Construction Administration Operating System
Construction is chaotic.
We make it calm.
BuildCAOS runs the paper trail of a commercial project — submittals, RFIs, drawings, daily reports, quality, and safety — with one owner for every item at every moment. Built for construction managers who answer for all of it.
My Court
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Ball in court
One owner, always
Every submittal, RFI, and deficiency sits in exactly one person's court. When it's yours, it's on your dashboard. Nothing floats, and nothing falls through.
CM as gatekeeper
You control the flow
Subs never route around you. Every document reaches your consultants and your owner through you — sequenced, stamped, and on the record.
Record of truth
Nothing ever disappears
Every action lands in an immutable audit trail, and nothing hard-deletes. When the claim shows up two years later, the record is already built.
How it works
Everything flows through the CM.
A submittal moves sub → CM → consultant → CM → released. At each handoff the ball changes court — and the person holding it sees it the moment they sign in.
Subcontractor
Marcus Bell · Cascade Steel
051200-001 · SUBMITTED
Construction manager — your court
Dana Whitfield · Meridian
REVIEW → ROUTE TO CONSULTANT
Consultant
Priya Nair · Foster + Lang
STAMP → RETURN TO CM
Sequential routing only — no parallel chaos, no side channels
The modules
The whole paper trail, in one system.
051200-001
Submittals
Spec-numbered and auto-sequenced. Tracked from schedule to stamp — the stamp drives the status, not a judgment call.
RFI-004
RFIs
From field question to consultant answer without the email archaeology. Due dates by priority, answers on the record.
A-101 · REV 3
Drawings
One current set, always. Superseded sheets stay in the record — never in the field's hands.
DR · JUL 31
Daily Reports
Weather, manpower, and work in place. The field writes it in minutes; you review it with a paper trail.
QC-003
Quality Control
Photo-in, photo-out: a deficiency opens with proof and closes with proof. No exceptions.
SAF-002
Safety
Three severity levels. A stop-work order banners every page for everyone — and can't be dismissed.
Submittal log
A register that reads itself.
Quiet states stay quiet. Only the items that are late carry a flag.
Submittal detail
Every handoff, on the record.
Assigned, submitted, routed, stamped — who did what, and when, for the life of the project.
RFIs
Questions with owners and due dates.
Every open RFI shows whose court it’s in. Answer directly or route it — either way, it’s on the record.
Daily reports
The field day, written down.
Weather, crews on site, work in place. Superintendents file it from the field; you approve it into the record.
Every seat at the table
Role-scoped by default.
Subs see their own work and nobody else’s. Consultants see what you route them. Owners see everything — read-only, minus your internal notes. Safety is visible to the whole site, always.
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Calm starts at the record.
Bring your project’s paper trail into one system with one owner for every item.