Who Platrom was built for

Building, installation and maintenance companies of five to seventy-five staff in the Netherlands and Belgium, with people out in the field and an office directing them. Big enough that keeping track is a problem, small enough that nobody has time to fix it.

Five trades

Whether Platrom suits you depends mostly on how your work is organised. Someone who is somewhere else every day needs something different from someone who spends half a year on one site. Both are here.

Installation and building servicesHeating and plumbing · electrical · ventilation · cooling and climate · heat pumps · solar and batteries · data and security

Many small job sheets in a day, maintenance contracts running underneath and breakdowns coming in between. What counts here is that the engineer finishes the job sheet on site and that whatever is filled in lands on the project straight away.

Contractors and buildersNew build · conversion · refurbishment · maintenance contracting

Working in phases, with interim invoices, variations and a progress statement. Retention and the G-account belong here as routine, not as an exception. The margin leaks halfway through. That is where you need to see it.

Roofing, façades and insulationRoofers · dormers · window frames and façade elements · glazing and solar shading · insulation

Crews somewhere different every day, a lot of material per job sheet, lead times that drive the schedule, and a handover where a photo is the proof.

Fit-out and finishingPlasterers · floor layers · carpentry and interior fit-out · painters and property maintenance · tilers

Plenty of hours and little material in a job, a schedule that shifts on the day because the trade before you overran, and variations agreed on the floor. In property maintenance you add long-term planning and void works per home.

Service and maintenanceMaintenance contracts · call-out service · fire safety and inspections · doors and access · drainage and pipework

Service visits that have to be on time, response times you are tied to, and statutory inspections flagged separately from the rest. The most untapped work sits here, in the equipment you already look after.

Any technical company with people out in the field that has to be able to explain an invoice belongs here. Even if your trade is not on the list. Tell us what your working process looks like. Then we show you honestly where Platrom fits and where it does not.

What each role gets out of it

Every member of staff only sees the information and the functions that belong to their role. An engineer needs different information from an estimator or a project manager.

RoleWhat is on their screenWhat goes away

Owner or directorWork in progress, margin per project, and what is coming in and going out. With the forecast final cost telling you how sure it is.Scraping together on a Friday afternoon what happened that week.

Office and planningThe work queue by waiting time, the planning board, and what came back signed today.Chasing job sheets, searching through chat messages and asking after the fact who was where.

EstimatorCost price to selling price, with margin and risk per line. And the quote that comes out of it. The assembly library and the preliminaries are in development.A spreadsheet one person understands, with version 7 sitting on their desktop.

Project managerBudget against actual per phase, with variations and interim invoices. And what has been ordered but not yet invoiced.Finding out at the end of a project that the margin went halfway through.

Site managerWho is where, which week is full, and which job sheet has not come back signed.Sending two crews to the same address.

EngineerToday’s work, the equipment on site and how to get in. Hours, photos and a signature. With no signal too.A paper job book in the van that lands on a desk half filled in on Friday.

When it fits

You have people out in the field and an office directing them.
Your work starts with an enquiry and ends with an invoice somebody can ask questions about.
The capacity you have available decides how much work you can responsibly take on. That makes a view of the schedule at least as important as a view of the order book.
You want to set it up yourself, without a six-month implementation project.

When it needs a conversation first

Working on your own or with two of you? Then we look together at which parts of Platrom are relevant for you.
More than 100 staff, your own developers and a broad system landscape? Then Platrom may be less of a fit.
No people out in the field? Then you will not get the full benefit of the part that sets Platrom apart.
Already have a software package? Then we compare together where Platrom can offer more overview, ease of use or automation.

Not sure whether it fits?

Tell us what your working process looks like. Then we show you honestly where Platrom fits and where it does not.

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