Always-on project controls for established GCs

Keep every job under control.

Steel runs routine project-control work across your systems—following up, reconciling records, preparing updates, and keeping commitments moving—so PMs can focus on the exceptions that require judgment. It also catches margin and schedule exposure before it becomes a surprise.

Run Steel on one project
Carry the work
Routine controls keep moving every day
Protect margin
Keep extra work from disappearing into WIP
Protect schedule
Resolve constraints before they hit the plan
Focus leadership
Only the exceptions that need judgment
What changes for the company

Add project-control capacity without adding another PM.

01 · CARRY THE WORK

Keep the routine queue moving across every job.

Steel continuously works follow-ups, missing inputs, logs, commitments, change backup, billing support, and closeout across active projects.

02 · PROTECT MARGIN

Connect field activity to the financial record.

Changes, authorization, notices, forecasts, billing backup, and cost exposure stay connected while there is still time for the team to act.

03 · PROTECT SCHEDULE

Work upcoming constraints against the plan.

Steel follows RFIs, submittals, procurement, inspections, predecessor work, and trade commitments, then routes schedule decisions for PM approval.

04 · FOCUS LEADERSHIP

See the exceptions, not another dashboard.

Leadership receives a ranked set of financial and schedule exceptions with evidence, ownership, and the decisions that require judgment.

Illustrative workflows · Three reasons to put Steel to work

Move the work.
Protect the outcome.

Steel runs the company's project-controls playbook across every job. The operating workspace shows what moved, what it protected, and the few decisions still waiting on your team.

Steel chat · Weekly execution
8 projects live
What has Steel moved forward this week?
Across eight jobs, I closed 38 follow-ups, collected 11 missing documents, confirmed seven commitments, prepared four change packages, and updated six logs.
Three decisions remain with PMs. Everything else was completed inside the project rules and written back to the operating record.
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The company gets
Continuous project-controls capacity—not another queue for PMs.
8 active projects · This week

Work moved forward

66 actions complete
Follow-ups closed
38
Across active jobs
Records collected
11
Filed to the right work
PM decisions
03
Evidence attached
Recent workVerified complete
  • ✓
    842 MarketChange package assembled from seven records
    Prepared
  • ✓
    Oak StreetThree required-on-site dates confirmed
    Updated
  • ✓
    River CommonsFive closeout documents collected and filed
    Closed
Governed autonomy

Steel can act.Your rules decide how far.

Start in prepare mode. Steel begins working the project-controls queue but stops short of changing systems or sending externally. Then authorize routine actions by workflow, project, audience, and dollar threshold.

01 · OBSERVE

See the complete project record.

Read schedules, contracts, project systems, accounting, email, drawings, and field records without changing them.

02 · PREPARE

Build the evidence and next action.

Draft change events, notices, follow-ups, forecast questions, updates, and decision packages for review.

03 · APPROVE

Put judgment where it belongs.

Route schedule, owner, scope, and financial commitments to the designated PM or leader before release.

04 · EXECUTE

Automate only inside the rules.

Run approved reminders and updates, verify the result, and preserve who authorized what and when.

Routine internal reminders

Chase missing status and documents using approved templates and escalation timing.

Automatic
Internal record updates

Apply verified dates, owners, and evidence to approved systems and workflows.

Policy based
Schedule and trade commitments

Prepare the communication and affected plan, then wait for the responsible PM.

PM approval
Owner notices and cost commitments

Assemble the record and draft the action, but never release it without approval.

Always approval
Built around your current operation

Keep the systems your teams already know.

Steel works across your existing operation. Your systems remain the records, and your team keeps the judgment, approvals, and relationships.

“We already have Procore.”

Procore sees Procore. Steel sees the job.

Keep Procore as a system of record. Steel reconciles it with ERP, email, schedules, drawings, field records, and your operating process to catch what no single system can see.

“My PMs will not adopt another system.”

Do not give them another system to feed.

Steel stays current from the tools and communication already in use. PMs review completed work and the decisions waiting on them without rebuilding how they run a job.

“We already have project-controls staff.”

Give them continuous coverage.

Steel applies their standards every day across every job, so skilled people can investigate the exceptions instead of collecting status and assembling the record.

Put always-on project controls on one active project.

Start with one live workflow. Steel learns your rules, begins working the routine queue in prepare mode, and shows what moved, what it protected, and where your team still needs to decide.

Run Steel on one project
PREPARE MODE FIRST · APPROVALS STAY WITH YOUR TEAM · KEEP YOUR CURRENT STACK