Lynqra builds systems for Singapore ID, renovation and design-and-build firms that draft quotations from your own template and turn site changes into priced variation orders. You approve every price before anything reaches the client.
A renovation quotation is rarely written once. The designer measures up, the client changes the brief, a carpentry item goes up in price, and the quote goes through three or four versions. Each version is usually rebuilt from the last Excel file. Rates drift between designers because each one keeps their own copy.
Variation orders are harder, because they start on site. The client asks for an extra cabinet, the supervisor says ok in the chat group, and the work starts. The VO gets written later, if it gets written at all. By handover the client remembers the cabinet as part of the original job, and the firm is arguing over a bill with no signed paper behind it.
A VO protects both sides when it is written down before the extra work starts. At a minimum it should show:
Most firms know this already. The trouble is that writing it up takes time the site team does not have at that moment, so it slips. Automation closes that gap by drafting the VO while the change is still fresh.
The site team logs the change. The system drafts and prices it. A person approves before the client sees it.
The supervisor or designer sends a voice note, photo or short message in the job chat, or fills in a short form on their phone.
The system writes the VO in your format and prices it from your rate list. Anything it cannot price is flagged for a person.
The owner or project lead checks the price and the wording, edits if needed, and approves.
The approved VO goes to the client for signature. Once signed, the subcon or supplier gets the details, and the VO is queued for the right progress claim.
| Task | Today | With automation |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing a quote | Copied from the last Excel file, rates vary by designer | Built from one rate list in your template |
| Quote versions | Final_v3_revised.xlsx in someone's email | Every version saved with what changed |
| Site changes | Agreed in chat, written up later or not at all | Logged on the spot and drafted as a VO |
| VO approval | Chased by phone | Waits for a named approver, with reminders |
| Billing VOs | Found at final account, sometimes disputed | Signed VOs queued for the next claim |
Maybe. If your firm is happy to move quoting into a dedicated tool and its format suits your clients, that can work well. We build automation when firms want to keep their own template, when quotes and VOs need to connect to claims and site chat, or when the software they have leaves the VO step manual.
The price. Every quotation and VO waits for a person in your firm to approve it, and nothing goes to a client automatically. The system drafts and flags. It will point out a VO with no signature before it reaches a claim, but it will not decide whether to bill it.
Our guide to the variation order approval workflow walks through scope change to signed VO to billable pack step by step. For approvals on the go, see quotation approval in Telegram.
The same three steps for every firm. You know the scope and the price before any work starts.
Bring one workflow. We map how it runs today, from the site to the client, and agree what to automate and what must stay with your team.
You get a written quote and timeline. We build around your templates and the tools your team already uses, and add a small app only where something is missing.
The new flow runs alongside your current one first. We train the people who will run it and watch the first jobs before anything expands.
No. The system fills in your existing template, so clients see the same documents they see today.
It prices from your rate list. Anything not on the list, or outside the usual range, is flagged for a person to price. You approve the final figure either way.
Usually, yes. The approved VO can go out as a PDF or link the client signs on their phone, and the signed copy is filed against the job. We agree the signing method in the consult.
They are flagged before the next progress claim, so someone can chase the signature or decide what to do. The system does not bill them on its own.
The consult is free. If the workflow is worth building, you get a fixed-scope quote before any work starts.
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