How Do Scaftra's Field Measures Work?

How do you stop a slab from being cut before the room has actually been measured?

Scaftra captures the as-built field measure per room as a first-class record and enforces measure before order before delivery before install, so no step can claim a state the jobsite cannot be in.

The problem it solves

The two custom-fabricated trades, cabinets and countertops, cannot be installed off a drawing. Someone has to physically walk the finished-framed room with a tape and a laser and capture the as-built dimensions, the field measure, before the shop can cut material to fit. Measure, order, fabricate, deliver, install: each step is a physical gate on the next. Ordering before measuring means scrapped slabs.

Why it matters

When the system lets a record claim a step that could not have happened yet, the field acts on a lie: a crew shows up to install material that was never delivered, or a slab gets cut off a measure that does not exist. Modeling the real sequence, room by room, is what lets a project manager and a homeowner see exactly where each room sits and trust it.

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How it works

1. Capture the as-built measure

   The installer captures real dimensions in a specific room as a field measure record bound to that room.
2. Advance the room phase

   An approved cabinet field measure advances its room to the measured phase, so the sequence is visible.
3. Order against the measure

   The measure feeds the purchase to the fab shop, so the order reflects measured reality, not the bid.
4. Deliver, then install

   Material arrives and is inspected, then a crew installs, with each step gating the next.

How Scaftra does it

Scaftra captures the field measure as a first-class per-room record: a cabinet Field Measure and a countertop Field Measure, each unconditionally bound to a room that must belong to the record's project. The canonical sequence is enforced, measure before order before delivery before install, and the room phase machine is forward-only-safe so a room can never be moved backward. An approved cabinet field measure advances its room to the measured phase. Every trade write flows through a per-trade controlled write path that proves company ownership and active project membership before the record is created, and the company is set from the validated context, never from the caller's payload. This is built and live.

Key capabilities

• Per-room measure records: Each field measure is bound to a specific room that must belong to its project.
• Enforced sequence: Measure before order before delivery before install, with a forward-only room phase machine.
• Phase advancement: An approved cabinet field measure advances its room to the measured phase automatically.
• Controlled write path: Trade writes prove company ownership and active project membership before any record is created.

Benefits

• The shop cuts off an approved measure instead of a bid estimate, so fewer slabs are scrapped.
• Each room's true position in its trade lifecycle is visible to the PM and the homeowner.
• A record can never claim a step that physically could not have happened yet.

Who it's for

• Field measurers and installers.Crews capturing as-built dimensions on site before fabrication.
• Cabinet and countertop shops.Trades that fabricate to fit and cannot afford to cut off the wrong number.

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