MIXED USE CONSTRUCTION SOFTWARE
The right construction business software can help you grow your construction business by improving efficiency, reducing costs and enhancing your ability to communicate with clients, suppliers and contractors. Choosing the right construction business software, however, can be a confusing and frustrating task -- and if the wrong choice is made your organization will suffer.
Find out all you need to know before you buy any mixed use construction business software. Read on for a treasure trove of construction business software information such as product features and descriptions, unbiased reviews written by construction professionals, and buyer tips to help to ensure you make the right decision for your construction business.
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3Bay Software
3Bay Software has a very specific market for its industrial software -- steel fabricators and steel detailers that need a computer numerical control (CNC) solution to help them determine where to bore holes in a steel beam and what size machine tool to use....
A-Systems
A-Systems, founded in 1978, was the first company in PC-based job costing and has set many software standards in the industry. It prides itself on the fact that it "firmly refuses to charge a lot of money for its powerful software." Their two software systems are JobView and Visual...
Applied Computer Systems - JOBPOWER
Applied Computer Systems supplies the industry with accounting construction software, offering the JobPower package with job budgeting, certified payroll, AIA billing, union reports, construction breakdowns, and other functions especially intended for construction accounting firms. The company also sells DocumentVision, a document...
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ARES
ARES Corp. develops an array of project management and job costing software for clients in aerospace, defense, construction, oil and gas, government and electrical utilities. Many of those customers have invested in the PRISM Management suite, which helps ensure that projects meet cost and design specifications...
Autodesk Constructware
Autodesk construction solutions enable architecture, engineering, and construction firms to use digital design data and content across their extended teams. By leveraging the power of building information modeling (BIM), architecture, engineering, and construction firms can use information to perform quantity takeoffs, visualize...
Bid4Build
Bid4Build prides itself on its low cost and versatility. Their construction estimating software can be used by all types of general and subcontractors for both residential and commercial construction as well as remodeling and insurance estimating. The solution also contains job costing accounting and scheduling features...
BuildSoft
BuildSoft's stated business goal is to allow small and medium-sized construction firms to focus on building homes -- not on the critical, time-consuming back-office tasks associated with successfully running a company. Constellation HomeBuilder Systems Inc., which acquired the BuildSoft and Builder 360 product lines in 2006, specializes in...
Centric Software
Centric Software Inc. developed four software solutions for management of large-scale construction projects, capital programs and facilities maintenance projects. The San Jose, California-based vendor created applications to serve automotive, aerospace and consumer goods companies, as well as construction firms...
Deltek
Deltek's Cobra suite was designed, broadly speaking, to streamline project processes and methods, to improve collaboration and to assure that project, IT and corporate governance guidelines are met. Specifically, Cobra is built to accomplish tasks such as construction cost estimating...
EPOCH
Faithful+Gould has more than 60 years experience in the consulting industry. It puts this knowledge to use to support clients of its range of commercial, consulting and program managements services. These customers range from General Mills, which recently selected Faithful+Gould to act as the construction project management firm for a new plant being built in California, to a three-year cost-engineering contract with a Washington state energy producer...
Intuit Quickbooks for Construction
Intuit focuses on tools for small businesses, and they dominate the construction small business accounting market. It has been estiamted that out of the 5.7 million contractors in the US, 5 million use Quickbooks. Quickbooks Contractor Edition 8.0 provides accounting, job costing, and project management functions that are designed to meet the...
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KIDASA Software
KIDASA Software Inc.'s Milestones construction project management software was so named because it's designed to manage a project's milestones -- which range from action item tracking and budgeting tools to job estimating, time tracking and construction scheduling. The vendor offers three versions of Milestones...
Maxwell
Maxwell Systems' construction business management software offers a variety of construction business management and property management products. Their products are used in the following construction segements: general construction, subcontracting, specialty trades, heavy construction, and property management. In addition...
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Management Computer Controls (MC2)
From pie-in-the-sky projects to contracts with firm start dates and financial backing, Management Computer Controls, better known as MC2, and its Interactive Cost Estimating (ICE) solution was designed to deliver construction cost estimating assistance from the conceptual phase to design/build to hard bids...
Microsoft Excel
According to the latest CFMA technology survey, 14% of construction contractors tap the capabilities of Microsoft Excel, a component of the popular Microsoft Office business suite, to create, manage and communicate construction estimates. Since so many companies already use Excel and the full Office suite as part of their day-to-day operations, startup and training costs are minimal when compared to custom construction estimating programs...
Microsoft Project
Microsoft has leveraged its expertise in business software to create Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007. This project management software application can be operated as a standalone program or as part of an organization's Office Project Server 2007, which delivers enterprise-level project management capabilities...
Primavera
Primavera is a market leader for project and program management in the construction industry. Catering to all types of contractors, their solutions manage multi-billion dollar construction projects for large companies. With over 20 years of experience in the project management industry, they are continually refining their products to meet...
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Sage Software
Sage's construction division services construction firms ranging from fewer than 25 employees to more than 500. The company acquired Oregon-based Timberline and immediately began expanding its construction software offerings. Today Sage offers three packages to the construction industry - Sage Timberline Office, Sage Master Builder, and...
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SAP
SAP has a diverse portfolio of solutions, both horizontal and vertical, created to simplify and enhance multiple corporate business processes. The vendor's enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite features applications designed to address human capital management, enhancement packages, financials, operations and corporate services...
Smart Construction
Smart Contractor, created by Smart Construction Software, offers an integrated construction project management software system capable of meeting your customer relationship management (CRM), estimating, scheduling, reporting, payment tracking, accounting, and purchasing document management needs. This solution is user...
WennSoft
When the operations department of a construction services company desired to find a better way to manage large construction projects, the answer that they found was WennSoft Solutions. WennSoft Solutions are designed to supplement and improve the functions of existing software solutions which ultimately increases business efficiency...
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Compubuild
CompuBuild develops software solely for the subcontracting industry. Their flagship product is SubMaster, which is a complete software application that fully integrates Realtime Job Costing with Bidding, Project Management, Purchasing, H/R and Payroll with every function of Accounting....
Computer Guidance
Computer Guidance has worked with more than 500 customers from various construction disciplines, including General Contractors, Heavy Highway, Electrical Contractors, Mechanical Contractors, and Specialty Contractors.....
Construction Data Control, Inc (CDCI)
CDCI provides software for estimating, scheduling, accounting and cost control specifically for construction firms. CDCI's construction and computer specialists work together in order to create products that truly meet the needs of the industry and it is for this reason that they say the software is created "for builders by builders"...
Construction Partner
Construction Partner is an integrated accounting software solution that includes job costing, contract billings, subcontract worksheets, retentions, waivers & releases, certified payrolls, workers' compensation and more. For over twenty years the company's focus has been to take companies beyond spreadsheets for...
Corecon
Corecon Technologies, Inc., is a software developing company for the AEC industry, and was founded by long-time construction professionals who were striving to create cost-effective, easy-to-use software. Serving customers primarily throughout North America, Corecon's clients include general contractors, construction managers...
CSC
In 1986, CSC software began to provide digitizer software and training within the construction industry. Their products are used by general contractors, homebuilders and remodelers, and specialty trades like electrical, concrete, and HVAC. CSC's main product, EasyEst, has 3 different levels — EastEst Lite, EasyEst Basic, and EasyEst...
Dexter + Chaney
Dexter + Chaney has developed an integrated construction management software package, Spectrum Construction Software, which contains 30 integrated accounting and project management modules geared towards the needs of different construction markets…
Eadoc
EADOC's software is geared towards facility owners and construction managers and aids the exchange of electronic project documents. This allows members of the project teams access to the information they need to conduct their day to day activities. The types of documents that can be exchanged electronically through EADOC software include..
E-Builder
To meet the needs of architects, engineers, contractors and facility owners and developers, e-Builder designed a family of web-based project management software and collaboration software that help organizations improve business processes during planning, design and construction…
eTEK
eTEK is a Corporation that provides Microsoft Windows-based accounting software for small to large businesses. eTEK acquired MTX international, the first company to provide Windows-based software, and since then it has continued to improve its Microsoft compatibility. It has been a partner of many different software solutions, such as...
Foundation Software
Foundation software launched FOUNDATION for Windows construction accounting software in 2000. The software consists of a core construction system and construction software modules. With these two components, clients can accurately perform functions such as: job costing, payroll, inventory, project management, accounts payable, billing...
Jonas
Jonas Software, supplier of fully-integrated construction management software, provides powerful job cost management, service management, accounting and other business management tools proven to boost efficiency, eliminate redundancy, ensure accuracy and increase profitability. Delivered as a fully integrated, all-in-one solution...
Hard Dollar
Hard Dollar integrates its programs with construction management software from industry leaders such as Autodesk, Primavera, Sage and Viewpoint. Overall, Hard Dollar's budget- and performance-based construction management software has been used around the globe…
Headsup
HeadsUp Technologies offers fully web-based construction applications that integrate to provide homebuilders and contractors with a seamlessly integrated and powerful construction management software solution. Designed to reduce the risks associated with planning and executing construction projects and increase the profitability of your...
PrioSoft
PrioSoft provides construction home building software software for custom home building and remodeling companies. Since its founding in 1986, PrioSoft has focused on providing fully integrated and customizable business management solutions for small and mid-sized companies. PrioSoft Contractor's Office delivers a business platform with custom modules designed...
Sales Simplicity
Sales Simplicity Software delivers customer relationship management (CRM), reporting and lead management tools to production homebuilders, developers and contractors. This construction software system is affordable and user-friendly, two factors that allow for quick and easy adoption...
SiteStream
SiteStream is a leading supplier of software to the housebuilding industry. SiteStream software helps maximize profitability of developments from the first land appraisal, through production control, to the completion of sales with an integrated sales and customer management system. SiteStream can be used with, and linked to the accounting...
Spitfire
Spitfire offers construction project management solutions that conveniently integrate with Microsoft Dynamics SL accounting system. Product features include project management, project accounting, financial management and materials management....
Tally Systems
Tally Systems develops takeoff software for construction engineers who want to use technology to eliminate the error-prone hand-written process of generating takeoffs. When combined with a digitizer, Tally Systems' QuickMeasure and QuickMeasure OnScreen can improve accuracy and speed…
Vanguard
The Vanguard System was designed to reduce financial risk throughout the entire construction process. It does so by helping users collaborate, analyze alternate scenarios and improve management effectiveness…
WinEstimator
WinEstimator Inc. is a well-established and internationally recognized project cost estimating software solution provider with customers in over 50 countries. Originally founded in response to the rising demand for Windows based cost estimating software, the company is a certified Microsoft Solution Provider....