A design-build firm carries a different weight than a general contractor: custom designs and the codes that govern them, a bucket of client allowances to shepherd, purchasing and returns to chase, and a client relationship that should outlive the punch list. We built a tool for each of those, for our own firm. Every one writes back into the same JobTread job.
One spine — the JobTread job. Enter the project once and it follows itself, first budget to homeowner's binder.
Ten tools, numbered like a drawing set. Each one was built because we kept needing it — the problem it solves, and why we built it instead of living with the spreadsheet.
The problemA custom job's allowances, due dates, and returns live in scattered spreadsheets and your head.
Why we built itOne bucket of client allowances with due dates, email nudges, and purchasing through delivery through returns tracked. Built for custom work, not A/B option packages.
The problemChange orders are the job nobody wants to own, and the margins underneath get fudged.
Why we built itThe PM writes it, it routes to the approver, and it comes back ready to send. Margin and T&M are handled underneath, so nobody does the math twice.
The problemEvery estimate starts from a blank page, and you second-guess the trade mix every time.
Why we built itDescribe the project and the rooms fall out with a margin-correct budget. It sharpens each pass, and pushes the whole thing to the job when it's right.
The problemEvery unique design hits codes and zoning that vary by town, and the research eats an afternoon.
Why we built itType an address and get a cited, first-pass building-code and zoning read for that jurisdiction — setbacks, height, coverage, energy code, each with the subsection.
The problemThe subs don't have the selections or the plans in front of them.
Why we built itEvery selection in one place for the trades, tied to the plans by room. A sub opens a room and sees exactly what goes in it. Share by link or QR.
The problemThe client relationship dies at the punch list.
Why we built itA branded homeowner manual that builds itself from the selections you already entered, and a wellness program that keeps you a resource after handoff.
The advantage isn't any one tool. It's that they share the project — you enter it once, and it follows itself.
Set up the rooms in the Estimator and they become the rooms in Selections and in the Project Manual. The product details you pull into Selections flow into the manual that keeps building all through the job. Enter the project once, and all of it stays in step with JobTread.
These weren't built to sell. They were built because we kept needing them, and the tools that existed were either outside the platform we run the business in, or built for a general contractor, not a design-build firm.
You can use the whole suite free during the beta. Here's the shape pricing takes when it turns on — no numbers locked yet.
Spec Builder and the Assembly Analyzer stay free. Draft a spec or check a wall assembly, no account required.
Estimating, Selections, Changes, Code & Zoning, Field, Punch, and People — one subscription for the firm, all writing back to JobTread.
The Project Manual and the post-handoff Wellness program are add-ons on top of the core bundle, priced separately.
Still wondering something? Email joshua@addwell.design and you'll get a real answer.
A suite of tools that add the design-build layer on top of JobTread — estimating, client selections, change orders, code and zoning checks, a field view for subs, and an owner manual. They were built by a working architect and GC for their own Colorado design-build firm, then opened up.
No. JobTread runs the job better than anything, and that's exactly why Addwell is built on it rather than around it. Every tool reads from and writes back to the same JobTread job — budgets, change orders, daily logs, and documents flow back to it, so your office and field never leave the platform they already run on.
Most tools write back to a JobTread job, so you get the most out of Addwell connected. A few — Assembly Analyzer, Spec Builder, and Code & Zoning — stand on their own and need no connection.
It's free during the beta. When pricing turns on, Spec Builder and Assembly Analyzer stay free. The rest of the suite is one subscription bundle. Wellness and the Project Manual are separate add-ons. No numbers are locked yet — get in touch and we'll be straight with you.
Each firm's data is walled off in its own space — the same isolation that keeps two customers apart keeps your jobs private. Nothing goes to your JobTread account until you connect it yourself and accept a short release. We don't sell or share your project data.
In Settings, with your own JobTread grant key. You accept a one-time liability release first, and you can disconnect at any time. Your key stays scoped to your organization.
Design-build firms — architect-led builders running custom work, where the design intent and the field reality live on the same job. If you run A/B option packages and nothing but, it's probably not built for you.
Yes. The live demo drops you into a private sandbox with a real-looking project. Click around, see how a change order flows and how the rooms carry from the estimate into selections. Nothing you do touches a real JobTread account.
A real person reads every one. No sales sequence.
Click into a private sandbox with a real-looking project. Watch a change order route and come back ready to send, and the rooms carry from the estimate into selections. No sign-up, nothing touches a real account.