I ran construction projects before I built systems for them.
I have worked as a project manager for general contractors and specialty trades, and as a construction virtual assistant for contractors who needed the admin side of the business to actually run. That is the background I bring to JobTread implementation. I configure the software the way a PM would want it configured, because I have been the person living with a bad setup.
I am based in Nairobi, Kenya, and I work with contractors in the United States, the UK, Australia and beyond.
Kenneth Muriuki
Construction Project Manager and Construction Technology Expert
The questions worth asking before you hand anyone access
Most people do not ask these out loud. They are reasonable questions, so here are straight answers to all four.
Will they understand construction, or will I be explaining?
I worked as a project manager for general contractors and specialty trades before I did any of this. You will not be explaining what a submittal is, why retainage matters, or how a cost code structure should be shaped.
Will they be there when I need them?
Nairobi sits close to UK hours, covers the US morning through the afternoon here, and reaches Australia early in the day. I work hours that overlap your business day and would rather say so here than have you find out on a call. Response commitments are agreed in writing before any engagement starts.
Will they still be here in six months?
This is my business, not a side project between jobs. Every engagement is documented as it runs, so the knowledge lives in your system and your SOPs rather than only in my head.
Can I trust them with my financial data?
Access is role based and scoped to the work. Approval limits, escalation rules and quality checks are defined during onboarding, before anything is handed over.
Not just my own hours
Alongside the work I deliver myself, I run a team for remote offshore outsourcing across the disciplines a contractor actually needs. I find and vet people in Kenya, across Africa and beyond, train them on your systems, and stay accountable for what they produce.
Construction VAs
Project admin, RFIs, submittals, follow-up, document control.
Estimators
Takeoffs, scope sheets, bid packages, cost catalog upkeep.
Quantity surveyors
Measurement, bills of quantities, valuations, cost control.
CAD drafters
Drawing production, markups, as-builts, revision control.
Revit and BIM
Modelling, families, clash detection, sheet production.
Architects
Design support, documentation, coordination drawings.
Construction bookkeepers
AP and AR, job costing, reconciliations, WIP support.
Schedulers and planners
CPM schedules, look-aheads, progress and variance updates.
Project coordinators
Meeting actions, trackers, owner reporting, closeout.
The difference from a staffing marketplace is that you are not handed a shortlist and left to manage it. You get one person responsible for the output, who knows construction, and who has already built the SOPs the work runs on. If someone is not right for your business, that is my problem to fix rather than yours to discover.
The talent here is real and it is underused. The hard part has never been finding capable people, it is matching them to the right work and holding the standard. That is the part I do.
Who we have done this for
Real companies, named. Where a client has given us a quote we publish it in their words and link somewhere you can check it. Where they have not, we name the company and describe the work plainly rather than dressing it up as a story.
Estimating operations and JobTread administration, taking recurring hours off the CEO so he could focus on project delivery.
Faravon Construction Group
Independently verifiable
Kenneth Muriuki has worked as a construction virtual assistant on Upwork. The record is public, so you do not have to take our word for any of it.