Construction Operations Resources
Guides, tools, and real customer stories for the people who run the work day to day: PMs, field leads, purchasing admins, and leadership scaling without doubling back-office headcount.
One job walk, one complete report: how an Atlanta drywall contractor files daily reports by voice
A drywall contractor in Atlanta, GA replaced its old daily report app with Punch. One spoken walkthrough covered three buildings and five floors, including photos, delays, and a scope task routed to the PM.
Read the storyHow a Drywall Contractor Added Up $178K a Year in Expected Savings
A drywall sub walked through their numbers with us and added up $178,000 per year in expected savings from Punch. Here's how the math worked, along with the spray-nozzle story that's hard to forget.
Read the storyGuides
Deep, practical references for each part of the job. Start with the purchasing guide, then go narrow.
Construction Purchasing Guide
The definitive guide to construction purchasing, covering how construction teams buy materials, common problems, modern workflows, and how AI is changing procurement.
Read the guideAI-Native Construction Operations
What it means to run operations by talking and emailing the work in — voice and email as peer channels — and how that differs from form-based field software.
Read guideConstruction Purchase Orders
How purchase orders work in construction, common PO mistakes, manual vs. automated workflows, and how subcontractors manage POs today.
Read guideConstruction Invoice Matching
What invoice matching means in construction, 2-way vs. 3-way matching, why suppliers send incorrect invoices, and how to prevent overpayment.
Read guideMaterial Order Tracking
How to track material orders, coordinate with suppliers, prevent delivery delays, and keep construction projects on schedule.
Read guidePurchasing for Subcontractors
How subcontractors manage purchasing, the role of PMs vs. purchasing admins, common scaling problems, and growing without adding headcount.
Read guideProcurement Controls in Construction
Approved-materials lists, approved-supplier lists, and pre-negotiated contract pricing are enforced before the PO goes out, not reconciled after the invoice arrives.
Read guideConstruction Daily Reports
What goes in a daily report, who fills them out, why they matter for billing and disputes, and how modern tools make filing them faster.
Read guideConstruction Project Scheduling
An AI-driven alternative to Primavera, Microsoft Project, and Smartsheet, built into the same system that runs your POs, labor, and daily reports.
Read guideTools
Free interactive tools: run your own numbers, keep the results.
Construction ROI Worksheet
Enter your own daily-report, PO, and invoice volumes and see what that admin time adds up to in a year — your numbers, your arithmetic.
Run your numbersDrywall Screw Calculator
Free calculator for contractors and estimators. Estimate total screw count, pounds, and boxes based on board size, framing spacing, and screw pattern.
Use calculatorArticles
Tactical reads on the problems behind the paperwork.
The Human Translator Problem: Why 72% of Subcontractors Have a Hidden Bottleneck Between the Field and the ERP
Most subcontractors run a hidden workflow where field requests pass through a person before becoming a PO. Here's why that person exists, why they break under load, and how to digitize the role without eliminating the judgment.
Read articleHow to Streamline Construction Purchase Orders: Eliminate Manual Tasks, Reduce Errors, and Prevent Delays
For construction teams, the purchase order process is where small mistakes become expensive problems. Learn how to fix it.
Read articleSee Punch work on your own workflow.
It's a working session, not a slide deck. Bring a real PO, an invoice, or a daily report. You'll use Punch on it live.