Business View Magazine Feb 2023

70 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 2 PREFERRED VENDOR/PARTNER n Buildertrend www.buildertrend.com Buildertrend is the leading residential construction management platform. Since 2006, Buildertrend has empowered contractors to take control of projects and bring efficiency, organization and seamless communication to all aspects of business. Builders can stay on top of costs, supplies, staff and more in one place. To learn more, visit buildertrend.com. Spruce Homes’ connections with its partners ensured that their homes were at the top of the list once supply and labor became available. “My beliefs are that by being loyal to the people that do good for us, they will do good in return. Over the last couple years as pricing went crazy and labor shortages were all over the place, we were always the first in line to get work done,” Blair recalls. “Our sub-trades and our vendors always made sure that, within their control, they got to our project. When everyone else had projects that were on hold because they couldn’t get the labor there, ours were able to continue on because we had those solid, loyal relationships.” Thanks to their loyalty, quality, and unique design offerings, Spruce Homes has managed to grow rapidly over the past half- decade. Looking at the next five years, Blair isn’t looking to explode with even more growth. He’s set his sights on maintaining their current workflow while moving into projects the company finds most fulfilling. “We want to do more custom builds,” he says. “I would like to increase the ratio of new construction we do over renovations. We just enjoy those more. There’s more flexibility. You have more control over the project, and that’s more fun sometimes. So that’s really our focus. We’re just trying to change the ratio of the type of work that we bring in.”