What's new in FluidCM

May 31, 2026

AI-Powered Daily Logs and Photo Safety Scanning

• ●FluidCM now automatically drafts daily logs at 5 PM using the day's photos and activity, saving you time on end-of-day reporting.
• ●Photos are now scanned for safety issues and flagged by severity, helping you catch potential hazards faster.
• ●The system can now suggest which work items (build lines) match each photo based on trade, scene, and timing.
• ●Fixed a security issue that could have allowed unauthorized access to daily log data.

May 28, 2026

Contract detail cleanup and cost code fixes

• ●Change order status approvals now save correctly instead of silently failing.
• ●Contract detail screens show the contract amount inline with the name and use compact action chips instead of stacked buttons.
• ●Cost code benchmarks now properly enforce uniqueness across organization, cost code, phase, and cost type to prevent duplicate entries.

May 27, 2026

Budget tools, drawing AI, and smoother contract workflows

• ●Budget rows now sync automatically to build lines, keeping your project tracking in step without manual copying.
• ●Drawing sheets are analyzed with AI to extract sheet numbers, saving time on plan uploads.
• ●Budgets can be locked when a contract is executed, with optional override and audit trail to prevent accidental edits.
• ●Documents now have their own permission setting, separate from drawings, giving you finer control over who sees what.
• ●Import errors from spreadsheet totals rows have been fixed—budgets no longer double-count when you upload files with summary lines.
• ●Draft contracts can pull in the full project budget with one click, streamlining SOV setup.
• ●Contract details screens now support inline editing and retarage percentage during the draft stage.

May 23, 2026

Behind-the-scenes maintenance and stability improvements

May 22, 2026

Faster account setup and fewer permission headaches

• ●Project creators now automatically get the correct tool permissions when they create a new project, fixing cases where admins couldn't see any tools after signing up.
• ●The Grant Full Tool Access admin button now properly upgrades organizations to an Enterprise plan, so users immediately see all the tools they've been granted.
• ●Organization IDs now appear in the admin panel to help support distinguish between similarly named companies and avoid setting up the wrong account.

May 21, 2026

Navigation improvements and security fixes

• ●Daily Logs now appears in the phone menu with its own icon for easier access.
• ●Organization admins can now only view user summaries within their own organization, improving data privacy.
• ●Clock-in now correctly records which employee signed in, even after using a magic link to log in.
• ●Admins can now see all locked premium tools in the menu, making it clearer which features are available with an upgrade.

May 20, 2026

Photo permissions now properly enforced

• ●Photo access is now correctly restricted based on your team permissions, so invited users without photo module access can no longer view or modify photos they shouldn't see.

May 19, 2026

Fixes for contracts, AI chat, and email handling

• ●Change Orders now automatically inherit the correct type from their parent contract (Prime, Subcontract, or Purchase Order), eliminating manual selection errors.
• ●Draft contracts now support a full Submit, Approve, and Reject workflow to streamline your approval process.
• ●Email addresses are now case-insensitive throughout the system, preventing duplicate accounts or sign-in issues caused by capitalization differences.
• ●AI Estimate has moved from the Field tab to the Contracts tab where it's easier to find alongside related contract tools.
• ●Fixed crashes that could occur when opening the AI chat assistant from certain screens.

May 18, 2026

Forecast & role fixes for BuildPulse reports

• ●BuildPulse reports now correctly identify user roles when generating forecasts and assignments.
• ●Fixed an issue where forecast hours were miscalculated in certain project scenarios.
• ●Resolved a problem where some team members wouldn't appear in BuildPulse reports due to incorrect role lookups.

May 15, 2026

Automated Testing & Quality Improvements

• ●Integration tests now run automatically every night to catch issues before you see them.
• ●Budget cost codes are now optional when setting up project budgets.
• ●Fixed an issue where timecard entries weren't saving correctly.
• ●Permission checks now work properly across all project workflows.
• ●Flow background processing is more stable and won't get stuck during heavy use.

May 13, 2026

Clock-Out Questions & Critical Stability Fixes

• ●Admins can now require workers to answer clock-out questions before submitting their timecards.
• ●Fixed crashes that occurred when creating or updating budgets, daily logs, submittals, RFIs, meetings, and photos.
• ●Fixed a build error that prevented the mobile and web apps from compiling correctly.
• ●Resolved timecard screen issues that could cause unexpected behavior after loading data.

May 12, 2026

Behind-the-scenes quality improvements

May 11, 2026

Change Orders, Pay Apps & Stronger Security

• ●Change orders now support full line-item editing, cloning, attachments, and a clear submit-approve-reject workflow so you don't have to recreate the entire order when making changes.
• ●The Contracts dashboard now shows an "Am I Making Money?" variance summary that rolls up budget versus actual costs by phase and cost type across all your change orders.
• ●Pay applications can now be created directly from your contract schedule of values, auto-populating line items instead of requiring manual entry.
• ●Service invoices now generate real PDFs, support line-item editing, and can be emailed directly from FluidCM.
• ●Daily logs now let you embed photos using the modern attachment system.
• ●Budget and billing screens now properly enforce view permissions so team members only see financial data they're authorized to access.

May 9, 2026

AI Voice Estimates and Timecard Timing Fixes

• ●A new AI Estimate tool lets you record a voice description of work and automatically generates a cost estimate using your company's cost codes.
• ●AI Estimate appears in the Field tab, the main menu, and global search so you can start an estimate from anywhere.
• ●Generated estimates can be converted to budget summaries with one tap.
• ●Timecard duplicate detection, active clock-ins, and photo dashboards now correctly handle submissions made near midnight in different time zones.

May 8, 2026

Permissions, Compliance, and Stability Fixes

• ●Project-level permissions are now enforced on all billings, drawings, RFIs, submittals, meetings, change orders, documents, and markups—ensuring team members only see what they're allowed to access.
• ●Billing compliance checks now appear as a color-coded banner on every billing detail screen, flagging issues like stale pay apps or expiring contracts before you submit.
• ●Change order line items now track phase and cost type alongside cost codes, giving you the same three-axis breakdown already available in budgets and contracts.
• ●Cost codes are created automatically when you enter budget data—no need to set up a catalog first if you prefer to work ad-hoc.
• ●The mobile time screen now lets admins launch kiosk mode directly from settings, and the redundant Flow AI popup on login has been removed.
• ●Fixed crashes and data mismatches across budgets, daily logs, and cost tracking that were causing intermittent 500 errors.

April 29, 2026

Profile photos + safer permission handling

• ●Edit Profile now lets you upload your own photo from your camera or gallery — works on phone, tablet, and web.
• ●Hamburger menu cleaned up: dropped the duplicate Admin sub-shortcuts (Organization, Users, Roles, Cost Codes) and the placeholder Pick Avatar option.
• ●Profile page always shows a back arrow now (was missing on tablet).
• ●Permission-denied actions stop kicking you out to the login screen; they show a proper error instead.
• ●Timecard duration math is correct for shifts longer than 24 hours.

April 28, 2026

Freemium signup flow + verify-email polish

• ●New signup defaults to a focused first-run: Team, Field (Timecard tile), and Flow chat. Other tools stay hidden until you turn them on.
• ●Auto-creates a default project on signup so you can clock in immediately — no setup wizard required.
• ●Email-verification link now lands on a branded confirmation page instead of raw JSON.
• ●If you abandon a signup partway through, you can use the same email to sign up again.