Basestone: Mobile-first Construction Collaboration

Case Study: Basestone

Basestone and MeltStudio teamed up to transform Basestone’s web and mobile collaboration platform—empowering engineers to review drawings, track issues, and manage project data in real time. This project improved field-office workflows, cut down administrative overhead, and accelerated project delivery.

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THE CHALLENGE

Engineering Teams Needed Real-Time Mobile Tools.

Before Melt’s involvement, Basestone’s platform lacked seamless offline support, scalable architecture, and smooth UX across devices. Engineers faced delays when marking up drawings or logging issues on-site, which hindered efficiency and collaboration between field and office.

INITIAL STATE

OUR SOLUTION

Modern Full‑Stack Rewrite With Mobile‑First UX

Requirements

Simplification

We audited Basestone’s legacy features—drawing annotations, issue workflows, and offline data sync—and defined a streamlined full-stack JS/TypeScript architecture. Clear specs helped avoid scope creep and ensured alignment.

Application

Building

Our team built a unified web and iOS/Android experience using React, React Native, and Node.js. We integrated real-time updates, drawing markups, offline-first syncing, and a reporting dashboard, reducing admin effort on-site.

Prototype

Release

We launched a functional MVP within three months: engineers could markup drawings, log and assign issues in real time from the field, and sync data—even offline. Early beta testers reported immediate productivity gains.

DELIVER STATE

CUSTOMER FEEDBACK

Enhanced Efficiency and User Satisfaction

Post-launch, Basestone saw field engineers spend significantly less time on administrative work—logging issues, syncing, and reporting became seamless. Real-time dashboards improved transparency, helping projects stay on time and on budget.

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Sebastien Gouin-Davis

Amatis

February 3, 2025

let me know if i can support, but i have no skin in the game.

also, if you were to bless it, i could post it (so that it's not coming from you guys) and just say something like

"These are people that I've worked with for 5 years and have become good friends with. They are doing this radical thing and it seemed like the kind of thing that could help this community. I asked Michael to bless me posting this, but this is unrelated to Establish.

I am also happy to hop on a call or slack with anyone who might be interested but looking for references or even just guidance on app development side."

but also you can just say "naw, it muddies the waters" and I'll shut up 😛

I may just have him do a talk for everyone

Sounds really great

oh that would be really cool

He has a great deck about how it's better to go to the grocery store and buy buns and tomatoes and lettuce to make burgers, and focus your energy on the "secret sauce" - where most startups spend all their time becoming tomato farmers.

February 3, 2025

Sang - Duk Seo

Every Mother

August 6, 2025

A quick shoutout to Melt, it's been several months now and it's clear that our new dev team has been crushing expectations all around. Shoutout to Camila who has been killing it on uhc and flex, especially on uhc, which basically gave us documentation for a platform that only exists in their dreams. Considering she's doing this without a test environment which uhc guaranteed us, Camila has put in a lot of elbow grease to make this implementation seemingly smooth sailing. Additional shoutouts to Yuli and Miguel who both have stepped into the shoes of past RPS teammates to support internal operational functions as well as put the pedal on the gas to churn out product developments. Lastly to Yulys and Austin who have seamlessly taken in the project reigns from Natali alongside the rest of Melt. Special shoutout to Sebastian who is always helping from the shadows but more recently has been contributing a great deal of effort to help resolve some longstanding revenue analytics issues. So thank you to our Melt teammates for being able to hop in immediately, helping EM put some very big pieces into place at this critical moment of our company's growth! 🎉🎉