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The field-to-office integration, ERP, CRM, and project-data problems that hurt construction firms are ones Morley has worked inside directly. Connecting what happens on site to what finance sees — change orders, cost-to-complete, scheduling — is exactly the kind of systems problem PDS is built to solve.
At a glance
- Experience
- Founder's direct experience — construction operations
- Best fit
- ~$50–150M construction & specialty-trade contractors
- Common triggers
- Project/field/ERP/CRM disconnect, change-order leakage, schedule vs. cost blind spots
- Strongest for
- Service Operations, Systems Integration, CRM
- Pricing
- Quote, on scope — not on firm size
The systems reality on the job site.
Construction runs on the seams between project management, field operations, accounting, and CRM — and those seams are almost always manual. When they are, cost-to-complete is a guess, change orders bleed margin before they're even approved, and the people in the field and the people in the office are never quite working from the same picture.
Does any of this sound familiar?
- Project, field, ERP, and CRM systems don't connect, so cost-to-complete is a guess until month-end.
- Change orders leak margin because they're tracked off-system — in email, a spreadsheet, or someone's notebook.
- Field crews and the office work from different data, so decisions made on-site don't make it back to the ledger cleanly.
- Scheduling and accounting disagree — labour hours and costs are reconciled manually, usually late.
- Subcontractor and compliance documents live in email, not in any system that can be searched or reported on.
How PDS helps construction firms.
The same services and bundles, pointed at the field-to-office, project, and CRM failure modes that show up consistently in contractor operations.
Service Operations Bundle
Field dispatch, scheduling, and job-cost visibility run as one operating change. The same patterns apply whether the field crew is doing service work or construction. Salesforce Field Service is one platform we bring to this problem.
Learn moreSystems Integration
Project management and job-cost tools connected to ERP and CRM with the right integration pattern — so field data, financials, and the office are working from the same numbers, not three versions of the truth.
Learn moreCRM Implementation
Bid pipeline, client relationships, and subcontractor contacts in a CRM that connects to the rest of the business — not a standalone contact list that nobody trusts after six months.
Learn moreData & Analytics
One trusted source for project cost, schedule, and margin — the same numbers for the site super, the PM, and the CFO, without running three separate exports and reconciling them Friday afternoon.
Learn moreVendor Evaluation
Choosing between project-management and job-cost platforms is genuinely complex. We evaluate options against your actual operations — not a vendor's demo scenario — and give you a recommendation we can stand behind.
Learn moreFrom the inside, not the sidelines.
PDS is led by Morley Prendergast, whose 15+ years include construction operations — the field-to-office, ERP, CRM, and project-data problems that decide whether a job's margin survives contact with reality. This isn't a sector PDS is learning on your time.
The shape of the problem — disconnected systems, data that doesn't reconcile, field operations that can't see the financials and finance that can't see the field — is exactly what the architecture work addresses. Change orders, cost-to-complete, subcontractor and compliance documents: all of it gets easier when the systems underneath agree.
And the delivery is sized right for the firms this matters to: senior architecture leadership at a mid-market price point, without the overhead of a Big-4 engagement or the limitations of a generalist freelancer.
More about PDSNo pitch, no pressure
Field and office running on different numbers?
A 30-minute call is enough to tell whether the fit is real — and what a sensible, fundable first step looks like for a contractor your size.
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