Blue Crane Solutions # Systems for contractors who outgrew the binder. Blue Crane Works builds and operates business systems for trades and contractors. We build and run websites, we ship our own software, we build custom systems and integrations on Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, and we own the trade media network those businesses advertise on. Eight solutions below, each built for one specific problem. Built on Azure & Microsoft 365 Six products behind every build Built in Hamilton, Ontario ## What we build Eight solutions, organized by the problem they solve rather than by trade. Every one of them runs on software we build and operate ourselves, so the people who support it are the people who wrote it. ### Managed Websites New We build it, we run it, and AI assistants can read it. $0 down. The grind - A site from 2019 nobody knows how to edit, on a bill that keeps climbing - Your name never comes up when someone asks ChatGPT or Google's AI who to call - A rebuild quote that starts with thousands of dollars up front What we build Your website designed, built, hosted and maintained for one flat monthly rate: $0 upfront, $100/month CAD, with quarterly SEO, GEO and AI visibility updates on every plan. 3D product configurators, stores, booking, portals and AI assistants from $50/month more each. $0 down ยท $100/month CAD [See pricing and what's included](https://bluecraneworks.ca/solutions/websites.html) ### Document Control Systems Every certificate, permit and sign-off in one place, provable in under a minute. The grind - Records scattered across trucks, phones, inboxes and one filing cabinet - A GC asks for insurance and certs, and it takes two days to answer - Nobody is certain which version of a document is the current one What we build One controlled record for the whole company. Documents pinned to jobs, workers and equipment; expiry tracking that warns you before a ticket lapses; sign-offs captured on site instead of chased afterward. Runs on the Blue Crane App [See what we build](https://bluecraneworks.ca/solutions/document-control.html) ### Custom Systems, Software & Integrations Built to how your company actually runs, on the Microsoft stack you already pay for. The grind - Off-the-shelf tools that fit nobody, so half the work happens in spreadsheets anyway - Four subscriptions that do not talk to each other - Scheduling, reminders, receipts and month end still done by hand and by memory What we build Custom systems, integrations between the tools you already own, automation for the work that should not need a person, and payment flows including Stripe Connect platform payouts. Your data stays in your tenant and your people sign in with the account they already have. Azure, Microsoft 365, Stripe [See what we build](https://bluecraneworks.ca/solutions/custom-systems.html) ### Legacy Document Conversion Twenty years of paper, searchable. The grind - Bankers boxes in a basement that nobody can search - Closed jobs whose only records are on paper - An audit, claim or lien question that needs a document from 2011 What we build Bulk conversion of legacy paper and old scans into searchable, indexed documents you can actually retrieve. Finished records come back as ordinary PDFs that belong to you, not as files trapped in somebody's reader. Runs on Blackbox [See what we build](https://bluecraneworks.ca/solutions/legacy-documents.html) ### Inventory & Parts Systems Stock that lives in a system instead of one person's head. The grind - The part is in the yard somewhere. Probably row F. - Parts sold twice, or found a week after the buyer gave up - No catalogue a counter person can actually search What we build Photo-first cataloguing, locations, stock numbers, and pricing informed by your own sales history. Set up around whatever your business stocks, from garage doors to retail to auto salvage, with a storefront when you want one. Runs on Blue Crane Inventory [See what we build](https://bluecraneworks.ca/solutions/inventory-systems.html) ### Bid & Tender Pipeline Public work, matched to your trade and your area, before it closes. The grind - Tenders found the week after they closed - Six portals you have to remember to check - Bids that do not fit your trade drowning the ones that do What we build Public bids and tenders monitored continuously, filtered to your trade and your region, and delivered as one morning digest instead of a portal you have to remember to open. Runs on SIGNAL [See what we build](https://bluecraneworks.ca/solutions/bid-pipeline.html) ### Wire Advertise with us Reach contractors and homeowners on trade sites we own outright. The grind - Ad platforms sell your audience to your competitor too - Every click auctioned against the company across town - No straight answer on where the budget actually went What we build Direct placements across Wire, the network of local trade, contractor and home services sites Blue Crane owns and operates. No auction, no bidding war, and the numbers come from the publisher rather than from a platform with an interest in the answer. The Wire network [See the network](https://bluecraneworks.ca/solutions/wire.html) ### The AI Visibility Pass New When someone asks ChatGPT or Copilot where to go, be the answer. The grind - A bot setting quietly turning away the crawlers that feed AI answers - One invisible directive removing your pages from Copilot and Google's AI - Never registered with Bing, so Microsoft Copilot cannot cite you What we build A one-time pass, checked against the search engines' and AI companies' own published rules: crawler access proven byte for byte, silent blocks removed, the files every bot reads, Google and Bing registration with IndexNow wired, and a plain-English report. No promised citations, no retainer. One-time, quoted fixed [See what's in the pass](https://bluecraneworks.ca/solutions/ai-visibility.html) **Not sure which one you need?** Most companies start with document control and grow into the rest. A call sorts it out faster than a pricing page. Book a 30-minute call ## The software behind the solutions. Every solution above runs on something Blue Crane built and operates. Each product stands on its own, and each one can be bought on its own. [**Blue Crane App** Job sites, documents, certs, crews and costs. The back office in your pocket.](https://bluecraneworks.ca/) [**Contractor Form Maker** 126 Ontario and Canadian forms, searchable and printable. Free with a small footer; the Pass prints clean.](https://bluecraneworks.ca/tools.html) [**Blue Crane Inventory** Inventory set up around your stock: catalogue, locations, pricing, storefront.](https://bluecraneworks.ca/inventory) [**Blackbox** Legacy paper and old scans turned into searchable, indexed PDFs you own.](https://bluecraneworks.ca/blackbox) [**SIGNAL** Public bids and tenders matched to your trade and area, delivered every morning.](https://signal.bluecraneworks.ca/) [**Trades Tax Calculator** What you owe and what you keep, province by province. Free.](https://tradestaxcalculator.ca/) Connect With Us Let's build your system. Book a free 30-minute discovery call or request a custom quote. No commitment, just a straight conversation about how to clean up your paperwork, automate schedules, and win local customer trust. - Hamilton-based support, fast hosting, and updates - Custom booking & quote forms built specifically for trades - Straight answers from the person who built the system Prefer direct communication? [Email Trevor Directly](mailto:info@bluecraneworks.ca?subject=Solutions%20Question) [(905) 570-5344](tel:+19055705344) Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern. Closed Sunday. --- Source: https://bluecraneworks.ca/solutions