Quick Summary
- ▸ Built for a construction tools company (50–200 employees) in Los Angeles, CA, United States.
- ▸ CodeBranch built a React Native mobile app for a U.S. construction tool manufacturer that connects to professional measurement tools via Bluetooth — contractors organize projects by rooms, capture measurements by type (distance, area, volume, humidity), assign them to spaces, and generate PDF reports from the field.
- Contractors organize projects by rooms and spaces, assigning measurements, photos, and notes to each one directly from the job site.
- Bluetooth connectivity with multiple smart tools eliminates manual data entry — distance, area, volume, and humidity readings are captured automatically.
Overview
Small-to-mid-size contractors run projects with multiple rooms and spaces, and need to capture different types of measurements at each one — distance, area, volume, humidity. Without a connected system, that data lives on paper, in spreadsheets, or in someone's memory.
CodeBranch built a mobile app for a U.S. construction tool manufacturer that connects to their smart measurement tools via Bluetooth and turns raw readings into organized, project-ready data. Contractors create a project, define its spaces (bedroom 1, kitchen, bathroom), and as they move through the site, measurements from connected tools are captured automatically and assigned to the corresponding room. Each space also holds photos, videos, and field notes — replacing the paper notepad.
When the site visit is done, the app generates a structured PDF report with everything organized by space — measurements, annotations, media — ready to share from the job site.
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Approach
The app was built with React Native, delivering a single codebase for both iOS and Android — critical for an app that needs to work on whatever device a contractor carries to the job site.
Bluetooth integration was the technical core: the app pairs with multiple smart measurement tools and handles the protocol-level communication to extract readings by type — distance, area, volume, humidity. Each reading is tagged with its measurement type and associated with the space the contractor is currently working in.
The data model organizes everything around projects and spaces. A project contains rooms, each room contains measurements (typed and timestamped), annotations (free-text notes), and media (photos, videos captured via the device camera and microphone). GPS provides location context at the project level, and NFC enables tool and asset identification.
The PDF generation module assembles the final report from the project data: measurements listed by space, annotations inline, media referenced — formatted for client delivery or internal documentation.
Results
- Contractors organize projects by rooms and spaces, assigning measurements, photos, and notes to each one directly from the job site.
- Bluetooth connectivity with multiple smart tools eliminates manual data entry — distance, area, volume, and humidity readings are captured automatically.
- Field annotations per space replace paper notepads, keeping observations and work notes alongside the measurement data.
- PDF reports with measurements organized by space are generated on-site and shared instantly via email or messaging.
- Cross-platform app launched on both the App Store and Google Play, working on whatever phone the contractor carries.
- Full device hardware integration — Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, camera, microphone, and media library.
