Case Study: Van Metre Homes achieves seamless operations for 400+ starts with BuilderMT

New Software Make Operations Seamless for Van Metre Homes and Its 400 Starts

Van Metre Homes, a leading Virginia homebuilder with more than 400 starts, faced growing operational strain as its aging enterprise software forced staff to perform time-consuming manual work—manipulating takeoffs, converting purchase orders to work orders, and relying on a fragile, poorly integrated sales system. Rapid growth exposed the system’s lack of CAD/takeoff integration, robust CRM, and modern purchasing/accounting links, creating inefficiencies across scheduling, purchasing and vendor coordination.

Van Metre replaced the legacy stack with an integrated suite—BuilderMT WMS, Sales Simplicity, Punchlist Manager, Jet Reports, Microsoft NAV and Avid Ratings—automating takeoffs, purchasing and data handoffs and providing vendor dashboards and unified scheduling. The result: immediate time and labor savings, elimination of handwritten delivery tickets, more accurate budgets and smoother communication among sales, purchasing, field teams and suppliers.

Van Metre Homes

Chase McNelis

Production Manager & TSS Director of Operations