Floor production board
Each floor shows its hang, tape and finish status, with the crew assigned and the square footage still to do.
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Manager Oversight App for Drywall Contractors
A drywall company's profit depends on how many sheets a crew hangs, tapes and finishes in a day, and on how well that crew fits into the general contractor's schedule. A manager oversight app shows production by floor, board deliveries and punch items across every open project, so the general manager can step in before a crew sits idle.
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Where drywall production slows down
Drywall runs on a chain of trades. The framing inspection has to pass before the hangers arrive, the electrical and plumbing rough-in must be complete, and the insulation inspector needs to see the cavities before board goes up. When one of those steps is late, the hanging crew arrives to find nothing to hang, and the day is paid for but not earned.
Inside the job, production is set by the crew's rhythm. A hanging crew stocks a floor with board, then moves on as the taping crew follows. The general manager needs to see which floor is behind, which crew holds the lift for the day and whether the board delivery matches the sheet count on the takeoff.
Most offices track this in a spreadsheet updated on Friday. By then a crew has lost two days to a missing lift, a board drop has gone to the wrong level of a parking structure and a finishing crew is waiting on sanding that never started.
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What the general manager needs to see before signing off
A general manager will test whether the app shows production per crew per floor, based on sheets hung, linear feet taped and square feet finished. Crew leads should enter those figures in a few taps, not reconstruct them from a timesheet at the end of the week.
The manager will also check the handoffs. When a floor is hung, the taping crew should see it on their phone and the next trade should see the date it becomes available. A floor that is hung but not yet inspected should never appear as ready for finishing. Finally, a simple callback view should link a crack at a corner bead, found by the general contractor, to the crew that finished that wall.
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Standards, inspections and records that apply
Drywall finish quality is judged against the levels in the Gypsum Association's finish standards, and many general contractors name a specific level in the contract. The app should record the finish level for each area, so the finishing crew knows what the wall must achieve before the paint crew arrives.
Fire-rated and sound-rated assemblies need their own records. Board types, fasteners and joint treatments must be installed as specified, and the crew should photograph the assembly before it is closed. Store those photos with the floor and room they describe.
Crew safety matters on lifts and in tight framing. Record lift inspections, fall protection checks and incidents on each project, and make sure the manager can see open safety items for every site.
What you get
Key features
Delivery and lift tracker
Board drops and lift bookings link to the floor they serve, with alerts when a delivery is late or a lift is unassigned.
Inspection gates
A floor is not released to the taping crew until framing and rough-in inspections are recorded as passed.
Finish level by area
The required level of finish is recorded for each room, so the finishing crew and the general contractor agree on the target before work starts.
Callback log
Punch items from the general contractor link to the crew that finished the wall, with photos and a repair date.
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The information and access the company will provide
We need the project list with the general contractor, the schedule of milestones, the floor plans and the takeoff for each job. We also need the crew roster with each person's role, whether they hang, tape or finish, and the lifts and tools assigned to each crew.
Describe how board orders are placed today, including which supplier delivers, how sheet counts are checked and who signs for deliveries. That detail decides whether the delivery alerts will catch problems in time.
- Project list with general contractor, milestones and floor plans
- Takeoff sheet counts by floor, room and board type
- Crew roster with hanging, taping and finishing roles
- Lift, tool and delivery assignments for each site
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Mistakes we would steer drywall contractors away from
Measuring production only in sheets hung is a trap. A crew that hangs quickly but leaves seams needing heavy repair costs more than a slower crew with clean work. Track taping and finishing output alongside hanging, so the manager sees the real cost of each floor.
A delivery tracker nobody updates from the site is another. If the crew lead cannot mark a drop as received in seconds, the manager ends up calling the supplier anyway. Ignoring the general contractor is the third. Their schedule drives your sequence, and an app that cannot show their milestone dates will always lag behind the real job.
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How to tell whether the oversight app is working
Pull a baseline from work already done: sheets hung per crew per day on comparable floors, the number of days a crew waits for the previous trade and the callbacks logged after each project. Use a few completed jobs so the baseline reflects real work.
After launch, look for fewer idle crew days, fewer deliveries arriving at the wrong floor and a shorter list of open callbacks at final walkthrough. Those are the operating results this app should move.
- Idle crew days per project, before and after launch
- Deliveries received at the correct floor on the first drop
- Open callback items at final walkthrough
- Production per crew on comparable floors
How much does a manager oversight app for drywall contractors cost?+
Mobile apps start at $4,500. Crew count, production reports and takeoff software links drive the total, and the scope and price follow in writing once the free scoping call is complete.
Can crew leads update production from the site?+
Yes. Each floor takes a few taps, and entries save offline in the framing shell or stairwell where signal often fails. The manager sees each update once the phone reconnects.
Does the app work for commercial projects as well as homes?+
It does, and commercial setups usually need more floors, more milestones and more inspection gates. We build the structure around the general contractor's schedule so the app matches how your projects run.
How do I see which crew is behind on a job?+
The production board compares each crew's progress with the floors it should have finished by that point in the schedule. The manager sees the gap at once and can move a crew or change the lift booking that day.
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