Dependable Renovations
Build Progress · Where Things Stand
Prepared for Chris Williams
By Evan Walker
26 June 2026

We have been building a complete operating system for the business: one connected platform that runs a job from first enquiry through to kickoff, captures work in the field, presents Dependable online, and carries a refreshed brand throughout. Everything sits on a single foundation, with the database as the single source of truth. This is where each part stands today, and the short list of what is needed to take it live.

The system, in four parts
Website the public front door
Live preview

Full site built and viewable now: service pages, four cost guides, seven Calgary area pages, process, FAQ, testimonials, and the search-engine groundwork. A few prices and details still read [confirm with Chris] rather than guessed numbers. Nothing has been invented.

See it live →
Field app capture on site

The iPhone app is finished: offline-first photo and note capture, your daily view and approvals, site tools, and push notifications. Code complete and every build issue cleared. Next step is Evan sending it to your phone for testing (through Apple's TestFlight).

Walkthrough to come
Back-office system brief to kickoff

The hub that runs a project: the modular brief, scoped links for each trade and for client sign-off, the procurement board, estimates, schedules, document generation, the AI assistant, and drawing comparison. It is built and running. Next step is Evan giving you a login so you can explore it.

See what it produces ↓
Brand identity and collateral
Done · approved

The identity is finished: the monogram and green kept and modernised, the dated brown retired, Archivo confirmed. Guidelines, a full asset pack, and your business card are ready in the deliverables folder. You have seen the direction and signed off.

Open the guidelines →
Documents the system produces
Interactive · sample
A client proposal, with sign-off

A real, working proposal the system generated from a sample project. Open it on your phone: read the line items and totals, then Accept or Decline. The decision is recorded the moment you tap. This is exactly what a client receives.

Open the live proposal →
Live · print-ready
Scope of works →
Every module and specification, set out for the client.
Live · print-ready
Brief & kickoff →
What we will do, with the indicative investment.

Sample project, clearly marked throughout. Figures are illustrative, not a real quote. The point is to show what the system builds, not to price a job.

See it work, end to end

One job, from a first enquiry to a signed proposal. The green steps you can try yourself right now; the rest we will walk through together when I give you a look inside the back office.

Tick a step once you have tried it. Your ticks are saved in this browser only. If you send a test enquiry, add the word "test" in the message so it is easy to spot and remove later.

Ready in your hands now
What is left to go live
From Chris The inputs that unlock the rest
Files
  • The two folders we lost to iCloud: the trades and suppliers directory, and document standards. Please open and re-send the real files (not a zip straight from iCloud, as those come through empty). This rebuilds your full trade directory and ports your document templates.
  • Your drawings archive: every design drawing, foldered with its scope. This is what lets us properly test the drawing-comparison feature against real jobs.
  • QuickBooks API keyconnects estimates and invoicing to your accounts.
Website details
  • Calgary cost ranges for the four guides: kitchen, basement with legal suite, bathroom, whole-home.
  • A short write-up for five premium areas: Altadore, Mount Royal, Aspen Woods, Signal Hill, West Springs.
  • Profile and social: Google Business Profile link and review count, Instagram and Facebook links.
  • Company facts: year established, projects completed, neighbourhoods served, plus your Google Analytics ID (or say the word and we set one up).
For your accountant (GNA LLP)
  • GST treatment confirmed before any real invoicing goes out.
  • Records-retention rules confirmed before anything old is moved or removed. Until then, nothing is touched.
On Evan My side, no input needed from you
  • Give you a login to the back-office system so you can explore it.
  • Send the field app to your phone for testing (needs an Apple sign-in window on my end).
  • Turn on email sending from the system (a few domain records, then verify).
  • A minor website redeploy to ship a small analytics fix.
Going live Moving onto Dependable's own systems
  • Everything currently runs on Evan's hosting and a temporary web address, so it can be built and tested safely.
  • Go-live means moving it onto Dependable's own accounts and your real web address. This is the final step, once you have seen everything and given the go-ahead. From you at that point: access to (or setting up) Dependable's own Cloudflare account, an AI key, and your sign-off. Your existing email keeps working throughout.
Planned for later