The business phone system for construction companies

Manage conversations with your customers, vendors, and your team easily with OpenPhone’s collaborative phone system. Share incoming calls, offer multiple phone menus, send auto-replies when you’re unavailable, and more.

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Why construction companies choose OpenPhone

Streamline your call and texts, in the office, on-site, or on the go

Share incoming calls and texts

Ensure you never miss any important incoming calls by splitting responsibility, either simultaneously or in custom ring groups, with shared numbers. 

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Give customers self-serve options

Create phone menus that help your customers get in touch with specific departments or colleagues. Plus, offer custom phone menus during and after business hours to give your team more flexibility. 

Capture every customer detail

Keep a clear communication trail in case a dispute arises with automatic call recording. Get notes and any action items from each call instantly with AI-powered call summaries and transcriptions

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See your conversations in one place

Catch up on any conversation faster — calls, texts, voicemails, and recordings with a contact are all in one view. 

All the VoIP features your construction team needs

Port your existing numbers for free

No stress with free number porting to OpenPhone

Call transfer

Share the right context before connecting callers with team members

Business caller ID

Give customers a heads-up when you call them

SMS auto-replies

Keep customers engaged even when you’re unavailable

Business hours

Set up call flows during and after your working hours

Third-party integrations

Share your call and message logs where you need it

Even more reasons to use OpenPhone

Here’s why OpenPhone is the #1 business phone service as voted for by thousands of small businesses

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Get a number for every department

Easily offer separate local numbers to your customers, vendors, suppliers, and project managers. Choose from local US and Canadian business phone numbers and North American toll-free numbers.

 

Each user in your OpenPhone workspace gets their own dedicated number and you can share numbers for different departments.

 

Want a catchy marketing number? Get a vanity number with OpenPhone as well.

If your business needs even more numbers, additional numbers cost $5 per user per month.

 

Collaborate better with your team

Break down silos and work more efficiently as a team with OpenPhone.

 

Get visibility into every customer conversation with shared inboxes. Troubleshoot issues in real time with internal threads. See whether projects are on track or at risk in real time with AI call tags.

Tag your team members next to a conversation to assign tasks. No need to follow up with colleagues — see whether they’ve reviewed a thread with inbox viewers.

 

Manage incoming calls with ease

Handle call volumes as you grow without breaking a sweat.

 

Share responsibility for incoming phone calls with shared numbers. Simultaneously ring your team or set up a custom ring order depending on your team size. Bring customers and team members in the same call with group calling.

 

And if your team is unavailable during business hours or after hours, always have backup options for customers with call forwarding, custom voicemail greetings, and SMS auto-replies.

 

Advanced team messaging at your fingertips

Build stronger customer relationships over text with OpenPhone.

 

Schedule messages for customers based on their time zone. Answer common questions with pre-written text templates using snippets. 

Easily set up automated text messages to nurture your customer relationships with our Make or Zapier integration, including appointment bookings and reminders for site visits, home inspections, and more.

 

Say goodbye to administrative work

Give back valuable time to your team by automating repetitive tasks in OpenPhone.

 

Automatically record your calls and create instant AI-generated call summaries and transcripts so that your team doesn’t have to take any notes.

 

Automatically log calls and texts in your CRM with our native HubSpot and Salesforce integrations. If you’re on another CRM, use our Make integration to connect to it or build a custom integration with the OpenPhone API. Plus, our Jobber integration is coming very soon.

 

Call and text from anywhere

OpenPhone lets your team take their business phone with them wherever they go using a smartphone or computer. Call and text customers from job sites, home, or anywhere else that has a strong internet connection.

Download OpenPhone with our desktop and mobile apps, available on Mac, Windows, iOS and Android.. And for every other platform, you can use OpenPhone in your browser.

“Having all the recorded calls, texts, and voice messages in one feed is super valuable.”

Josh Adrian

VP of Development, The Prime Company
No hidden fees

Find out how much you’re investing in your business phone solution upfront on our pricing page.

Frequently asked questions

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What should construction companies look for in a VoIP phone system?
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Construction businesses in the market for a small business phone system should prioritize the following features from VoIP providers:
• Shared numbers to split responsibility for incoming business calls and texts
• Phone menus, also known as IVR or auto-attendants, to give customers self-serve options to reach different team members.
• Call routing options like simultaneous ring or custom ring order, call transfers, call forwarding, call hold, conferencing, and more.
• Automatic call recording, AI call summaries and transcriptions, so that your most important calls are recorded and available for internal review
• Key third-party integrations with your CRM, Slack, voicemail-to-email, and more

On the other hand, there are some features that VoIP phone systems offer that you shouldn’t prioritize, including faxing, desk phones, or custom office phone equipment like PBX hardware. 

What kinds of construction companies can use OpenPhone?
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OpenPhone is a VoIP phone system that can be used by any type of business in the construction industry, including general contractors, sub-contractors, and various construction firms handling different types of construction projects.

Our customers include commercial real estate contractors, HVAC contractors, and plumbing and siding contractors. We also work with interior design firms and construction supply companies.

How quickly can I port my number to OpenPhone?
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How long it takes to port a number depends on the type of port.
- Simple ports among wireless service providers take 1 business day or less — for example if you’re porting 1 phone number and don’t need to switch equipment.
- Ports from a wireline (landline) to wireless service take a bit longer.
- Porting a local US number to a virtual/internet-based phone system takes 5-7 business days. Moving a Canadian number to a virtual phone system can take 7-10 business days.

The good news is that while the port is taking place, you’re still able to use your phone number. Just make sure not to cancel the service with your old provider while the port is in process.criteria to consider before choosing the right call management system for your business needs.

Can I text customers immediately after creating my OpenPhone account? 
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You can send texts with OpenPhone in 2-5 business days. You’ll need to register your business number for A2P 10DLC compliance before you can get started sending texts. 

A2P 10DLC registration is a requirement pushed for by the large US cell carriers in order to text local US numbers.

Take OpenPhone on the go

Download OpenPhone for iOS and Android to stay in touch wherever you are.

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