CoConstruct Is Shutting Down — What's Next for Your Construction Business?
If you run your building business on CoConstruct, you've probably seen the banner: the platform's "transition to Buildertrend is entering its final phase."...
By BRCKS Team ·
If you run your building business on CoConstruct, you've probably seen the banner: the platform's "transition to Buildertrend is entering its final phase." Here's what that means in plain terms, what your options are, and an honest recommendation for each kind of builder — including one that isn't us.
The timeline, without the spin
- February 2021 — Buildertrend acquires CoConstruct, then arguably the best-loved software in residential construction.
- April 2022 — the last meaningful product update ships. Development effectively stops.
- 2026 — migration messaging enters its "final phase" (coconstruct.com/migration).
- 31 March 2027 — no new projects can be created in CoConstruct. Historical data remains viewable, read-only.
You may see other dates and figures circulating — a mid-2027 hard migration deadline, a specific Buildertrend price floor for migrating customers. We couldn't confirm those on any official page, so we won't repeat them as fact. The 31 March 2027 cut-off is confirmed.
What is documented: the default migration path is Buildertrend, which no longer publishes its pricing — you'll get a quote based on your annual construction volume. CoConstruct's legacy pricing ran $99–599 a month per company; Buildertrend's last published tiers were $499–$1,099. For many firms that's a multiple of what they signed up to pay, decided in a sales call rather than on a pricing page.
What you're actually losing (and what to shop for)
CoConstruct users tend to name the same three things they'll miss:
- Selections and specs management — the client-choices workflow was the best in the industry (it's the part Buildertrend absorbed).
- The client portal homeowners actually used.
- Single-entry flow from estimate to specs to change orders.
Whatever you move to, evaluate it against that list — not against a feature-count table. And one process point: your project data is yours. Every serious alternative has an import route or a migration programme, so "default path" is not "only path."
The honest options table
| Buildertrend (default) | JobTread | BRCKS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Staying in the family; full US financials | US custom builders who loved CoConstruct's workflow | UK & Ireland builders |
| Pricing | Quote only; last published $499–$1,099/mo | $199/mo + $20/user (published) | £40/seat/mo, subs free (published) |
| Selections | Best-in-class (it's CoConstruct's, absorbed) | Good | No selections module — client decisions via posts and signed variations |
| Estimating | Yes | Yes | No |
| Client portal | Yes | Yes, free portal users | Yes, free |
| UK fit (GBP, CIS, VAT) | No | No | Yes |
| WhatsApp for trades | No | No | Yes |
| Migration help | Official programme | Dedicated CoConstruct migration programme | Fresh start with import assistance |
If you're in the US: look at JobTread first
Yes, we're recommending a competitor. This page is for builders, not for us.
JobTread is where the largest share of CoConstruct refugees are landing, and for good reason: it reproduces CoConstruct's budget-first workflow, publishes flat pricing ($199/month plus $20 per user), gives portal access to clients and subs without charging for it, and runs a dedicated CoConstruct migration programme. If selections, estimating and US job financials are the core of your business, it's probably your best move. Buildertrend is also a legitimate choice — the selections tooling is literally CoConstruct's — if you're comfortable with quote-based pricing.
BRCKS has no estimating and no selections module, and JobTread has no UK product. Different builders, different answer.
If you're in the UK or Ireland: this is your moment to go native
CoConstruct never really served this side of the Atlantic — USD pricing, US support hours, US templates, QuickBooks-shaped financials. If you made it work anyway, respect. But rather than migrate to another US platform with the same gaps, this is the natural point to move to a tool built for how UK sites actually run:
- Published GBP pricing — £40 per seat per month, unlimited free subcontractor seats, free client portal, cancel anytime.
- Your trades on WhatsApp — updates, photos and time on site captured from the app they already use, with an automated morning check-in and a 9pm AI digest feeding a site diary that writes itself.
- The compliance layer UK jobs need — RAMS, incident reporting, RFIs and variations with an external sign-off portal, a drawing register with revision control.
- Client visibility — the portal, plus 360° site tours for remote walk-throughs.
The honest gap: if CoConstruct's selections module was central to how you sell custom homes, BRCKS handles client decisions through posts and signed variations rather than a dedicated selections workflow. For most UK residential work that's the right weight; for US-style custom-home selections it isn't, and we'd say so.
Migrating without drama
- Don't wait for March 2027. Read-only mode is a bad place to discover you needed something editable.
- Run in parallel. Start your next new project in the new tool while existing CoConstruct projects run to completion. Nothing forces a big-bang cutover.
- Export early. Get your contacts, financial records and project documents out of CoConstruct while exports are a routine feature, not a support ticket.
- Ask any new vendor how their pricing works — not just what it costs today. The CoConstruct story in one sentence: a much-loved tool was acquired, development stopped within a year, prices rose, and its users are now being moved onto an opaque pricing model. That's worth exactly one question in every sales conversation you have from now on.
UK or Irish builder weighing it up? Start a free 14-day BRCKS trial and run it alongside CoConstruct before the deadline, or see the full options comparison.
FAQ
When does CoConstruct shut down? New projects can't be created after 31 March 2027. Historical data remains viewable read-only. Development effectively stopped in April 2022.
Do I have to move to Buildertrend? No. It's the default migration path, but your data is yours and every serious alternative — JobTread, BRCKS and others — has an import route or migration programme.
What will Buildertrend cost after migration? They don't publish pricing any more; you'll get a quote based on your construction volume. The last published tiers were $499–$1,099 per month.
What's the closest thing to CoConstruct's selections? Buildertrend (it absorbed CoConstruct's selections tooling) or JobTread. BRCKS doesn't have a selections module — client decisions run through posts and signed variations instead.
I'm a UK builder on CoConstruct — what should I do? Move UK-native rather than to another US platform. BRCKS gives you published GBP pricing, free sub seats, UK compliance workflows and WhatsApp capture — start a project free for 14 days and run it alongside CoConstruct before the deadline.
How BRCKS can help
BRCKS is a UK-built construction platform that captures site activity through the tools your trades already use. Photos, updates and time on site flow in from WhatsApp, the site diary writes itself, and the office side — RFIs, variations, snagging, drawings and a free client portal — sits in one place. See what's inside on the BRCKS home page, or read the full breakdown of how it helps across your week.