Getting started with Tenon

Sign up, create your first project, and invite your team in minutes.

Welcome to Tenon

Tenon is construction management software built for general contractors, project managers, and field teams. Everything from estimates and schedules to daily logs, RFIs, and time tracking lives in one place — and Sage, your AI assistant, helps you stay on top of it all.

1. Sign up

Go to app.usetenon.com and create an account. You’ll be asked for your company name, your role, and a few basics to set up your workspace. Your first project can be created right away.

2. Create your first project

From the sidebar, click Projects → New project. Give it a name, a start date, and optionally a client contact. That’s enough to get going — you can add budget, phases, and team members as the project takes shape.

3. Invite your team

Go to Settings → Team and invite crew members by email. Each person picks a role (admin, PM, foreman, field, client) that controls what they can see and do. Field crews get mobile access; clients get a read-only portal view.

4. Navigate the key areas

• Projects — your active project list and per-project overview
• Schedule — Gantt and task boards for planning phases and tracking work
• Estimates — line-item budgets you build, version, and convert to proposals
• Daily Logs — on-site notes, photos, and manpower counts, one per day per project
• Decisions & RFIs — track open items, owner selections, and architect requests
• Timesheets — clock in/out on mobile, log hours by project from the desktop

5. Get help

Ask Sage (the chat icon at the bottom of every page) anything about your projects or Tenon itself. You can also reach the team via the contact page.