Construction and trades
PDF tools and e-signatures for builders and trades
Get quotes and variations signed from the van, turn site photos to reports wey small reach to email and keep every certificate searchable. Server jobs dey run for London and we dey delete files within 2 hours.
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£6.99 for each user every month, dem bill am every year · from 2 users
Wetin trades dey use am for
Built for paperwork wey dey happen for site
Quotes and variations, signed
Send quote or variation for signature before work start. The customer go sign for their phone, and the certificate go show when dem agree.
Photo reports from site
Turn set of site photos to one PDF with one page for each, then compress am so e go email to the client or the main contractor without bouncing.
Certificates wey you fit find again
Scan electrical, gas and building control certificates with your phone and make dem searchable by address, date or certificate number.
Mark up drawings and spot changes
Add notes and highlights to drawing or specification, and compare two revisions to see exactly wetin change.
Handover and operation packs
Merge manuals, warranties and certificates into one handover pack with page numbers, ready for the client when you finish.
Supplier invoices to spreadsheet
Read the totals and VAT from supplier invoices and export dem to spreadsheet for your bookkeeper, or turn PDF price lists to Excel.
Where Macaaw fit inside a job
Most trades dey run on phone. Macaaw dey work for phone browser, so you fit scan certificate, sign document or merge handover pack between jobs without installing anything. Photo-to-PDF, merging and signing your own documents dey happen for the device.
Compression, text recognition and comparison dey run for our servers for London and we dey delete the files within 2 hours. For Business, the office and every van dey share one plan, with allowances wey una share and one bill.
Disagreement for small jobs usually dey come from wetin dem agree and when. Signed quote, signed variation and dated photo report go answer most of those questions, and Macaaw dey keep dem as PDFs wey you control instead of messages wey scatter across phone. We dey keep agreements wey dem send for signature encrypted until everybody don sign and then for 30 days, so download the signed copy and keep am with your job records.
Playbook
Signed variation in four steps
Agree extra work for writing before you start am, from the site.
Write am up
Write the variation for your usual template and save am as PDF, or snap handwritten note with Scan to PDF.
Add photos
Turn the site photos to PDF and merge dem behind the variation so the customer go see wetin you mean.
Send for signature
Add the customer email, put the signature field and send am from your phone.
Keep the signed copy
Download the signed PDF with im certificate and file am with the job before work begin.
Business plan
One plan for the whole team
The office and every van for one plan, with allowances wey the whole team share.
£6.99for each user every month, dem bill am every year · or £9.99 every month
- 200 signature requests for each user every month, wey una share
- Reach 20 signers for each document
- 1,000 pages of text recognition for each user every month, wey una share
- 500 Office conversions for each user every month, wey una share
- Files reach 500 MB and 200 files for one task
- Members, roles, shared workflows and central billing
- UK serversServer tools dey run for London.
- We dey delete within 2 hoursFiles from our tools, or the moment you press Delete.
- UK GDPRData processing agreement dey Business.
- Audit trailEvery signed PDF get im signing certificate.
Questions
Wetin trades dey ask
Quote or contract wey dem sign electronically dey binding?
For England and Wales, electronic signature valid for most contracts, including quotes and variations. Contracts wey dem execute as deed, and documents wey must get witness, need extra formalities, so check with your adviser. Scotland and Northern Ireland get their own rules.
E dey work for phone?
Yes. Every tool dey work for phone browser, and Scan to PDF dey use the camera to capture pages. You no need install anything.
I fit compare two revisions of drawing?
Compare PDFs dey mark the differences between two PDFs page by page, including text and layout changes. Na Pro tool, e dey inside Pro and Business.
How big site photo reports fit be?
For Business you fit work with files reach 500 MB, then compress the report to size wey email and portals go accept.
My customer fit sign without account?
Yes. Dem go open the link for their email and sign for any phone or computer. Na only the person wey dey send need account.
I fit run everything from my phone between jobs?
Yes. To send document for signature, turn photos to report and compress am all dey work for phone browser. Sign in one time for your phone and your agreements, saved workflows and plan go be the same as for the office computer.
The legal information for this page na general guidance for England and Wales, e no be legal advice. Scotland and Northern Ireland get their own rules, and deeds or documents wey must get witness need extra formalities.
Paperwork done before you leave the site.
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