Field Notes
8 entries · Updated Sep 15, 2026
The PleoStack blog. What we learn building software for construction — daily reports, site records, project delivery — written down the way a site keeps its register.
· Product Updates
Solid Ground: The September Construction Hub Release
The second Construction Hub release is about making what already shipped solid. A rebuilt WBS that reads one plan through seven lenses, toolbox talk sign-off (beta) worked from the web app, company and personal dashboards, and a Sent register for client reports.
Praful Rudra · 6 min read
· Comparisons
Best Construction Inspection Software (2026)
Five inspection tools, honestly assessed — including ours, and including what ours doesn't do. Most software ranking for construction inspection searches was built for facilities, hospitality or food service. Here's what each one is genuinely good at, and where each one stops.
Praful Rudra · 14 min read
· Industry Insights
Why Generic Inspection Apps Fail on Construction Sites
Most inspection tools are built for one half of a construction project — the field or the office, rarely both. Three structural gaps explain why teams end up running two or three apps to close one pour: what the inspection is attached to, what happens when someone presses Fail, and whether anyone in the office finds out before morning.
Hemanth Surya · 9 min read
· Guides
How to Create a Construction Progress Report for Free (Step by Step)
A walkthrough of the free PleoStack report builder — pick a daily, weekly, or monthly structure, fill each section, watch the branded preview build, then export a PDF or a share link. No account, nothing saved to a server unless you ask for it.
Praful Rudra · 7 min read
· Guides
How to Write a Construction Daily Report That Actually Gets Read
Most daily progress reports are written for compliance and read by no one. Here's a field-tested structure that turns your DPR into the single source of truth for progress, manpower, and delays.
Praful Rudra · 5 min read
· Industry Insights
Why Construction Teams Outgrow Spreadsheets (and What Breaks First)
Every construction company starts on Excel. Here are the six failure points that show up as projects scale — version chaos, single-owner risk, no field access, invisible history, reporting that eats your weekends, and the inspection checklist that gets printed because a spreadsheet is unusable on a phone.
Praful Rudra · 5 min read
· Company News
Why We Built PleoStack: Software Shaped to How Industries Actually Run
Two conversations in one week — one about construction, one about gyms — pointed at the same problem: entire industries running on generic tools bent to fit. So we set out to build purpose-built vertical software, starting with construction.
Praful Rudra · 5 min read
· Product Updates
PleoStack Construction Hub Is Live
The Construction Hub is now available — one place for inspections, safety, resources, documents, and the rest of the work that used to live in spreadsheets and WhatsApp. Here is what shipped, starting with the modules teams have leaned on hardest.
Praful Rudra · 4 min read
