Construction Software Companies & Consultants in Boston, MA

Touchplan is a Boston-based construction planning software company operating as the software division of MOCA Systems, Inc., a firm that also provides owner's representative services through MOCA Services.

Its cloud platform, also called Touchplan, gives project teams a shared digital space to build, adjust and track construction plans together, moving coordination away from analog, paper-based methods and toward live data that everyone on a job can see.

The company reports that its platform has been used on more than 6,900 projects by over 94,000 people, covering construction value it puts at more than $489 billion.

Who Touchplan serves

The software is aimed at three groups of buyers. Owners and developers use it to follow progress and spot cost, schedule and coordination problems early instead of waiting for periodic reports. General contractors and construction managers rely on it to schedule, plan and re-plan work in one system designed around crews working in the field.

Specialty and trade contractors use it to keep their people and commitments organized across jobs. Typical project types include office and multifamily buildings, laboratories and life science facilities, data centers and infrastructure, with a particular focus on large, technically demanding jobs involving many stakeholders and tight deadlines.

Platform capabilities

Touchplan is built around lean construction methods, especially the Last Planner System. Key capabilities described by the company include:

• Collaborative, patented pull planning
• Lookahead planning that moves teams from long-range phase plans to short-term work windows
• Synchronization of plans with the master schedule, including Oracle Primavera P6
• Crew planning and commitment tracking
• Variance reporting and real-time analytics on plan performance

The intent is to connect what happens on site with what the office and the owner see, so that delays can be diagnosed from data. One senior superintendent at Brasfield & Gorrie credited the variance reports with helping his team understand the causes of a looming schedule slip and recover lost time.

How the company works with clients

Touchplan pairs its software with a dedicated customer success team that supports clients from preconstruction through commissioning and on to occupancy. Clients can draw on structured user onboarding, a help center, live chat and direct support staff. A project executive at Lee Kennedy has described the relationship with this team as strong and noted its responsiveness to product feedback.

The company also publishes an ROI study on the effects of its planning platform for general contractors, and it runs a partner program, including an affiliate initiative for lean construction coaches who bring the tool to their own clients. Enterprise contractors such as The Boldt Company have signed company-wide agreements.

Background

Touchplan grew out of an initiative at its parent, MOCA Systems, to create tools that improve project outcomes during design and construction, and the resulting platform has since received industry awards. MOCA Systems is led by chief executive Sandy Hamby, appointed in 2021.

The company is headquartered on Congress Street in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, and positions its product as a planning system for teams that need everyone aligned from the start of a project, especially in a market shaped by labor shortages, supply chain disruption and inflation.