Fieldwire

Fieldwire
Name	Fieldwire
Type	Private
Industry	Construction software
Founded	2013
Founders	Meyer Feldman, Renaud Chatillon
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, United States
Products	Mobile and web construction management applications

Fieldwire Fieldwire is a construction field management software application designed to connect on-site teams with office workflows for task management, plan viewing, and issue tracking. Founded in 2013, it competes with enterprise products used by firms engaged in large-scale projects such as Bechtel, Skanska, and Turner Construction Company, and integrates with document and project systems from providers like Procore Technologies, Autodesk, and Trimble. The company has been involved in projects across regions including North America, Europe, and Australia.

History

Fieldwire was established in 2013 by founders with backgrounds in project delivery and software, launching amid a wave of construction technology startups alongside companies such as PlanGrid and Bluebeam. Early traction came from contractor adoption on projects for clients similar to Gilbane Building Company and Clark Construction Group, and the company expanded its team in technology hubs including San Francisco and Paris. Over time Fieldwire added integrations with platforms developed by Autodesk, Inc. and Dropbox, Inc., and navigated market consolidation events that saw competitors merged or acquired by firms like Bentley Systems and Oracle Corporation. The company’s timeline includes funding rounds and product releases that paralleled industry digitalization efforts driven by standards set by organizations such as BuildingSMART and procurement practices used by Skanska AB.

Features and functionality

Fieldwire provides mobile-first features oriented to construction trades and project managers, offering plan markup, punch list management, and task assignment similar in scope to capabilities found in products from Procore Technologies and Autodesk Construction Cloud. Key functions include sheet versioning for drawings used by teams from contractors such as Turner Construction Company and Mortenson Construction, as well as photo documentation workflows that integrate with storage services like Box, Inc. and Google Drive. The platform supports punch lists, RFI tracking, and submittal management paralleling processes used by firms like AECOM and Jacobs Engineering Group. Collaboration features enable notifications and role-based assignments comparable to enterprise suites from Oracle Corporation and SAP SE implementations on infrastructure projects such as those led by Bechtel Corporation.

Technology and platform

Fieldwire is implemented as a cross-platform service with native applications for Android (operating system) and iOS, and a responsive web client compatible with browsers from Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Its architecture leverages cloud storage and synchronization patterns similar to those employed by Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure customers in order to support offline-first operation for site connectivity scenarios found on projects by Vinci SA or Balfour Beatty. The product exposes integrations and import/export capabilities to exchange data with BIM platforms such as Autodesk Revit and coordination tools from Navisworks during model-based workflows used by firms like Arup (company). Security and authentication approaches align with enterprise expectations including single sign-on methods promoted by Okta, Inc. and identity providers such as Microsoft Azure Active Directory.

Industry adoption and users

Fieldwire’s user base spans specialty contractors, general contractors, owners, and design teams working on building, civil, and industrial projects with organizations like Skanska, Turner Construction Company, and regional contractors across Canada and United Kingdom. It has been adopted on projects in sectors that include commercial construction undertaken by Hines Interests Limited Partnership, healthcare projects managed by Sutter Health-scale organizations, and public infrastructure programs administered by agencies akin to Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) and Transport for London. Users include field superintendents, project engineers, and quality managers who coordinate with program managers from firms such as AECOM and Fluor Corporation.

Business model and funding

Fieldwire operates on a software-as-a-service subscription model with tiered plans for small contractors to enterprise accounts resembling licensing approaches used by Procore Technologies and Autodesk, Inc.. The company raised venture capital through rounds that included participation by investors similar to those backing construction tech startups, and its financing trajectory reflected patterns seen in earlier-stage companies supported by firms like Sequoia Capital and Accel (company). Revenue streams combine per-user subscription fees and enterprise support contracts for large accounts comparable to procurement relationships between Bechtel-scale contractors and software vendors.

Reception and impact

Fieldwire has been recognized for improving field-office coordination and reducing rework on projects, outcomes also sought by adopters of technologies from PlanGrid and Bluebeam, Inc.. Case studies from construction programs run by companies such as Mortenson Construction and Turner Construction Company describe productivity gains, tighter punch-list cycles, and enhanced accountability. Industry commentary in trade publications covering Engineering News-Record and Construction Dive has highlighted Fieldwire’s role in the broader digital transformation of construction, alongside model-based collaboration trends driven by building information modeling proponents such as Graphisoft and Nemetschek Group.

Category:Construction software