General Contracting
Coordinating trades, scope, schedule and site realities into one accountable delivery process.
Question 01 / General contracting
What would a general contracting system look like if it were actually designed by general contractors?
TDL combines hands-on construction and project management experience with TDL-Task-Engine, a connected operating platform designed around the way real projects move.
01 / ExperienceConstruction and project delivery
02 / ProductConnected project operations
03 / DirectionTechnology shaped on the jobsite
Construction foundation
Software informed by the pressure of real delivery.
The work starts long before the build and continues long after the drawings are issued. We understand the handoffs, decisions, documents and financial controls because we have managed them from inside the project.
Project Management
Turning complex information into clear decisions across budgets, contracts, communication and progress.
Software Development
Translating field-tested workflows into practical tools that keep every participant working from the same truth.
Construction services project
Craigflower Road
Victoria, British Columbia
TDL subcontracted under Modev Corporation for Phase 1, providing:
- Site layout
- General management
- Site management
14 monthsDelivery timeframe
On scheduleOccupancy achieved
Within 10%Final budget variance
02 / Connected project operations
The software.TDL-Task-Engine
Question 02 / The system
What is the INTELLIGENT TASK ENGINE?
The Intelligent Task Engine is the organizing structure behind TDL-Task-Engine. It gives every piece of work a connected record for its scope, documents, schedule, cost, supplier activity, communication and progress.
As the project advances, that record advances with it. Information gathered during planning remains available when pricing is confirmed, contracts are awarded and work moves into active delivery. Decisions stay attached to their context instead of being scattered across separate systems and disconnected handoffs.
This continuity is what makes the process useful. It gives project teams a clear operating path while creating the reliable project history needed for better reporting, stronger decisions and practical intelligence.
The project delivery process
One connected record.
Three operating phases.
That operating path is organized into three phases. Plan establishes a credible project model. Commit replaces assumptions with market-tested pricing and supplier commitments. Deliver keeps execution, communication and financial control connected through completion and closeout.
Phase 01 / Plan
Build the project model
Outcome: a clear preliminary scope, schedule, budget and cash-flow plan.
Project register
01
Register the project
Create the working project record, establish its identity and bring the opportunity into the operating system.
Record createdProject identity and working context
Futures / Applied intelligence
Intelligence, grounded in the task.
AI is already part of how we develop TDL-Task-Engine. The next step is to bring that intelligence directly into the working experience.
Because the task is the system's central organizing element, it carries an unusually rich context: scope, schedule, cost, supplier activity, documents, communications and project history. That makes it the natural foundation for useful, informed decision support.
Future releases will use that context to surface practical alternatives, identify consequences and help users compare possible paths using live project data, background information and established building practice.
The objective is not to replace professional judgment. It is to give that judgment better information, earlier.
Why this, why now
Construction does not need more disconnected tools.
It needs continuity: a system where the project, task, supplier, commitment and document remain connected as the work advances.
“The advantage is not software looking at construction from the outside. It is construction experience turning itself into software.”
01
A workflow built around actual project sequence, from project setup through contract administration.
02
A shared operating context for internal teams, suppliers and clients without exposing the complexity behind it.
03
A practical foundation for cleaner project data, faster decisions and a more scalable delivery business.
Contact
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For construction opportunities, strategic partnerships and investment conversations, reach Tanner Development directly.
jt@tannerdevelopmentltd.ca