Amela
Construction Matching Inc. — New Platform Launch Story
ℹ︎For confidentiality, company names, project names, and system images have been replaced with pseudonyms and mockups.

Construction project matching, built in-house from scratch.

BuildMatch is a B2B matching and bidding platform connecting construction clients and contractors. It recommends projects by area, trade, and budget and completes everything from bidding to awarding and billing online.

Matching accuracy, online bidding, track-record visibility, and project management — the build story of a new platform, created in-house from scratch, that satisfies all four axes of construction procurement at once.

Matching
Auto-recommend
Area × trade × budget
Bid → award
Online
Complete quote-to-contract
Coverage area
Nationwide
Client × contractor
Reports
Excel/PDF
Export quotes and invoices
BuildMatch · Project list
By recommendation
RCTokyo
Match 92%
RenovationOsaka
Match 78%
Steel frameFukuoka
Match 88%
01
CLIENT
About the client

“Construction Matching Inc.”, one of Japan’s leading drivers of construction procurement.

A matching operator connecting construction clients and contractors. They needed a digital foundation to streamline procurement that had relied on personal networks, phone, and fax.

So we launched BuildMatch, a new platform that recommends projects by area, trade, and budget, sharpens accuracy with contractor track records and qualifications, and completes everything from bidding to awarding and billing online.

Matching axes
Area × trade × budget
Procurement
Fully online
Coverage area
Nationwide
BUSINESS FLOW — The matching journey
STEP 01 · Client
Post a project
Register trade, schedule, area, and budget.
STEP 02 · System
Automatic matching
Recommend to contractors based on requirements and track record.
STEP 03 · Contractor
Bidding & quote submission
Submit quotes and bid online.
STEP 04 · Both sides
Award & billing
After a match, manage through contract and billing.
02
CHALLENGE
The design challenges to solve

The four structural requirements the platform had to meet.

None of these were technology-choice problems; they were business requirements tied directly to procurement opportunities, win rate, and operational efficiency. Building new from scratch demanded a design that satisfies them all at once.

① Matching accuracy

If recommendations miss the mark, search effort lingers and deals slip away.

② Online bidding

Rely on paper and phone for bids, communication gets cumbersome and the close slips.

③ Track-record visibility

If qualifications and track record can’t be shown, contractor strengths go unseen and they’re rarely chosen.

④ Project management

Get progress tracking wrong, project status scatters and ops load balloons.

03
ARCHITECTURE
The architecture we built together

Turning construction matching into a connected foundation across four domains.

We built the experience from project posting through matching, bidding, and awarding in-house from scratch, split across four domains. A recommendation engine, online bidding, and report export combine to solve each challenge.

Amela
EXECUTION
14 months
Duration
60 person-months
Total effort
Domain ①
Matching accuracy
Challenges
Need to recommend matching projects and contractors with high accuracy.
Solution
Area × trade × budget recommendation
Match score factors in track record and qualifications too.
Domain ②
Online bidding
Challenges
Need to complete bidding and quoting without paper or phone.
Solution
Online bidding flow
Quote submission → matching → award, all on one screen.
Domain ③
Track-record visibility
Challenges
Need to convey qualifications, track record, and supported trades accurately.
Solution
Company profile
Qualifications, track record, and supported CAD listed in a structured way.
Domain ④
Project management
Challenges
Need to manage progress from preparation to bidding to award in one place.
Solution
Status management + reports
Manage everything centrally in the CMS and export to Excel/PDF.
TECH STACK
Frontend
ReactAnt DesignReact Query
Backend
LaravelJWTMySQL
Reports
Excel exportPDF export
04
IMPACT
The value the platform creates

Construction Matching Inc.’s business growth accelerates.

This foundation delivers not technical metrics but ongoing business outcomes: more procurement opportunities, a higher win rate, and better operational efficiency.

A foundation that widens procurement opportunities

It automatically recommends the right counterpart, connecting projects and contractors that could never meet before.

Design that speeds up closing

Online bidding shortens quote-to-contract and prevents lost opportunities.

A mechanism that rewards strengths

Visualizing qualifications and track record so contractors’ strengths are judged fairly.

A mechanism that makes operations visible

Project statuses and reports streamline procurement operations.

STAKEHOLDER
Client
✕ Typically
Finding contractors via contacts and phone makes comparison hard.
✓ With construction matching
Matching contractors gather automatically, and bids are compared.
Business impact
Meet the best contractor faster
STAKEHOLDER
Contractor
✕ Typically
Project information doesn’t reach them, and strengths are hard to showcase.
✓ With construction matching
Matching projects arrive, and they’re chosen on track record and qualifications.
Business impact
More wins and higher utilization
STAKEHOLDER
Operations
✕ Typically
Managing projects, bids, and billing separately is laborious.
✓ With construction matching
Centralize statuses and reports to boost efficiency.
Business impact
Cut operating costs
STAKEHOLDER
Management
✕ Typically
Procurement is analog, so no data accumulates.
✓ With construction matching
Procurement data accumulates and informs business decisions.
Business impact
Data-driven business expansion
05
DEMO
Three scenarios

Experience BuildMatch with a live, working demo.