A method for facilitating the ordering of construction supplies by a customer
over
the Internet is provided. The method comprises: receiving a supplier reference
indicating a supplier; providing the customer with a phase list comprising references
to each of a plurality of construction phases; receiving a customer selection of
a construction phase from the phase list; providing the customer with a supply
list comprising references to a plurality of supplies associated with the selected
construction phase, the plurality of supplies being available from the indicated
supplier; allowing the customer to make a supply selection of at least one supply
from the supply list; recording the supply selection; listing the supply selection;
allowing the customer to remove supply selections from the listing; and transferring
the list to the indicated supplier in response to an order send command.