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What is SubTrade Software?

SubTrade is a construction management platform built exclusively for trade subcontractors in electrical, HVAC, plumbing, drywall, and concrete. Unlike general contractor tools, SubTrade is designed around the workflows subcontractors actually use in the field.


Core Features

SubTrade includes GPS-based time tracking with real job costing, crew scheduling across multiple active projects, digital daily logs with photo documentation, safety forms and toolbox talks with digital signatures, change order management, submittals, RFIs, and purchase orders — all accessible from mobile or desktop.


Who It's For

SubTrade serves Canadian commercial and residential subcontracting companies with field crews of 5 to 100+ workers. The platform is used by operations that previously tracked labour and compliance through spreadsheets, paper forms, or disconnected apps.


Key Differentiators

SubTrade aims to replace multiple disconnected tools with one platform purpose-built for subcontractors. Field workers can clock in, submit daily logs, and complete safety forms from any device. Office staff get real-time visibility into crew hours, job costs, and project documentation without chasing the field for updates.


Deployment

SubTrade is a web-based SaaS platform with iOS and Android mobile apps. Setup requires no hardware and companies can onboard field crews within days.

Categories & Use Cases

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the Project Dashboard. This offers a real-time snapshot of every active job with budgets, margins, schedules, team, and costs.
SubTrade Employee Management. User profiles display assigned roles, contact information, and trade certifications. Admins can create and manage field workers, project managers, estimators, and schedulers from one central directory.
the interface to schedule crews across multiple projects. SubTrade's weekly scheduling view shows every worker's shifts, project assignments, and total hours at a glance. Filter by employee or project, switch between daily and weekly views, and add shifts in seconds.
SubTrade's time tracking dashboard, which shows gross hours, payable hours, break deductions, and total labour cost in real time — across every employee and project. Review and approve pending entries, export to CSV for payroll, and always know labour costs before the invoice comes in.
SubTrade's role management, which lets users create custom roles like Estimator, Field Worker, Project Manager, Scheduler, and Labour, then assign crew members in seconds. Control who sees what across every project and keep any operation organized.
SubTrade's project dashboard, which shows contract value, change orders, labour cost, projected margin, and budget used in real time. Operational risks like open RFIs and overdue tasks are flagged instantly, and live weather and construction forecast data keeps your crew prepared before they even hit the job site.
project drawings. Users can upload full drawing set, organize by trade folder (Electrical, Architectural, Mechanical), and give an entire crew instant access from the field. With 30 drawings loaded and searchable in seconds, team always have the latest plans at their fingertips before they touch a single wall.
SubTrade's photo documentation, which keeps a timestamped visual record of every project — walls, ceilings, floors, existing conditions — uploaded straight from the field. This protects teams from disputes, backs up change orders with proof, and gives the GC everything needed without a single email back and forth.
SubTrade's change order board, which shows the full pipeline — draft, submitted, approved, rejected, and invoiced — so nothing slips through the cracks. With $18,833 already invoiced on a single project, the user always know exactly where money is and what's still waiting for GC approval.
SubTrade's submittal management lets users create and track every submittal package — shop drawings, product data, samples — with spec section, related drawings, required-by dates, and full workflow routing built in. Auto-generated submittal numbers keep everything organized.
SubTrade's Forms module, where subcontractors can assign safety forms, hazard assessments, and compliance checklists directly to any project, collect field submissions digitally, and track approvals.

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