More Benefits Of Integrated Construction Software
In my last post I talked about how an integrated construction software system can automatically generate a job schedule from the data in the job estimate. Now that you have a job schedule, and it is integrated with your job estimate
Job Scheduling
Benefits of Construction Software: Generating Construction Schedules In my last post I talked about how an integrated construction software system can automatically generate customized documents for your customer with specific information about their job. Another thing an integrated construction software system
Data Integration Caveat
OK, I’m convinced! I definitely want to buy an “integrated” construction software system. Well, not so fast. Unfortunately, there is a fair amount of latitude taken among some construction software makers in how they define the term “integrated data”. Some software companies
Using Construction Software: Construction Documents
In my last post I talked about the benefits of using detailed job cost estimates, and then I started to talk about how using detailed job cost estimates (in an integrated construction software system) pays additional dividends. An integrated construction software system is
Using Construction Software: Estimating
As I mentioned in a previous post, there are many benefits in using construction software. Because the benefits are all interrelated, it’s difficult to start at one point and go from there. For example, creating a good estimate allows you
The Chicken And The Egg
The Chicken And The Egg The chicken and the egg parable comes in handy in describing a lot of the problems we deal with in operating and growing (or attempting to grow) a construction business. To make more money, I need to
Construction Software
What is “construction software ” or “construction management software”? And why do I need it? Construction software is software that is designed and developed for the needs of construction businesses. Non-specific (or general) business software includes things like Microsoft Office (Excel,
Perfect Storms
A “perfect storm” is what happens when unrelated events converge to result in something great. Or awful, as the case may be, but this is about the great. Smart Construction Software LLC makes software for construction companies. Smart Construction Software is
Small Beginnings
So I set about working on the first version of Smart Contractor, and my contractor was my first user. Except back then it wasn’t called Smart Contractor. We started out calling it “Contractor’s Edge”; a catchy and descriptive name I thought.