On this episode of FM Evolution, host Shawn Black sits down with Lee Mills, CEO & Co-founder of Pixly, a mobile application that allows users to collaborate on projects by making it easy to instantly capture, tag, and share project photos from anywhere.

Pixly, a San Diego-based software startup focused on visual documentation and collaboration for construction, facilities, and real estate, won a prestigious $100k startup pitch contest hosted by The Veteran Fund at the 2022 Military Influencer Conference.

Like many industries, construction is driven by cost and scheduling constraints. Companies are looking forward to technologies that help their teams produce more with less waste, reducing costs to their overall profit/loss margins. As the utilization of technology on the jobsite evolves, it is vital to understand how Pixly can be leveraged to reduce overhead and waste and increase workflow for project teams.

Construction projects are logistical works of art. With dozens of contractors, tradespeople, and suppliers on-site at any given time, it is not easy to coordinate labor, materials, and equipment to get the job done efficiently.

Our smartphones are in our hands, in our pockets, or at our sides all the time. Texting and emailing project photos is a habit for many construction and facility pros. This is time-consuming, hard to track, and can be chaotic when there are a lot of photos. If there is an important, urgent, or safety issue captured with a photo it needs to be shared securely, immediately, and trackable.

Construction photos are important photographs documenting the entire project's progress, milestones, issues, observations, inspections, safety, deliveries, meetings, and various stages. They are essential for proving work, communication, collaboration, and reducing risk.

Building and facility maintenance projects are a crucial aspect of ensuring that a building or structure remains in good working condition and is safe for those who use it. One essential tool that can aid in the planning and execution of these projects is photos. Here are some of the reasons why photos are so crucial for facility maintenance projects.

The construction industry has been driven by technological advances for the past half-century. The nexus of a current movement being adopted is photo collaboration, which has evolved from taking and printing out photos for documentation to storing, tagging, and sharing this content on the cloud across entire project teams including subcontractors and clientele. Pixly is currently at the forefront of this transformation.

Utilizing construction photo collaboration tools such as Pixly on your project has limitless utilization possibilities. The value of having images stored and managed by date, location, and thorough data tagging is a powerful way of sharing the project progress and tracking what has occurred on your project.

Our CEO had the opportunity to be a guest on the JB Knowledge ConTech Crew Podcast as guest #268. If you listen to this construction industry Podcast then you already know it’s considered one of the best. If you don’t listen to it yet, now is a great time to start.

We had the honor of being included in an article by the Construction App Guru (ConAppGuru) Rob McKinney - Five Apps for Construction for May 2021. Rob is a recognized industry thought leader and influencer who provides insightful straight-up news and information around construction technology.

Align your project teams on implementing best practices to get the most out of Pixly and help ensure your overall project success. Here is a list of easy-to-implement action items we recommend discussing internally to help visually outline your plan for utilizing Pixly from groundbreaking to topping out to completion.

Being a professional builder for a General Contractor, specialty subcontractor, or yourself can be a very demanding and chaotic business. However, it can be made a lot more simple by deploying the right tools at the right time.

While that is all doom and gloom we are a naturally optimistic bunch at Pixly. 2020 has been agreat year for us in other ways. We took an idea for construction photo documentationcollaboration and brought it to life as a new company called Pixly.

Video conferencing across various industries has adapted to remote environments that have been accelerated during the pandemic. Remote construction and facility inspections can be carried out by utilizing Pixly photo documentation…