How to Organize Jobsite Photos, Notes, Documents, and Changes by Project

A simple project-record system for electrical contractors tired of searching camera rolls, text threads, email, and folders.

The easiest system is one record per project. Every update should answer one question first: what job does this belong to?

TradeFlo · Project Record

How TradeFlo organizes the project

One project record instead of five disconnected places

FIELD

Photos + notes + changes

Capture work from the jobsite without waiting until the end of the day.

PROJECT RECORD

Everything stays together

Proposals, documents, updates, change orders, inspections, and payments.

OFFICE

Search and act

The office works from the same record instead of chasing context.

Workflow example based on TradeFlo’s product flow. No customer data shown.

1

Start with one project record

Use the project as the parent for every photo, note, document, change, and payment.

2

Capture from the field

Do not wait until the end of the day to sort camera rolls and messages.

3

Use clear categories

Separate photos, scope, change orders, inspections, documents, and financial events.

4

Keep timestamps and authors

Knowing when something happened and who captured it protects context.

5

Make the record searchable

A useful archive should let the office find an old project detail in seconds.

Before

Texts. Calls. Camera roll. Memory.

Extra work gets buried
Office waits for context
Updates get rewritten later

With TradeFlo

Capture once. Keep it with the project.

Field update captured immediately
Office sees the same project record
Change stays visible through billing

Capture it once. Keep it with the project.

TradeFlo is built to keep field updates and office work connected instead of scattered across separate tools.

See TradeFlo for electrical contractors