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What is Building Crews?
Welcome to Building Crews
What is Building Crews?
Building Crews is a rapidly growing online network actively engaging, connecting and easing the business responsibilities of two primary categories of professional members.
Who is in our Network?
1. Real Estate, Facility and Construction Managers are the decision makers managing commercial properties and construction sites.
2. Commercial Facility Service Providers and Construction Subcontractors are the professionals and companies hired to provide a wide range of B2B facility and construction services.
2. Commercial Facility Service Providers and Construction Subcontractors are the professionals and companies hired to provide a wide range of B2B facility and construction services.
How does it work?
The Building Crews Network is accessed exclusively by our members and provides them with valuable tools and insights to easily facilitate some of the business processes they perform on a routine and ongoing basis.
Why should you join us?
For more information on all of the ways our Network can increase your business opportunities and/or make your job easier, click on the "What are Membership Features & Benefits?" tab below.
What is Executive Membership?
Executive Membership
Building Managers, including commercial real estate, facility and construction site managers are eligible for Executive Membership.
We appreciate that these roles are increasingly more demanding, so right now we are offering Building Managers free, instant access to our productivity tools and the most detailed vendor profiles available anywhere.
What is Premium Membership?
Premium Membership
Service Providers, including skilled trades' professionals and vendors providing services like maintenance, repair, security, janitorial, etc. to commercial properties and facilities are eligible for Premium Membership. Service providers being subcontracted for work on residential and commercial construction sites are also eligible.
We understand that decision makers are increasingly more difficult to reach, so we are offering Service Providers an easy, cost-effective way to earn the direct exposure they need.
What are Membership Features & Benefits?
Membership Features & Benefits
Search & Screen Vendor Profiles
Executive Members compare and screen the most detailed vendor profiles available for quick and easy due diligence.
Premium Members highlight your qualifications and gain the exposure you need from the most difficult to reach B2B decision makers.
Request Estimates & Services
Executive Members request project estimates and immediate services directly through our network.
Premium Members search these requests and follow up on those that interest you, at no additional charge.
Claim Members-Only Discounts
Executive Members search our Discount Directory for special offers and discounts on the services you need.
Premium Members expand your exposure even further by extending special offers on the services you most want to promote.
Demonstrate your Knowledge
Executive & Premium Members ask and answer industry-specific questions, network and discuss professionally relevant topics with other members.
Seek Employees & Subcontractors
Executive & Premium Members post and search network classified ads for job openings and subcontracting opportunities.
Buy, Sell & Trade Marketplace
Executive & Premium Members post and search network classified ads for surplus materials, fixtures, equipment, tools, vehicles, and other items that are both industry-related and useful to other members.
What is the Cost of Membership?
Membership Pricing Plans
Executive Membership
Executive Membership is FREE for Facility, Real Estate and Construction Managers.
Premium Membership
Are there Lead, Advertising or other Fees?
Added Fees or Charges
No, No, No Extra Fees
Every feature in the Building Crews Network is included in your membership. There are No Lead Fees, No Advertising Fees and No Additional Fees Whatsoever.
Is Membership a Long-Term Commitment?
Length of Commitment
Executive Members
Executive Members may cancel their memberships at any time.
Premium Members
Premium Members may cancel their memberships at any time. Premium Membership is paid in advance, on a monthly or yearly basis, so contact us 72 hours or more prior to your next renewal date to cancel and avoid future charges.
How to Contact My Business Advocate?
Business Advocates
About Business Advocates
Business Advocates are independent sales and service professionals. They have specialized training that enables them to help everyone in our network maximize the benefits of your membership.
Do you have one?
If someone reached out to you or your company and extended the offer of a Building Crews Membership, that is your Business Advocate. Contact them when you have questions or feedback related to your account or membership. If you're unable to reach them, please contact Building Crews directly, using the Contact Us tab above.
"As high achieving building service providers and construction subcontractors ourselves, we learned that all of our credentials and qualifications would go unnoticed without a huge marketing budget and the connections to get in front of decision-makers. When we couldn't find a solution to our greatest challenge, we built it, with a dedication to making it fair, transparent and available to every vendor for less than two dollars a day."
- Charlie, GC, Building Crews
LET'S GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON
As partners in business and marriage, we created Building Crews to solve many of the problems we face in our own company. We are general contractors and commercial building maintenance professionals. We've worked in construction, property and facility management and we've owned and operated our own business, with a focus on commercial building maintenance and repair, since 2003. We've struggled with all of the same challenges you do - screening and hiring competent subcontractors, making a name for ourselves in an ocean of competitors, and cold calling business prospects to keep our staff employed year round (in the Midwestern United States, where seasonality and the economy are ongoing challenges).
"We attract the participation of property, facility and construction managers by lessening the burdens of their job. We gather, organize and display the granular data they need to make exceptional vendor selections, quickly and easily. We make this resource available to them for free and are continually making
improvements to our network, for their benefit."
- Sandra, MBA, GC, Building Crews
WHY CREATE BUILDING CREWS? TO SATISFY AN UNMET NEED IN B2B
We recognize the power of the online directory for reaching new clients. Research indicates that 50% of all online searches for contractors originate from within a private directory or app, like Building Crews - and not on a search engine, like Google. While we were sold on the value of being listed in industry specific directories, we came to realize that - to maximize their profits, the most popular directories cater to the largest possible customer segment - homeowners seeking residential construction and remodeling services. From a tech giant, Silicon Valley perspective, their strategy makes perfect sense, but it left us seeking a directory partner dedicated to promoting our business, to our target audience, B2B decision makers - the most challenging of all customer segments to reach!
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WHEN WE COULDN'T FIND A SOLUTION, WE BUILT IT OURSELVES
As you would expect from any good contractor and entrepreneur, when we couldn't find an affordable, trusted directory committed to connecting companies like ours to decision makers for commercial properties and projects, we finally decided to build it ourselves. And while we're at it, we decided to run it from the perspective of people who've worked in the industry, as managers and vendors in construction management, property management, and facility maintenance and repair. Too often, the technology created to help people like us is designed and implemented by people who have no idea, or genuine concern for, what we want and need from a technology partner. Even worse, many technology companies are now taking advantage of, or taking over, businesses like ours.
Why Uber drivers will always struggle & you should take notice...
"They don't have a relationship with the customer. It turns out that finding a customer and knowing where he wants to go is almost as valuable as having a car and knowing how to drive it. Because Uber and other middlemen are earning permission to connect with their customers, the driver will always get the short end of the stick. They can easily replace the driver but the driver can't easily replace Uber." |
OTHER DIRECTORIES ARE CHANGING, ARE YOUR CLIENTS NOW THEIRS?
There's a trend among directories to increasingly inject themselves into additional areas of your business operations - now they want to set your appointments, create and execute your contracts, collect your payments, mediate and settle conflicts between you and the consumer, etc. While some may view these services as beneficial, others are very uncomfortable with relinquishing this level of power over their business to a third party - that also happens to serve many of their competitors.
These directories now track your revenue and your clients are now essentially their clients - meaning, your clients contact them, work with them, pay them, contact them for future services, complain to them about you when they're dissatisfied, and the directory intervenes on their behalf, often against you. The largest service directories are all doing this because for every aspect of your business they control, they receive valuable information about your company, earnings, clients and, of course, they get paid for their involvement - keeping their investors very pleased.
BUILDING THE BEST B2B NETWORK IS OUR MISSION & SINGULAR GOAL
We are a young and rapidly growing company, leveraging technology to help professionals like you and companies like yours, but we're not your average tech startup - and we certainly don't act like it either. To say that we are different because we cater to building and construction managers instead of homeowners is just the beginning. Our entire business model is different and our focus is on creating value for you, without taking over your business or auctioning off top advertising spots to the highest bidders. If you've been in this industry very long, you know what I'm talking about.
If the strategies other directories are pursuing make you uneasy, we are proud to be a completely different option for you. If you are simply looking to diversify your marketing opportunities, you have come to the right place. We are here to turn your business back over to you because we trust that you can run it better than anyone else. You just need the best business connections, and that's what we're hard at work cultivating for you every day. Building the best network for developing new, successful B2B relationships is our singular focus.
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