Construction project management requires a lot of organization, and coming up with your own system can be time consuming and risky; that’s why there is software like Procore, which Stellar Energy Solutions has recently put to use on and off its construction sites.

Patti Gutlebin at Stellar Energy said the company has been using Procore to manage its large commercial solar facility installations, such as the recent installation of four megawatts of solar facilities at four Northern California wineries. This Web-based project management software gives Stellar Energy a single place to manage projects, she said.

“Use of Procore allowed our staff and subcontractors, as well as our clients, to follow the progress of the job with ease,” she said. “[Procore] tracks everything from email communications to project documents, photos, transmittals, change orders, meetings, schedules, daily weather at the site and lots more,” she said.

Overall, Procore’s features are very valuable and easy to use, Gutlebin said. Users only need basic computer skills such as emailing and uploading documents. When problems do arise, support services are always prompt, though there is no user documentation, she said.

Gutlebin rated Procore software a 9 out of 10 and recommended it to anyone in construction project management. She also had one suggestion for Procure: “One [thing] I would definitely add would be a communications tab on the company dashboard. There are times when you want to communicate to your entire staff, regardless of the project on which they are working.”