[ For Drywall Contractors ]
FIVE PHASES. THREE TRADES. ZERO ROOM FOR ERROR.
Hanging, taping, mudding, sanding, finishing — each phase has its own crew, its own drying time, and its own way of falling behind. And you're coordinating all of it around electricians who aren't done and painters who are waiting. OPS tracks every phase across every site so your crews go where the work is actually ready.
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[ THE PROBLEM ]
Every phase depends on the last one drying
- • Hanging, taping, first coat, second coat, sanding, finishing — each phase needs 24–48 hours of drying time that humidity can extend without warning
- • Electrical and plumbing rough-in must be complete and inspected before hanging starts — one trade running behind halts your entire operation
- • A 5-crew company has crews at 3–4 different sites, each at different phases — knowing which crew goes where tomorrow requires real-time visibility, not phone calls
- • Schedule sanding based on standard timing, mud isn't dry, crew shows up and can't work — a wasted day you could have sent them to another site
For: Drywall contractors managing hanging, taping, mudding, sanding, and finishing across multiple sites while coordinating with electricians, plumbers, and painters
The labor crisis is making every other problem worse
- • Drywall installers are among the hardest skilled labor roles to fill — 88% of firms with craft workers report open positions
- • Installer wages have grown 11% while margins stay flat — if your estimates use last year's rates, every job is less profitable than projected
- • Less experienced workers create quality issues that weren't a problem five years ago — poor mudding and sanding shows through paint
- • More bodies doesn't solve it — overcrowded sites, higher safety risk, less accountability. The answer is making the crews you have more productive.
For: Drywall company owners who can't find skilled hangers and finishers while wages climb 11% and quality drops with every green hire
Enterprise software for subcontractor budgets
- • Procore and Buildertrend are built for general contractors — bidding portals, architectural drawings, client selection tools you'll never touch
- • ServiceTitan costs $245–$500+ per tech per month with $5K–$50K implementation — for a 10-person drywall crew, that's $30K–$60K/year
- • Jobber was designed for same-day service calls — no phased construction workflows, no drying time between phases, no trade coordination
- • So most drywall companies use nothing. Phone calls, text messages, and handshake agreements with the GC. The software market failed this trade.
For: Drywall subcontractors paying GC prices for software they only use 20% of
[ THE SOLUTION ]
HOW OPS HANDLES IT
[ 01 ]
Phase-by-phase scheduling across every site.
Schedule hanging crew at Site A Monday, taping at Site B, finishing at Site C — with phase completion tracking that shows which sites are ready for the next step. When mud needs an extra day to dry, push sanding forward and redirect the crew to a site that IS ready. Trade coordination notes track when electrical passed inspection and when the GC says the site is clear for hang. Tomorrow's dispatch is based on reality, not assumptions.
[ 02 ]
Make every crew hour count.
When skilled hangers cost $27+/hour and wages are climbing 11% annually, idle time is the most expensive line item you're not tracking. Real-time crew visibility shows where every team is and what phase they're completing. Photo documentation captures work quality at each phase — catch finishing issues before the painter shows up. Time tracking per phase per site builds accurate labor cost data for future estimates. Crew scheduling prevents the #1 waste: sending workers to a site that isn't ready for their phase.
[ 03 ]
Built for the job site. Not the office trailer.
Drywall sites are dusty, messy, and don't always have WiFi. Your scheduling app needs to handle all of that. 56dp touch targets work with work gloves. Dark theme is readable from a dark interior to a bright exterior. Photo documentation captures each phase — hanging alignment, tape seams, mud coats, finished surfaces — for quality tracking and GC sign-off. Works offline on new construction shells without cell service. Your crew sees their schedule and phase requirements without calling anyone.
[ 04 ]
You're a sub, not a GC. Price accordingly.
Your software budget should match your role. OPS is flat-rate regardless of crew size — whether you're running 3 workers or 30. Free to start with no credit card. No implementation fees. No 12-month contracts. Compare: Procore and Buildertrend at enterprise GC pricing, ServiceTitan at $30K–$60K/year for 10 workers, Jobber at $4,188+/year with user overages. For a drywall sub doing $500K–$2M in revenue, OPS is insignificant overhead.
[ VS THE ALTERNATIVES ]
SEE HOW OPS COMPARES
| Feature | OPS | Jobber | Contractor+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile-first crew app | Limited | ||
| Multi-phase project scheduling | Limited | ||
| Per-phase photo documentation | Basic | ||
| Offline mode for job sites | |||
| No per-user pricing | Free tier limited | ||
| Starting price | Free to start | $49/mo | Free tier |
[ FREQUENTLY ASKED ]
STOP SENDING CREWS TO SITES THAT AREN'T READY.
Every wasted trip is hours of skilled labor you don't get back. OPS tracks which sites are ready for which phase — so your crews go where the work is, not where you hope it is.
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