Field Materials is such an efficient tool — it lets us scale without the overhead.
Dempsey Construction is one of San Diego’s premier general contractors. The group delivers high-quality services for commercial property owners and tenants. Dempsey works in 41 cities across 5 states, combining technical expertise with precision craftsmanship. To scale successfully without adding overhead, the company needed a construction procurement software that would bridge the gap between estimators and project managers.
We needed software to efficiently manage material procurement. Field Materials AI fits that role perfectly.
Before adopting Field Materials AI, procurement at Dempsey Construction was slow and resource-intensive. Estimators requested vendor quotes by email and then printed supplier quotes and manually handed them off to project managers to create purchase orders (POs). This process created bottlenecks and used valuable man-hours.
Having successfully implemented Field Materials during his tenure at Pacific Building Group and seeing its impact, David Clemons saw FM as essential to have in his new role at Dempsey Construction. He was right. Before FM, quotes were tracked through emails and phone calls to suppliers. There was no source of truth and no standardized ordering flow. The result was an ad-hoc and time intensive process that required input from numerous team members. As a result, information easily fell through the cracks. There was often confusion among suppliers and field teams, and everyone needed a better way to stay organized.
Field Materials AI is such an efficient tool — it lets us scale without the overhead.
After implementing FM construction purchase order software, Dempsey now has a standardized material ordering process. Project managers upload the multi-page supplier quotes they get from estimators into Field Materials to instantly create itemized cost-coded buyouts for their jobs. With buyouts in place, Dempsey has a predictable way to control job costs. Whenever an ongoing job needs materials to be delivered on site, the project manager on that job creates a PO against the buyout, where all the costs are already pre-determined.
Field Materials AI has also helped Dempsey onboard new employees quickly. Unlike before, new employees have access to all job-related procurement transactions in one place. This is crucial for Dempsey, which continues to scale up rapidly.
I really appreciate the high quality of the Field Materials customer support. I quickly get answers to any of our questions. I also love how well Field Materials AI meets the needs of our company.
Field Materials AI helped standardize and streamline procurement practices at Dempsey Construction.
