Starting Strong with Buildertrend
May 15-16, 2024
At this conference, we’ll help set up your Buildertrend account for success from the start. For two days, you’ll get hands-on training guaranteed to get you up and running with our platform.
You would be a great fit for this session if you:
- Recently signed up for Buildertrend
- Want to be the Buildertrend champion for your company
- Need help with setup and overall understanding of how Buildertrend can work with your business
What’s on the agenda?
Classes, workshops and 1:1s
Initial Setup
Get your account set up for success by adding your team members and subs with proper access. You’ll learn how to customize each user’s permissions and notifications so they can stay in the loop on what’s relevant for their role. We’ll also cover best practices for creating jobs from scratch, templates and leads.
Financial Setup: Cost Codes and Catalog
Some lovely content to gain a better understanding of cost codes and how they apply to the estimating and job costing process. We’ll cover best practices for setting up your cost codes and catalog and show you examples of how these function in estimates, bids and budgets.
Templating Your Schedule
Stop building your schedule from scratch for every job. We’ll teach you how to use templates so you can get jobs up and running faster than ever. You’ll see examples that apply to your business and learn how to manage your schedule using the Gantt chart.
Templating Your To-Do’s
Your schedule doesn’t need to be messy. By using To-Do’s, you’ll keep your schedule clean while making sure tasks and checklists get completed on time. We’ll show you how to template your to-do’s so you’re not creating them from scratch for every job – and you can even link them to Schedule items, so deadlines move together.
Tracking Time and Progress
Time management is a breeze when you set up the Time Clock for your employees. Team members can clock in directly from their phone for accurate time tracking. We’ll also cover best practices for keeping everyone in the loop with Daily Logs.
Managing Your Invoices
Get paid faster with our invoice tool. We’ll show you all the ways you can invoice your clients directly in Buildertrend – and which ways will work best for you. You’ll also learn best practices for using Change Orders so you can accurately keep up with invoicing when changes arise.
Creating Estimates & Professional Contracts
Learn the basics of creating an estimate and how this interacts with your budget. You’ll also see the integration of your cost codes and catalog in the Estimate tool.
Easy QuickBooks Setup
Get connected to QuickBooks with our seamless integration. We’ll help you with your settings and explain how the process works so you can get your accounting with Buildertrend started on the right foot.
Accurate Expense Tracking
Learn best practices for keeping track of business expenses. Use the Bills feature to quickly upload expenses and scan receipts – and learn whose job it is to enter this information.
Basic Lead Management
Connect your website to Buildertrend so lead information can flow seamlessly into your account. Use your lead opportunities to keep on top of prospects and create proposals all in one place. We’ll also show you how to convert your leads into a job when a proposal is accepted.
The Power of Purchase Orders
We’ll show you how your subs can sign off on the scope of work and payment schedule Âwithout being an active Buildertrend user. Use Purchase Orders to make multiple draw orders to a sub – a feature not available in Bills.
Tracking Your Budget
Become a better estimator by tracking estimates versus actuals. You’ll learn how Bills and Purchase Orders reflect in your budget and how to organize it with cost categories.
Introduction to Takeoff
Learn how to seamlessly connect to Buildertrend’s takeoff software to more efficiently calculate material needs and cost.
Interactive workshops
Take a break from learning and apply best practices while they’re fresh in your mind. Work on your own to apply the learnings from each lesson to your business and our experts will be walking around, available to help answer your questions.
1-on-1 with Buildertrend coaches
Sit down with a Buildertrend coach to go over any questions you have about what you learned. Take advantage of the hands-on approach by setting up your account on the spot and working out any potential struggles.
Work with our product team
We want your feedback! Sit in with our product developers to tell them what you think of the Buildertrend platform – and what needs to be improved.
Networking and Meals
Breakfast
Breakfast and coffee are provided both days upon arrival to Buildertrend. On Wednesday, we’ll host a short orientation and then show you around our building – you might see some familiar faces!
Lunch
Lunch will be provided both days allowing you to network with other attendees, coaches and Buildertrend team members. Unlimited snacks are also provided all day.
Happy hours
Enjoy unlimited free beer, seltzer and wine at the Buildertrend bar both days to unwind and mingle.
Networking Happy Hour
We host a happy hour and appetizers at Smokin’ Oak on Wednesday for all attendees, coaches and other Buildertrend team members. Dinner is not provided on Thursday.
Transportation
Transportation to and from the airport
We don’t provide transportation to and from Omaha Eppley Airfield. Please use ride-sharing options such as Uber or Lyft. You can also arrange for a cab by calling zTrip at the following number: (402) 292–2222.
Transportation to and from Buildertrend
Shuttles are only available to guests staying at The Element Hotel Midtown. Meet directly outside the hotel lobby both mornings to be taken to Buildertrend. Wednesday’s shuttles leave at 7:15-7:30 a.m. CT. and Thursday’s leave at 7:30-7:45 a.m. CT. They’ll also leave from Buildertrend to the hotel during evening happy hours.
Luggage
If you need to leave for the airport directly from Buildertrend on Thursday, feel free to bring your luggage in the morning and we’ll store it for you.
General schedule
Day 1
Day One of BTU kicks off at Buildertrend Headquarters at 7:45 a.m. The morning will start with breakfast, a tour of the building and opening remarks from our hosts. Then, from 9 a.m. to 1:20 p.m., you’ll attend several educational sessions with a brief break for lunch. The afternoon will wrap up with one-on-one time with your coach. Following the events at the office, the BTU team will host a happy hour event, where we encourage all attendees to join us for networking, food and drinks.
Day 2
Day Two of BTU will kick off at Buildertrend Headquarters at 8 a.m. where breakfast will be provided. Educational sessions will run from 8:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. with a brief break for lunch. The day will conclude with closing remarks and then dedicated time for one-on-ones with your coach that will conclude at 3:30 p.m.
*This schedule may be subject to change
Pricing details
You’ll pay a flat rate to attend Buildertrend University. Per-ticket price includes all taxes and fees.
$999 per ticket
- Admission to all classes
- Breakfast, lunch and snacks both days
- Networking event
- Unlimited beer, seltzer and wine at happy hour both days
- Take-home materials to help you apply what you learned