When people think about construction companies, they often imagine cranes, workers, concrete and noise.
What they rarely think about is software.
And yet, after talking with dozens of small and medium construction companies, I realized something surprising:
most of their biggest problems are not on the construction site.
They are behind a computer.
Spreadsheets everywhere.
Costs tracked manually.
Invoices compared at the end of the job.
Profit discovered… too late.
The Excel Illusion
Let’s be clear: Excel is a powerful tool.
It works perfectly when:
- you have a single project
- one person manages everything
- data doesn’t need to be shared in real time
The problem starts when:
- multiple construction sites run at the same time
- several people enter data
- costs change daily
- variations keep coming in
At that point, Excel stops being a solution and becomes a risk.
One wrong formula, one outdated file… and your financial data is no longer trustworthy.
The Real Business Problem
The real issue I kept seeing was always the same:
construction companies often don’t know their real profit in real time.
They know:
- how much the client should pay
- roughly how much workers cost But they don’t have:
- live cost tracking
- automatic margins
- real-time profitability per project
From a business standpoint, this is extremely dangerous.
Why I Decided to Build a Vertical Tool
This is why I decided to build a vertical SaaS specifically for construction companies.
Not a generic ERP.
Not yet another spreadsheet replacement.
But a tool focused on:
- estimates
- job progress (SAL)
- real costs
- workers
- suppliers
The goal is simple:
give small construction companies the same level of control that only large companies usually have.
If you’re curious about the project itself, this is where it lives:
👉 https://www.ediliziami.pro
What I’m Learning as a Founder
The biggest lesson so far is this:
real-world businesses don’t behave like textbooks.
Every company:
- uses different workflows
- has different habits
- resists change in different ways
The technical challenge is easy.
The human challenge is the real product.
Final Thought
Digital transformation is not about AI, blockchain or buzzwords.
It’s about solving boring, painful, daily problems better than before.
And boring problems usually hide the best SaaS opportunities.
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