Skip to content
PlatromPlatrom
Book a demo

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

The shape of the work decides whether a system fits, not the name of the trade. Somebody who is somewhere different every day needs something other than somebody on one site for six months. 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 and an invoice it has to be able to explain fits here. Even if your trade is not on the list. If you are not sure, tell us in the conversation how your work runs. If it does not fit, we will say so.

What each role gets out of it

Everybody sees their own screen. That is not for looks, it is necessary. An engineer cannot do anything with an estimator’s screen, and the other way round no more so.

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 assemblies and preliminaries. And the quote that comes out of it.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.
  • Your capacity decides your turnover. Who is available next week weighs more than your order book.
  • You want to set it up yourself, without a six-month implementation project.

When it does not

  • You work alone or with one other person. Then this is too much system.
  • You are over a hundred people with your own developers and your own system landscape. Then it is too little.
  • You have nobody out in the field. The part that sets Platrom apart passes you by.
  • You are happy with the system you have. Switching costs a few weeks whatever you do. Only do it if you are missing something.

Not sure whether it fits?

Tell us in the conversation how your work runs. If it does not fit, we will say so. A client who cancels after three months costs us more than they bring in.

Arrange a conversation