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Case study · Digital product

Tidewell

One calm system for building maintenance teams — planners in the office, crews on site.

Industry
Facility services
Services
Product designWeb appMobile appAutomation
Technology
Next.jsReact NativePostgreSQLn8n
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Overview

Tidewell replaces spreadsheets, phone calls and group chats with one platform: a planning web app for the office, a mobile app for crews, and automated updates for the clients in between. We led it from the first workshop to launch, and keep extending it in releases.Tidewell replaces spreadsheets, calls and group chats with one platform: a planning web app, a crew mobile app, and automated client updates. We led it from the first workshop to launch, and keep extending it in releases.

01 — Planner schedule and crew appConcept visual
01 / Context

Jobs lived in spreadsheets, calls and group chats.

The client runs maintenance crews across residential and commercial sites. Planning happened in a shared spreadsheet; everything after that happened on the phone.Planning happened in a shared spreadsheet; everything after that happened on the phone.

The challenge
  • Planners rebuilt the week by hand whenever a job moved.
  • Crews had no single place for addresses, checklists and photos.
  • Clients asked for updates by phone, taking time from both teams.
02 / What we delivered

One platform, two sides.

Designed and built as one product, released in versions, with the office and field teams testing every step.

02.1

Discovery & roles

Workshops with planners, crews and managers to map jobs, roles and permissions.Workshops with planners, crews and managers to map jobs and permissions.

Product design
02.2

Planner web app

A drag-and-drop week with crews, sites and job details in a single view.A drag-and-drop week with crews, sites and job details.

Web appNext.js
02.3

Crew mobile app

Today’s jobs, addresses, checklists and photo capture — built for gloves and patchy signal.Today’s jobs, checklists and photo capture, built for patchy signal.

Mobile appReact Native
02.4

Automations

Client updates, reminders and weekly reports that send themselves.

Automationn8n
03 / The product

Planned in the office. Done on site.

Crew app

Everything for today’s jobs, in one hand.

Crews see their day, the route between sites and each job’s checklist. Photos and signatures attach to the job as they work.Crews see their day, the route between sites and each job’s checklist.

  • Day view with live job status
  • Checklists, photos and signatures
  • Works offline, syncs when back
02 — Job detail
03 — Checklist and photo capture03 — Checklist and photos
04 — Weekly client update
Planner web app

Move a job, and everyone knows.

Planners drag jobs between days and crews. The crew app, the client and the report update from the same change.Drag jobs between days and crews; the crew app, the client and the report update together.

04 / Automation

Updates that send themselves.

When a crew closes a job, the client, the office and the CRM hear about it — without anyone typing a message.When a crew closes a job, the client, the office and the CRM hear about it.

  1. Trigger Job completed
  2. Attach Photos & checklist
  3. Notify Client update sent
  4. Sync CRM & invoice
  5. Report Weekly summary
n8nEmailHubSpotPDF reports
Every run logged · manual override available
05 / Key features

What the platform does.

01

Drag-and-drop week

Move jobs between days and crews; everyone sees the change.

02

Crew day view

Today’s jobs, routes and details, in the order they happen.

03

Checklists & photos

Proof of work attached to every job as it is done.

04

Offline mode

Crews keep working without signal; the app syncs later.

05

Client updates

Automatic messages at each stage of a job.

06

Roles & permissions

Planners, crews, managers and clients each see what they need.

Planning something similar?

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Tell us who will use it and what they need to get done. We’ll come back with questions, a first scope and the right team.Tell us who will use it and what they need to get done.

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