What Is Happening to CoConstruct?
CoConstruct’s current site says its transition to Buildertrend is entering its final phase and tells customers to make the move. (CoConstruct) That is stronger and more useful than old acquisition-era comparisons: current users should now plan around migration, not assume CoConstruct remains an independent long-term choice.
The same page links to migration resources and invites customers to schedule time with their key account manager for migration questions. (CoConstruct) Start there, but keep your own scope, acceptance tests and archive plan. The vendor can guide the product path; your team still owns the business-control decisions.
If you need a current product baseline before deciding, read our Buildertrend review.
What Does the Migration Actually Involve?
A safe migration has four separate jobs:
- Inventory: list active and closed projects, contacts, files, selections, schedules, messages, budgets, change orders, invoices and accounting links.
- Map: decide where each item belongs in Buildertrend and which historical records only need an archive.
- Rebuild: configure permissions, templates, notifications and client-facing workflows.
- Prove: test representative records and workflows before the final cutover.
Features highlighted on the CoConstruct transition page include specifications and selections. The page also highlights task management, client updates, plans, and signatures and annotations. It presents better budgeting as another feature. (CoConstruct) A feature name is not a migration map. For each one, document the old CoConstruct input, the new Buildertrend destination, the owner and the test result.
Use our construction software implementation guide to turn that map into training and adoption work.
What Should You Confirm Before Cutover?
Ask the migration team for written answers to these questions:
- Which record types transfer, and which require export or manual recreation?
- Are attachments, comments, approvals and audit history included?
- How are open selections, allowances and change orders represented after transfer?
- What date ranges and closed projects are included?
- Which integrations must be disconnected and reauthorized?
- What does the company validate, and what must the customer validate?
- How long will CoConstruct remain available for reference?
- What export should you keep before access changes?
- What support is available during cutover and immediately afterward?
Then run a sample migration. Choose one active project with typical complexity and one closed project with useful history. Reconcile contacts, cost totals, selection status, documents and permissions. Do not choose the cleanest project in the account; choose the one most likely to expose mapping errors.
CoConstruct says Buildertrend’s Selections tools track decisions and approvals. It says Buildertrend’s budgeting tools track costs and profitability. (CoConstruct) Those are two workflows worth testing with real representative records rather than screenshots.
Should You Compare Alternatives Before Moving?
Yes—if a must-have workflow, migration scope or commercial term remains unresolved. Do not restart a broad software search just because the interface changes. Use a short decision gate:
| Test | Pass condition |
|---|---|
| Client selection | Create, approve, revise and report one real selection |
| Change order | Draft, approve and reflect it in project financials |
| Accounting | Send and reconcile representative data without duplicate entry |
| Field update | Complete the task on the actual devices crews use |
| Historical lookup | Find a closed-project document and financial record quickly |
Run the same script in Buildertrend and any finalist. Include migration, training, integrations, payment charges and contract terms in the comparison. Our Buildertrend alternatives guide provides a shortlist, while switching construction software covers the cutover itself.
The current CoConstruct page describes a migrated team that expanded from communication and scheduling into a wider variety of Buildertrend features. (CoConstruct) That is a useful possibility, not proof that every team should expand scope on day one. Stabilize the workflows you already depend on before adding more.
CoConstruct to Buildertrend Migration FAQ
Is CoConstruct transitioning to Buildertrend?
Yes. CoConstruct’s current site says the transition is entering its final phase and directs customers to make the move. (CoConstruct)
Will every CoConstruct record move automatically?
Do not assume so. Obtain a written record-type scope, run a sample migration and keep an independent export or archive before cutover.
What should we test first?
Test one active project and one closed project, then reconcile contacts, selections, documents, permissions and financial totals.
Should we compare alternatives?
Yes, when Buildertrend does not pass a must-have workflow, migration or commercial requirement. Run the same task script in every finalist.
When should we cut over?
After representative records and critical workflows pass, role-based training is complete, and owners exist for support and reconciliation.