✨ New·Wholesale Supplier side·Rep Visit Routing·OH&S Safety·Lift Plans·Vehicle Maintenance·Inventory Sync
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The smartest hire
you'll ever make.
AI-powered estimating, product knowledge, and project management for residential builders, the lumberyards that supply them, and the wholesale suppliers behind both — all in one place.
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Ask BuildCoreIQ
Sources your own PDFs
Mike R. · Framing contractor
What's the fastener spacing for LP SmartSide lap siding on a 16" o.c. stud wall?
BuildCoreIQ · answered in 3.2s
For SmartSide lap siding on 16" o.c. framing, use 6d box nails (min. 2" length) at each stud, top and bottom. Maintain 3/8" edge distance [Source 1, p.12]. Allow 3/16" gap at butt joints [Source 2, p.4].
Three Platforms · One Supply Chain
Whichever side of the yard
you're on.
The wholesaler ships it. The lumberyard stocks it. The builder installs it. BuildCoreIQ is three complete workspaces — one for each — running on the same product data, and wired together where it counts.
Platform 01
Lumberyard
Quote faster, protect the margin, and know exactly which jobs you lost.
- →SKU catalog with five price tiers — cost, retail, and contractor L1/L2/L3 on every item
- →Quote builder with live margin; the branded customer PDF shows price, never cost
- →Deck and garage estimators that print a blueprint alongside the quote
- →Purchase orders that notify the customer the moment their material hits the yard
- →Win/loss and margin analytics on every quote your counter has written
- →The Vault — shared folders for supplier PDFs, jobsite photos and dated notes
Platform 02
Builder
One folder per jobsite, and an assistant that writes the follow-ups.
- →Project hub per job — client, address, files, chat, tasks, budget and selections
- →Blueprint takeoff plus deck and garage estimators on your own saved pricingSoon
- →Proposals and branded estimate PDFs your client opens from their inbox
- →AI Assistant that drafts email and SMS replies — nothing sends until you approve
- →Jobsite inspections and photo logs attached to the job, not to someone’s phone
- →Client portal, so homeowners stop texting you for updates
Platform 03
Wholesale Supplier
Own the territory — every yard, every rep, every price change.
- →Customer database of every lumberyard you sell into, tiered and assigned to a rep
- →Rep visit scheduling with real route optimization — the day’s stops in driving order
- →Visit notes and photos captured on site; follow-ups created before the rep drives off
- →AI product bot trained on your own manuals, spec sheets and price lists
- →Push a price change into a connected yard’s cost fields, with a full audit trail
- →Pipeline, rep leaderboard and manager analytics across the whole territory
Run more than one? One login switches between them.
The Problem
You didn't get into trades
to read PDFs.
Every install question, weird corner detail, or “what gauge do I need” moment pulls you back to a 90-page manual, a supplier hold queue, or a group chat with 200 unread messages.
Digging through PDFs
One nail spacing spec shouldn't take 20 minutes to find.
Calling the supplier
On hold for 15 minutes to ask a 15-second question.
Jobsite chaos
Photos in texts, files in email, specs on someone's desk. No single source.
Costly mistakes
One tear-out wipes the profit from a whole week.
The Fix
Six tools. One app. Zero excuses.
BuildCoreIQ replaces the rep call, the jobsite group text, the printed spec sheet, the estimator app, and the training binder — all on the phone your crew already has.
Instant answers
From your real supplier docs. With the source page cited every time — no hallucinations, no guessing.
Jobsite project hub
Files, photos, team chat, tasks, and estimates per job — shared with your whole crew.
Staff training
AI-generated quizzes from your own spec sheets. Track scores. Know who's ready.
Product Tour
See it in action.
A quick look at the three parts your crew will use every single day.
Ask like you'd ask a veteran rep.
Get a cited answer in seconds.
Plain English questions, plain English answers. Every factual claim cites the exact source page — tap it to open the actual PDF. No hallucinations. No hold music.
- ✓Fastener spacing, overlap, flashing details
- ✓Code and warranty conditions
- ✓Side-by-side product comparisons
- ✓Cost estimates using your store's current pricing
Ask BuildCoreIQ
Sources your own PDFs
Mike R. · Framing contractor
What's the fastener spacing for LP SmartSide lap siding on a 16" o.c. stud wall?
BuildCoreIQ · answered in 3.2s
For SmartSide lap siding on 16" o.c. framing, use 6d box nails (min. 2" length) at each stud, top and bottom. Maintain 3/8" edge distance [Source 1, p.12]. Allow 3/16" gap at butt joints [Source 2, p.4].
One folder per jobsite.
Everybody on the same page.
Drag in PDFs and site photos, chat with your whole crew in real time, track tasks, link the products you're using, and keep running estimates — all tied to the job.
- ✓Upload plans, permits, and jobsite photos
- ✓Real-time team chat per project
- ✓Tasks with checkboxes everyone can see
- ✓Linked products + running estimate totals
Project
Johnson reno — siding
Mike · 8:42am
Site photos uploaded — south elevation ready for siding
You · 8:45am
Nice. Starter strip is in the pile. Jose brings fasteners at 10.
3
Files
4
Tasks
$8,420
Estimate
Turn every spec sheet
into a five-question quiz.
New hire just started? Hand them the app. BuildCoreIQ generates quizzes straight from your supplier PDFs. Pass 80%, earn a badge. Owners see every score on the leaderboard.
- ✓AI-generated quizzes per product
- ✓Answers grounded in your actual docs — no generic fluff
- ✓Badges when staff pass each product
- ✓Leaderboard + training gaps on the owner dashboard
Quiz · LP SmartSide
Question 3 of 5
What is the minimum edge distance for fasteners on LP SmartSide lap siding?
Feature Depth
Nine things each side
can do on day one.
Every card below is a screen that exists today — not a roadmap. Nine for the lumberyard, nine for the builder, nine for the wholesale supplier, and the AI layer all three share.
Platform 01 · Lumberyard
Run the yard like a SaaS company.
Catalog and pricing, quotes and margin, purchase orders, analytics, safety, fleet, and a tag-filtered gallery of installed jobs — every part of running the building supply business, on one login.
Catalog & Five Price Tiers
130+ products with manufacturer specs and install guides. Every SKU carries cost, retail, and contractor L1/L2/L3 — so the right price is one dropdown away.
Browse catalog →Quote Builder with Live Margin
Pick a tier and unit price auto-fills. You watch margin move line by line; the customer's PDF shows the price and your branding, never your cost.
Build a quote →Counter Estimators · Deck & Garage
Size it up at the counter and hand the customer a materials list with a generated blueprint PDF — before they leave to price it somewhere else.
Open estimators →NewPurchase Order Tracking
Track special orders from placed to at-yard. The second you flip it to arrived, the customer waiting on it gets emailed and texted automatically.
Track a PO →NewWin/Loss & Margin Analytics
Win rate on closed quotes, dollars won versus lost, margin percentage on costed revenue, and a leaderboard of who at the counter is closing.
See analytics →The Vault
Dropbox-style shared folders for supplier PDFs, jobsite photos, and append-only dated notes. Invite per folder, so a vendor sees only their own.
Open the vault →OH&SSafety & Compliance
OH&S-grade module: documents, inspections (boom truck, forklift, yard), FLHA/JHA, lift plans with auto-risk scoring, rigging, delivery checks, yard zones.
Open safety →Vehicle Maintenance
Fleet records, pre-trip checklists, calendar of upcoming service, in-app notifications when something's due.
Open fleet →Inventory Sync
BisTrack, Spruce, or manual CSV — keep bin locations current so the AI never sends a customer to the wrong aisle.
Sync inventory →Platform 02 · Builder
Run every jobsite from your phone.
Project hubs, AI takeoffs, proposals, an assistant that writes your follow-ups, and a portal the homeowner actually uses — built for the foreman, the framer, and the GC.
Project Hub
One folder per jobsite: client and address, files, real-time crew chat, tasks, budget, and running estimate totals.
See projects →Coming SoonAI Blueprint Takeoff
Drop a PDF. Get framing, flooring, siding, and roofing line items in 60 seconds — page by page.
See it →Coming SoonEstimators · Deck / Garage / Quick
Good / Better / Best in three clicks. 10 categories, priced off the supplier costs you saved once and never re-type.
Open estimator →Proposals
Turn a takeoff into a proposal, send it as a PDF, and see it move to accepted — instead of chasing a signature by text.
Write a proposal →AIAI Assistant · Email & SMS
Reads the thread, drafts the reply in your voice, and queues the SMS. Nothing leaves your account until you hit Approve & Send.
Meet the assistant →Client Portal
Homeowners get their own login. Budget transparency, photo updates, selections — without the 11pm text messages.
See the portal →Jobsite Inspections
Run a walkthrough against a checklist and attach it to the job. Photos and findings stay on the project, not on someone's phone.
See inspections →Selections & Schedule
Track every finish the client still has to pick, with due dates, and lay the trades out on a schedule the whole crew can see.
See the schedule →Coming SoonEmail Estimates as PDF
One click sends a branded quote. Customer opens it in their inbox. You see when it lands.
Send a quote →Platform 03 · Wholesale Supplier
Own the territory, not just the order.
The manufacturers and distributors selling into the yards — account coverage, rep routing, field notes, price pushes, and the pipeline behind all of it.
Territory Customer Database
Every lumberyard you sell into, tiered A/B/C with buyers and receivers on file and a rep assigned. The ones nobody has walked into in 60 days flag themselves.
See customers →Rep Visit Routing
Drop the day's yards under a rep and hit Find Fastest Route. Live drive times, numbered stops on a map, ETAs per call — the same optimizer the delivery side runs.
Plan a route →Field Notes & Photos
Mark a call complete on site, snap the end-cap or the competitor's pallet, and log what you heard. Stamped, dated, and not editable after the fact.
See visits →Automatic Follow-ups
A sample request or price objection logged at the counter becomes a dated task on the rep's list before they've left the parking lot.
See follow-ups →AIAI Product Bot on Your Docs
Upload your spec sheets, manuals, and price lists. Reps ask “what's the CSA rating on Type X 5/8?” and get the answer cited to the page — from the truck, at the counter.
Try it →Segmented Broadcasts
Price updates, new product launches, back-in-stock notices — to every Alberta yard or just your A-tier accounts. Templates included, every send logged.
See broadcasts →NewPrice Push Into Connected Yards
Send a cost change straight into a connected lumberyard's own cost fields. Both sides have to opt in, the yard accepts it, and every change keeps an audit trail.
See price pushes →Sales Pipeline
Leads through to wins, per account and per rep, with the value of what's still open — so a forecast is a screen instead of a spreadsheet.
Open pipeline →NewManager Analytics & Rep Leaderboard
Coverage, visits, wins and pipeline value across the whole territory, with a per-rep drilldown when a number needs explaining.
See analytics →Shared · The Layer Underneath
One AI, one tenancy model, all three sides.
Trained on your products, your bin locations, and your own uploaded documents. Cited every time. A builder asking spec questions, a yard answering a customer call, a rep standing at someone else's counter — same engine, separate data.
Ask BuildCoreIQ
Plain-English Q&A trained on your product PDFs and your store's bin locations. Answer counter questions in seconds.
Try it →Smart Citations
Every factual claim cites the source PDF and page number. Tap to open the actual page. Zero hallucination.
See citations →Tenant Isolation & Team Roles
Every yard, builder, and supplier gets a private workspace enforced by row-level security at the database. Invite your team by email with the role they actually need.
See team roles →Multi-Role Workspace Switcher
One login for a builder who also runs a yard, or a supplier who buys as well as sells. Switch sides without logging out; each side keeps its own state.
Switch workspace →Inside Each Workspace
What it looks like
on a Tuesday morning.
One screen from each side of the trade, and the handful of things the people using it care about most.
Platform 01 · Lumberyard
Turn your counter staff
into product experts.
Upload your supplier PDFs once. New hires are answering spec questions in a week — not six months. The ROI dashboard tells you the dollar value every single month.
- ✓
Multi-user access
Your whole team, one login per person.
- ✓
Upload your own supplier PDFs
Spec sheets, install guides, price lists — all searchable by AI.
- ✓
Monthly ROI in dollars
See exactly how many rep-call hours BuildCoreIQ saved this month.
- ✓
Training leaderboard
Know which staff are ready for the counter and which need coaching.
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Knowledge gap alerts
See the questions your docs can't answer so you can fill the gap.
BuildCoreIQ ROI · April
184 questions answered —
~21.5 hrs of rep phone time saved
Questions
184
Hrs saved
21.5
Value
$1,100
Training leaderboard
Platform 02 · Builder
Stop losing files
in group chats.
Every jobsite gets its own project folder. Your crew uploads photos, the client sends plans, you add install questions, and the AI answers them — all in one place.
- ✓
File uploads
PDFs, jobsite photos, permits — drag and drop.
- ✓
Real-time team chat
Messages appear instantly on every crew member's phone.
- ✓
Tasks and checklists
Anyone on the job can check things off.
- ✓
Estimates tied to the job
Keep a running material total per project.
- ✓
An assistant on the follow-ups
Drafts the reply and the SMS; you approve before anything sends.
Johnson reno — siding
3 files · 12 messages · 4 tasks
Platform 03 · Wholesale Supplier
Know what happened
at every yard this week.
Reps plan the day in the app, log what they heard at the counter, and the follow-ups write themselves. Managers see coverage, pipeline, and per-rep numbers without asking anyone for a report.
- ✓
Route-optimized day plans
Drop the day's yards under a rep and get the fastest run, with live drive times.
- ✓
Notes that survive the drive home
Stamped, dated, and attached to the account — not sitting in a glovebox notebook.
- ✓
Follow-ups that create themselves
A sample request or a price objection becomes a dated task automatically.
- ✓
Price pushes with a paper trail
Send a cost change into a connected yard and see exactly who accepted it, and when.
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Rep leaderboard
Visits, wins, and open pipeline value per rep, across the whole territory.
Rep route · Tue Aug 11
Dana W. · Central Alberta
Stops
5
Drive
2h 10m
Saved
41 min
Parkland Building Supply
8:30am · A-tier · 12 km
Sundre Home Hardware
10:05am · B-tier · 34 km
Olds Lumber & Truss
11:40am · A-tier · 28 km
Logged at stop 3
Buyer wants a sample of the 5/8 Type X before committing. Competitor quoted $2 under on OSB.
→ Follow-up created · due FriHow It Works
Three steps. No training required.
Upload your PDFs
Drag in spec sheets, install manuals, price lists. BuildCoreIQ indexes everything so it's searchable in minutes.
Put it on your crew's phones
Everyone logs in with their own account. Crews use Ask AI and Projects. Owners get the ROI dashboard.
Save hours every week
No more hold music. No more lost files. New staff productive on day one instead of month six.
Pricing
Simple pricing.
Pays for itself on day one.
14-day free trial · Cancel anytime · No credit card up front.
Crew
Up to 2 users · $30/mo per additional user
For builders and small crews.
- ✓Unlimited AI questions with source citations
- ✓Product library + PDF uploads
- ✓Unlimited projects with files, chat, tasks
- ✓Inspections, selections & schedule
- ✓Estimators with waste, coverage & your supplier pricing
- ✓Email branded PDFs to clients
- ✓14-day free trial · no credit card
Company
For building supply stores and growing crews.
- ✓Everything in Crew, for 5 users (add more anytime)
- ✓Owner ROI dashboard with monthly $ value
- ✓Training leaderboard + badges per product
- ✓Knowledge gap alerts
- ✓CSV monthly reports
- ✓Priority support + onboarding call
What People Are Saying
Built by people who've lived it.
“Saved me two hours on a siding job last week. Asked one question, got the exact fastener pattern with the page from the manual. Felt like cheating.”
Mike R.
Framing contractor · BC
“My new hire was answering spec questions at the counter after two days. The training quizzes made it measurable. That normally takes six months of ride-alongs.”
Sarah L.
Manager · Westland Building Supply
“The projects feature alone is worth it. Every file from the site is in one place. No more lost texts, no more 'hey send me that photo again.'”
Jose M.
Custom home builder · AB
Stop losing hours
to product research.
Every supplier PDF, every jobsite file, every training quiz, every ROI number — in one app. Put BuildCoreIQ on your crew's phones today. The first 14 days are on us.
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