info.baticrm.ca Project notebook — October 2026

BÂTI

GCI Québec
General contractor
RBQ licensed

Fig. 00 — The project

A CRM written on the job site by a Québec general contractor, built for GCI Québec first.

  • Live · baticrm.ca
  • Since June 2026
  • 100+ releases
Chapter 01 — The problem

One job, five tools.

The quote in a spreadsheet, the photos on a phone, the certificates in email, the progress bill in a word processor. Nothing talks to anything else, and the office pieces it all back together.

  • Spreadsheet
  • Email
  • Phone photos
  • Word processor
  • Paper calendar
  • BÂTI
Chapter 02 — The workflow

From the first call to the final payment.

  1. Step 1 Inquiry The website creates the lead: form or chat.
  2. Step 2 Quote Line items, revisions, deposit. GST and QST calculated.
  3. Step 3 Contract The accepted quote is locked in, broken down by line item.
  4. Step 4 Job site Crew, phases, daily log, plans and photos.
  5. Step 5 Progress billing Cumulative to date per item, holdback, net payable.
  6. Step 6 Payment Collected, holdback released, actual margin known.
Chapter 03 — Local rules

Written for Québec, not translated for it.

Taxes
GST 5% and QST 9.975%, each on the pre-tax price; your registration numbers on every document.
Compliance
RBQ licence, CCQ card and CNESST clearance for every subcontractor, with expiry dates.
Legal notices
Notice of contract, legal hypothec, prior notices: one register per job.
Holdback
Set at the first progress bill, tracked client by client, released in one click.
Law 25
Explicit consent on forms; error tracking without personal data.
Languages
French, English, Spanish, Russian; every client gets their documents in their own.
Chapter 04 — Build log

Four months, 100+ releases.

Every release is dated and described in the changelog, inside the tool itself.

  1. First version: clients, jobs, quotes, invoices, client and employee portals.

  2. Live on baticrm.ca. Four languages, instant search from any screen.

  3. The whole CRM reworked at 375 px wide, for the phone on the job site.

  4. Job costing and profitability: expenses, subcontractors, labour.

  5. Subcontractor compliance, suppliers, purchase orders, legal notices, progress billing and holdback.

  6. The website chat creates leads on its own.

Chapter 05 — Contact

A question about the project? Write to me.

Contractor, partner or simply curious about how the tool is built: I read every message.

Artour
Owner, GCI Québec
Email Artour