Can you build a mobile app for our electricians that captures compliance documentation in the field?

Yes. We build mobile apps for electrical technicians with digital job cards, compliance certificate forms (installation certificates, test result sheets), photo capture against specific items, GPS-verified check-in and check-out, and offline mode for sites without connectivity. That's a core component of every electrical contractor platform we ship. Compliance documentation stops arriving incomplete at the end of the week.

Can you build a quoting tool that calculates materials, labor, and markup automatically?

Yes. We build quoting and estimating tools with a materials library, labor rate calculation, configurable markup, and a customer-facing approval workflow. Quote turnaround drops significantly when the estimator isn't building every quote in a spreadsheet from scratch.

We manage multiple crews across different sites. Can you build dispatch and scheduling that gives us real-time visibility?

Yes. We build multi-crew dispatch with a live scheduling view showing job assignments, travel routes, crew location, and job status across all sites. Job status updates from the field app feed directly into the operations dashboard without phone calls.

How long does electrical contractor software take to build, and what does it cost?

A single-crew v1 with a scheduling and dispatch system, an electrician mobile app, and basic invoicing typically runs $35,000 to $60,000. Adding quoting with a materials library, compliance certificate tracking, and multi-crew reporting brings it to $65,000 to $110,000. A full platform runs $100,000 to $160,000. Most teams launch a validated v1 in 12 to 14 weeks, then iterate. Fixed cost, agreed before work starts, with milestone-based payment.

Can the software track compliance certifications and alert us when renewals are due?

Yes. We build compliance certification tracking that records issued certificates per job, tracks expiry dates for calibration, testing equipment, and contractor licenses, and alerts the relevant person before a renewal is due. It replaces the manual calendar reminders and spreadsheet tracking that miss deadlines.

Electrical Contractor Software

Custom electrical contractor software built around how electrical work actually runs: job scheduling, quoting, compliance documentation, and field operations. Not how a generic field service platform imagines the trade works.

Job scheduling and dispatch with real-time crew location, job status, and capacity visibility
Electrician mobile apps with digital job cards, compliance documentation, photo capture, and offline mode
Quoting and estimating with materials libraries, labor rate calculation, and customer approval workflow
Compliance certification tracking, materials management, and multi-crew reporting

3+ years RetentionWeek 1 First milestoneFixed price Pricing

The problem

Sound familiar?

Chasing electricians for completed job cards and compliance certificates at the end of every week because your field team is still working from paper forms that come back incomplete or never at all?
Losing jobs to competitors because your quoting process takes three days and involves manually calculating materials, labor, and markup on a spreadsheet with no audit trail?

Short answer

RaftLabs builds custom electrical contractor software: job scheduling and dispatch, electrician mobile apps with digital job cards and compliance documentation, quoting and estimating with pre-loaded materials libraries, compliance certificate tracking with expiry alerts, and invoicing. Most teams launch a validated v1 in 12 to 14 weeks, then iterate, at a fixed cost agreed before work starts.

01 Diagnosis

Problems we solve for electrical contractors

01
Problem
Compliance certificates completed on paper and chased at the end of the week
Solution
Paper EIC and EICR forms are filled out on site and handed in at the depot. By the end of the week, forms are missing fields, illegible, or simply not returned. The compliance record for that job is incomplete. When a client or regulator requests documentation months later, the business can't produce it. That's a liability that compounds with every job that goes undocumented.
02
Problem
Quoting large commercial electrical jobs taking three or more days
Solution
Commercial electrical jobs require accurate materials pricing across dozens of line items. When a technician or estimator looks up every item from a supplier catalog one by one, the quote takes days. A competitor with a pre-loaded materials library and standard labor rates sends a proposal the same afternoon. The job is gone before your quote lands.
03
Problem
Multi-crew scheduling without visibility of who is qualified for each job
Solution
When crew assignment is manual, the dispatcher may not know which electricians hold the licensing a job demands. That means state licensing in the US, Part P and 18th Edition in the UK, or specialist tickets for solar PV and EV charging. Most firms are small. 51 percent run one to nine employees and 42 percent turn over $1 million or less (2024 Profile of the Electrical Contractor, NECA and Electrical Contractor Magazine), so crew qualifications usually live in one person's head or a spreadsheet. An unqualified assignment creates a compliance risk and a job that may need to be redone at your cost.
04
Problem
Parts sourced from multiple suppliers with no purchase trail against jobs
Solution
When materials come from three or four suppliers and get logged on paper van sheets, it's impossible to reconcile actual parts cost against what was quoted. Jobs close with no accurate materials record. Profitability reporting is guesswork, and over-ordered stock sits on vans untracked.

02 What we ship

Electrical contractor software we ship

Job scheduling and dispatch
Job scheduling with crew assignment based on availability, location, and required certification level. Domestic installation jobs go to Part P certified electricians; commercial high-voltage work goes to appropriately qualified staff. Real-time crew location and job status give dispatchers full visibility without requiring electricians to manually call in. Priority job insertion handles emergency callouts with automatic notification to the assigned electrician. Recurring job management covers maintenance contracts and inspection schedules. Customers receive notification when an electrician is dispatched and again when they're en route with an estimated arrival time. All previous work records for a site are visible before the electrician arrives.
Electrician mobile app
Mobile app for iOS and Android with digital job cards that capture all work performed, materials used, and time on site. Electrical installation certificate completion happens within the app: consumer unit details, circuit schedules, test results, and inspector signature capture are all required fields. Photo documentation covers before and after conditions, meter readings, consumer unit labels, and any defects identified. Compliance checklists enforce mandatory fields so no job can be closed without the required documentation. Offline mode keeps the app working in basements, plant rooms, and anywhere else without reliable mobile signal. Parts usage is captured against the job for accurate materials reconciliation at the end of the week.
Quoting and estimating
Quote builder with a materials library pre-loaded with your standard products, supplier pricing, and preferred alternatives. Labor calculation applies your standard rates to job type, crew size, and estimated duration, with override capability for commercial negotiations. Markup rules apply automatically by job category with margin visibility before the quote goes out. Quote PDFs are branded to your company and sent to the customer for digital approval. Won quotes convert to job orders with all data carried through so nothing needs to be re-entered. Quote history by customer and job type supports pricing review and win rate analysis.
Compliance, permits, and certification tracking
Certificate management with status tracking across every issued document: issued, registered with the scheme, and copy sent to customer. Permit and inspection tracking pulls the permit per job, schedules the authority-having-jurisdiction inspection, and records pass or fail against the work order, so nothing closes without sign-off. The same records support NEC-code work in the US and BS 7671 in the UK. Electrician qualification tracking covers expiry dates for state licenses, 18th Edition, Part P, AM2, ECS cards, and specialist qualifications, with alerts before expiry. Test result storage for EICR, EIC, and MWC documentation is retrievable by address, certificate number, and date. Compliance reporting for commercial clients managing large property portfolios delivers certification status across all sites on a scheduled basis.
Materials management and inventory
Van stock management tracks parts inventory per vehicle: current stock levels, reorder thresholds, and parts allocated to open jobs. Purchase orders are created from the field when a job requires materials not on the van. Supplier integration tracks order status and delivery confirmation. Materials cost per job is captured for accurate profitability reporting, showing actual cost against quoted cost. Wastage tracking on commercial projects supports project-level materials reconciliation. Stock take tools handle periodic van inventory audits. Materials allocation from a central store to individual jobs or crews covers larger commercial projects with centralized procurement.
Invoicing and customer communication
Automated invoice generation on job completion pulls labor, materials, and additional charges from the job record. Integration with Xero, QuickBooks, or Sage sends invoice data to your accounting system without manual re-entry. Staged billing management covers commercial projects with milestone-based invoice schedules. Customer review requests go out automatically after invoice payment, directing satisfied customers to Google or Trustpilot. A customer portal lets clients view job history, download certificates, and track the status of open jobs. Multi-crew performance reporting shows revenue per crew, job completion rate, and average job duration.

03 How we work

How we build electrical contractor software

01
Discovery
We spend the first two weeks understanding your job types, crew structure, compliance documentation requirements, and quoting workflow. We review a sample of completed EIC and EICR forms, talk to a field electrician about how they use their current tools, and map every external system the business depends on. The output is a requirements document that separates what the platform must do from what's nice to have.
02
Architecture
We design the data model around your compliance requirements before writing any code. This covers how certification records are stored and checked at job assignment, how the materials library is structured and updated, what the mobile app stores locally for offline use in basements and plant rooms, and which integrations are required: Xero, Sage, supplier catalogs. You review and approve the architecture before the build begins.
03
Build
Development runs in two-week sprints with a working demo after each sprint. We build job scheduling and crew assignment first, then the mobile app with digital job cards and compliance forms, then quoting and materials management, then invoicing and the customer-facing layers. You test each module against real job scenarios as it completes.
04
Launch and Support
Go-live starts with one crew running on the new system alongside the existing process. When data accuracy is confirmed, the rest of the business cuts over. We monitor the first month, fix any production issues at no additional cost, and hand over documentation and training materials. Post-launch changes are scoped and priced as discrete items.

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04 Delivery

What every electrical contractor build includes

Weeks to a validated v1, then iterate from real field use: 12-14

Project cost agreed before work starts, billed by milestone: Fixed

Field app captures job cards and certificates without signal, syncs on reconnect: Offline

One electrician field app from a single codebase: iOS + Android

05 Client voices

What our clients say

Three-year average engagement. Founders and operators describing the work in their own words. No marketing varnish.

Charles E.

Entrepreneur at Aggie Technologies

USA

All of the sprints were completed on schedule and on budget. We highly recommend RaftLabs!

12 weeks: From concept to working software
100%: Milestone delivery on time

06 Why us

Why choose us?

01
We've seen your problem before
Across dozens of industries, we recognise your situation fast, then frame the fix around your margin and your operations, not a generic template.
02
We own the number, not the ticket
We measure success the way you do: hours saved, revenue earned, margin recovered. We stay through launch and growth, so the result is ours to own.
03
Serious businesses trust us
Vodafone, T-Mobile, Cisco, Energia, Aldi, Nike. Building since 2015. Serious businesses keep coming back because we stay accountable long after launch.

07 Questions

Common questions

: Off-the-shelf trade contractor platforms handle standard job creation, invoicing, and basic scheduling well for smaller electrical operations. Custom software is the right choice when your compliance documentation workflow, electrical installation certificates, EICR records, Part P registration, is complex enough that the platform's forms can't capture all required fields accurately; when your quoting process involves materials libraries, supplier pricing, and margin rules the platform's quoting module doesn't support; when you're managing multiple crews with certification-level dispatch requirements; or when you're building a field service product to sell to other contractors. We'll tell you honestly if platform configuration would cover your needs rather than recommending custom development where it adds cost without proportionate benefit.
: Yes. Offline functionality is a core requirement for electrical contractor apps, not a nice-to-have. Plant rooms, basements, and commercial buildings are regularly outside reliable mobile coverage. The offline architecture stores the full job record, materials library, and certificate forms locally on the device so the electrician can complete all documentation without signal. Data syncs automatically when connectivity is restored. The engineering consideration is conflict resolution: if a dispatcher updates a job while the electrician is offline, the system needs a defined rule for which update takes precedence when the device reconnects. We design the sync logic around your operational workflow. Typically, the field update takes precedence for on-site work records and the office update takes precedence for scheduling changes.
: Yes. Certification tracking is built into the crew assignment layer. Each electrician profile holds their current qualifications: Part P registration, 18th Edition, AM2, ECS card, and any specialist certifications for high-voltage, solar PV, or EV charging installation, with expiry dates. When a job is created and assigned, the system checks that the assigned electrician holds the required certification for that job type. It alerts the dispatcher if an assignment would put an unqualified electrician on a job requiring a specific certification. This protects the business from compliance risk and provides an audit trail of who was qualified for each job at the time it was completed. Certification expiry alerts mean renewals are managed proactively rather than discovered after an electrician has already been dispatched.
: Most teams launch a validated v1 in 12 to 14 weeks, then iterate from there. A job scheduling and dispatch system with an electrician mobile app and basic invoicing for a single crew typically runs $35,000 to $60,000. Adding quoting and estimating with a materials library, compliance certificate management, and multi-crew reporting brings the total to $65,000 to $110,000. A full platform covering all of the above plus materials inventory management, accounting integration, customer portal, and certification tracking for a larger operation typically runs $100,000 to $160,000. Cost depends on the number of crews, the complexity of the compliance documentation workflow, and how many external system integrations are required. We scope every project before pricing, and the fixed cost is agreed before development starts.

Related services

Talk to us about your electrical contractor software project.

Tell us the operational challenge: job scheduling, compliance documentation, quoting, or multi-crew management. We'll tell you what we'd build and how.

Scope and cost agreed before work starts. No surprises. No obligation.
Working prototype within 3 weeks of kickoff.
Pay by milestone. You see progress before each invoice.
60-day post-launch warranty. Bug fixes, UI tweaks, and deployment support. No retainer.
All conversations are NDA-protected.

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