I built a construction project management platform solo after seeing teams run $2M+ projects on WhatsApp and Excel — looking for beta users
Hey r/BuildToShip,
I'm a solo developer and I spent the last several months building Buildnest — a construction project management platform.
Why I built it:
I kept seeing the same thing over and over — construction teams managing complex, high-stakes projects through WhatsApp group chats, Excel spreadsheets, and endless email threads. Drawings that don't match what's on site. Nobody knows who's responsible for what. Files lost in email chains.
It felt like an industry that desperately needed better tooling. So I built it.
What Buildnest does:
- 🏢 Projects & team management — roles, permissions, members
- ✅ Tasks & Issues — assigned, tracked, resolved with full history
- 📅 Gantt scheduling — phases, dependencies, critical path
- 📐 PDF drawings — annotate directly on plans, pin tasks and issues to exact locations
- 📋 Inspection checklists — dynamic forms with custom question types
- 📁 Files, documents & media — everything in one place per project
- 💬 Activity & comments — full audit trail on everything
- 👥 Role-based permissions — company and project level
Tech stack: Laravel 12, GraphQL (Lighthouse), Nuxt 4, Vue 3, PostgreSQL, Cloudflare R2
Live at: buildnest.app
Where I am:
Beta stage. It works. It's deployed. Real users can sign up today.
But I'm a developer — I didn't build this on a construction site. I need people who actually work in construction to tell me what's wrong with it.
What I'm looking for:
If you're a project manager, general contractor, site supervisor, or construction owner — I'd genuinely love 15 minutes of your time.
Not to pitch you. Not to sell you anything.
Just to ask:
- What does your current workflow actually look like?
- What's your biggest daily pain point?
- Is there anything in Buildnest that would make you switch from what you're using now?
Drop a comment or DM me. I'll respond to everyone.
And if you just want to poke around and break things — sign up at buildnest.app and tell me what you find. Honest feedback only, no sugarcoating needed.
Thanks 🙏