OnCrew is a 24/7 answering service for construction companies. AI answers in your business name, captures job-site calls, bid walkthrough requests, change orders, and after-hours issues, then alerts your project manager or foreman on urgent calls. Your team still owns the job.
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A 24/7 answering service for construction companies answers the office line, captures project, address, timing, and caller details, summarizes the call, and alerts the on-call PM with handoff context. OnCrew starts at $49 per month for 100 included calls with $0.99 overage. Contractors own pricing, scheduling, dispatch, ETA, site safety, appointments, CRM setup, and field decisions.
General contractors, builders, remodelers, subcontractors, and small construction companies share the same call patterns: jobs from the truck or the site, bid requests that go cold the moment they hit voicemail, and urgent client issues at odd hours.
General contractors juggling crew calls, owner check-ins, and inbound bids while running multiple jobs. OnCrew answers, captures the project, and routes urgent issues to your on-call contact.
New-construction and custom home builders fielding selection questions, bid walkthroughs, and supplier coordination from the field. The construction answering service captures the project and the call reason for fast callback.
Remodeling companies and remodelers running design-build, kitchen and bath, and whole-home remodels. Change-order questions and material selections get summarized for the next business day.
Framing, drywall, concrete, mechanical, and finish-trade subcontractors who run calls from the truck and the site. OnCrew captures the GC, the job reference, and the question every time.
Family-run and small construction companies that cannot staff a dedicated phone person. The AI handles the first conversation in your company name, your team owns the project.
Construction businesses that also pull in home-service trade work. OnCrew runs the same trade-aware intake for the home-service contractor side of your book.
Three steps from a forwarded construction call to a callback-ready project lead in your dashboard.
Clients, builders, subs, and suppliers keep dialing the same number. Calls roll into the construction answering service when your team cannot pick up, around the clock or after hours only.
OnCrew greets the caller in your business name, asks construction-specific questions, and captures the project, the address, the contact info, and a clear summary in the caller's own words.
Active job-site issues route to your on-call PM or foreman with the caller details and issue summary. Routine project calls are queued with notes for the next business day.
Construction-aware intake, full project-detail capture, and on-call alerts that respect your PM and foreman rotation.
Day, night, weekends, and holidays. The phone gets answered when your crew is on a job site, in a bid walkthrough, or off the clock so the lead does not roll to the next builder.
Project type, scope-of-work questions, rough timeline, address, and the caller's own words. Your estimator and PM start every callback with real context, not a name and a number.
OnCrew is built for general contractors, builders, remodelers, and subcontractors. Intake adapts to whether the caller is a homeowner, a builder, a sub, or a supplier.
Active leaks, alarm trips, lockouts, or urgent trade callbacks at odd hours trigger an alert with the caller details and issue summary so problems do not sit in voicemail until morning.
Plans include a generous monthly call volume and overage calls are $0.99 each. Usage above the limit is visible during a bid week or storm callback wave.
OnCrew greets callers in your company name, follows your script and service area, and gives routine callers clear callback expectations from your project manager or estimator.
From job-site missed calls and builder bid requests to change orders and after-hours issues. The AI captures, triages, and alerts. Your project manager or foreman owns the job.
When you cannot pick up from a framing job, a demo day, a punch-list walk, or a slab pour, OnCrew greets the caller in your company name and captures the project, the contact info, and the reason for the call.
New project inquiries, scope-of-work questions, builder bid requests, and bid walkthrough scheduling get captured with project type, address, and rough timeline so your estimator can return the call with real context.
Schedule check-ins, change-order questions, project callbacks, and material-selection follow-ups from homeowners or builders are summarized and queued, so the morning starts with a prioritized callback list.
Active leaks, alarm trips, lockouts, or urgent trade callbacks at odd hours trigger an alert to your on-call PM or foreman with the caller details and issue summary.
When a sub or supplier calls about scheduling, deliveries, or a site question, OnCrew captures the company, the job reference, and the question so your PM or foreman can return the call with context already pulled together.
OnCrew answers, captures, triages, alerts, and summarizes. It does not run project management, bids or takeoffs, payment processing, permit coordination, crew dispatch, or job arrival commitments. Your PM, foreman, or estimator still owns the project.
Already comparing options for the home-service trade side of your book? Read the broader contractor answering service overview for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and roofing intake patterns.
Construction businesses are usually choosing between three coverage options. Here is how each one behaves on the calls your shop actually receives.
OnCrew answers in your construction company name, asks construction-specific questions, captures the project and contact details, and alerts your on-call PM or foreman on urgent calls.
Best fit: Builders, general contractors, remodelers, and subcontractors that want predictable monthly coverage without per-minute billing or after-hours surcharges.
Watch out: Some callers will recognize they are talking to AI. The point is that the caller hears a real conversation and your team starts the callback with real context.
A live receptionist model puts human operators on inbound coverage. Operators read a script you provide and pass a message or transfer the call to your on-call contact.
Best fit: Construction businesses that require a human receptionist model and have the budget for $200 to $500 per month plus per-minute billing on long calls.
Watch out: Per-minute billing climbs fast on a bid walkthrough call or a long change-order discussion. Generic scripts often miss construction-specific intake without heavy training.
The phone rings until the caller hears a recording and decides whether to leave a message.
Best fit: Almost no construction company today. Voicemail can leave bid and job-site callers with no useful next step.
Watch out: A bid walkthrough request that hits voicemail can become a bid you never get a clean chance to qualify. After-hours job-site issues also need reviewable context by morning.
Comparing a construction call center quote against an AI answering service? The full breakdown lives in contractor call center vs AI answering service, with pricing math, urgency triage, hybrid setups, and worked decision scenarios for builders, GCs, and subcontractors.
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Call the demo line and hear how OnCrew handles a live call, or start the trial and test it on your own number. Starter is $49/month with 100 included calls after the trial, then $0.99/call overage.
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Pick the included call volume that matches your construction business. Overage calls are $0.99 each so a busy bid week or storm usage above the limit stays visible during a callback wave.
Starter
$49/mo
100 included calls
$0.99 per call after
Solo builders and small construction companies that need 24/7 phone coverage without staffing a dedicated phone person.
Pro
$149/mo
400 included calls
$0.99 per call after
Growing general contractors and remodeling companies handling steady call volume across multiple active jobs and trades.
Multi-Truck
$349/mo
1,000 included calls
$0.99 per call after
Multi-crew construction operations that need full-day overflow plus dedicated nights and weekends across job sites.
See full plan details on the pricing page.
A 24/7 answering service for construction companies answers your business phone when your crew is on a job site, in a bid walkthrough, or off the clock so callers reach a real conversation instead of voicemail. OnCrew greets callers in your company name, asks construction-specific questions about the project, captures the address and contact details, summarizes the call, and alerts your project manager or foreman for urgent follow-up. Contractors own pricing, scheduling, dispatch, ETA, site safety, appointments, CRM setup, and field decisions. Plans start at $49 per month for 100 calls.
OnCrew is built for general contractors, builders, custom home builders, remodelers, remodeling companies, and subcontractors across framing, drywall, concrete, mechanical, and finish trades, plus small construction companies and home-service contractors. Intake adapts to whether the caller is a homeowner, a builder, a sub, or a supplier so a quote request, a bid walkthrough, a change order, or a job-site callback gets the right details captured.
OnCrew starts at $49 per month for 100 included calls, with Pro at $149 per month for 400 calls and Multi-Truck at $349 per month for 1,000 calls. Calls beyond your plan are $0.99 each. Traditional live answering services for construction companies typically charge $200 to $500 per month plus per-minute hold-time billing that climbs fast on long bid walkthrough or change-order calls.
No. OnCrew answers, captures, triages, alerts, and summarizes. It does not run project management, prepare bids or takeoffs, process payments, coordinate permits, dispatch crews, assign technicians, or commit to job-site arrival times. Your project manager, foreman, or estimator still owns the job and makes the scheduling and pricing decisions.
OnCrew captures new project inquiries, scope-of-work questions, and bid walkthrough requests with project type, address, rough timeline, and the caller's own description. The intake fields land with your estimator so the callback starts with real context. OnCrew does not commit your team to a walkthrough date or pricing on the call, that decision stays with your estimator.
Yes. When the caller flags an active job-site issue like a leak, alarm trip, lockout, or urgent trade callback, OnCrew sends an alert to your on-call project manager or foreman with the caller details and issue summary. Routine project callbacks are summarized and queued for the next business day so urgent and non-urgent calls do not get treated the same way.
The contractor answering service landing pages, the deeper buyer guides, the cost comparisons, and the playbooks builders and GCs use to size coverage and write urgency rules.
The broader contractor answering service landing page: 24/7 AI phone answering, trade-aware emergency triage, and on-call alerts built for builders, GCs, and subcontractors.
OpenHow the cross-trade answering service works for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, and general contractors with shared intake patterns and on-call routing.
OpenCross-trade AI answering breakdown comparing OnCrew with live receptionists and per-minute call centers across the home-service trades general contractors typically sub out.
OpenHow 24/7 phone answering should work for construction businesses: intake fields, on-call routing, and no per-minute billing on long site-walkthrough calls.
OpenRealistic monthly bill ranges across per-minute live receptionists, per-call AI answering, and traditional call centers for builders comparing coverage models.
OpenBuyer roundup that scores trade-built AI, generalist AI, live virtual receptionists, and traditional call centers against the same buyer framework.
OpenHow to set call forwarding, urgency rules, and on-call rotations so urgent job-site or bid-walkthrough calls do not slip through after hours.
OpenSee how many dollars a missed bid call or job-site callback costs the construction company on an average ticket.
OpenStart a 14-day free trial of OnCrew and let the construction answering service answer your business phone in your company name. Your project manager only gets pinged for the calls that actually need a callback.
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