When I started building Framework in May, my vision was to create a platform that automates the work of construction professionals. Receiving, processing and acting on submittals and RFIs. And while that still remains my goal, as it turns out that’s harder to do than expected.
I had originally chosen WordPress to base my platform on, with the system coded in php with a sql database, and, while I got quite far in the process, getting the llm to do what you needed to every single time was a challenge. The implementation felt unreliable.
Throughout the build process I was using tools like claude code and cline to build the it. As I got further into the build it got me thinking, could we use a system like Cline’s as a base for my ultimate vision of a fully automated construction project management system.
Wake me up, when September ends…
In September I started again, but this time using a modern webstack including supabase with a PostgresDB, Vercel deployment and Nodejs. The vision this time was to get document exploring working. And, so far I’ve made good progress.
To date, I’ve built out the document management (upload and organize your documents), conversation manager and chat system.
After a user has uploaded their drawings, they can now successfully use the chat to communicate with the LLM which than uses tools to search, and explore their drawings and specifications providing answers.
There have been several challenges which this approach, which I’ll cover in another article, but wanted to share an update.
So when can I get my hands on it?
We’re just finessing the chat interactions and interface, once that’s completed we’ll be building out the registration process, project creation and payments handlers. That is anticipated to take about 2-3 more weeks, so you should be able to start using Framework in late October / early November.
We’ll initially open the project up the a select group of beta testers, followed by a more open use.
Stay tuned and thanks for following along on our journey.