Product updates, industry insights and practical guides for construction teams.
The story behind Trave: from the tools, to two years of consulting, to a connected platform. Who it is for and what we believe about software for contractors.
Paul Gilcreest
July 3, 2026
4 min read
Most construction software is built for the top of the market. A practical buyer's guide for contractors between 10 and 100 people.
May 12, 2026
6 min read
Every unanswered RFI is a crew standing still. Why email is the worst place to manage them, and what a clean RFI process looks like for a smaller contractor.
March 10, 2026
5 min read
A practical January reset for contractors: how many cost codes you actually need, how to structure them, and the habits that make job costing stick.
Gerard Smith
January 13, 2026
Most contractors do not lose margin in one big hit. It drains away through five small leaks that only show up when the job is finished.
November 18, 2025
Moving off paper timesheets fails when it is done for the office instead of the site. Here is how growing contractors make the switch stick.
September 9, 2025
Spreadsheets feel free, but the hours, errors and blind spots they create are quietly one of the biggest costs in a growing contracting business.
July 15, 2025
