ConstructionSoftwareReview.com's case studies profile contractors who have recently implemented new software and hardware. We examine what factors went into the decision to invest in new technology, how and why the new tools are being used and how employees are working differently now that the new technology is in place. Read our case studies to see what goes into the decision to buy new construction software (and the hardware that often goes with it).
This case study examines how The Ryan Companies, a Minneapolis-based design-build firm, is using BIM in conjunction with its project management software. The company uses a product called Horizontal Glue to integrate data from its BIM program, Revit, with Proliance.
In this case study, we examine how Singletouch's data management and field management software helped a Canadian electrical contractor reduce the time-consuming paperwork associated with creating timesheets and invoices and then printing them for customers. (Additional information on deploying Singletouch is available in the vendor's case study, Field data capture reduces cost by 73%).
Moving from an in-house estimating software solution to a third-party's shrink-wrapped application did not mean that Fluor Corp. no longer needed to expend energy and resources investigating its options. Nor did it mean that the $15 billion engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) and maintenance services firm could take a relaxed approach to user training.
When Ahmed Chilmeran was named project manager
to oversee construction of three zuniversities in Abu
Dhabi, the Parsons executive knew it would not be
a simple assignment, especially when partners
included companies from around the globe, operating
in different time zones and languages.
Ideally, all subcontractors would relocate
temporarily -- but this is seldom a viable option.
(In this case, California-based Parsons is working
