have them check it off also. In this way all three parties know when the entire
set of work is done. Last, but not least, if new items are to be put onto the list
- then only those new items print out. So you don’t get duplicates of the work orders
unless they are absolutely asked for by you or your customer. There are other benefits
as well. These are just a few. Try it out! We think you will be please with what
we have done.
