VIEWPOINT CONSTRUCTION SOFTWARE OVERVIEW
For over 20 years, Viewpoint has been developing and providing services to the construction industry. Originally servicing only the Pacific Northwest, the Microsoft and SQL-based software has expanded and now provides software for construction industry nationwide. Their main product, Viewpoint V6 contractor software, is designed for a variety of contractors, including general, specialty/sub, heavy/highway, and enterprise.
PRODUCT DETAILS |
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BASIC COMPANY INFORMATION
| Support Offered: | |
| On site | Yes |
| Web | Yes |
| Phone | Yes |
| Core Product Areas: | |
| Collaboration/workflow management | Yes |
| Project management | Yes |
| Scheduling and resourcing | Yes |
| Cost estimating | Yes |
| Document control / management | Yes |
| Job cost accounting | Yes |
| Construction Types Supported: | |
| Commercial | Yes |
| General Contracting | Yes |
| Heavy and Highway | Yes |
| Industrial | Yes |
| Mixed Use | Yes |
| Residential | |
| Specialty - MEP | Yes |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT DETAIL
| Document Management and Control: | |
| Log & track plan changes | |
| Log & track contracts and contract changes | Yes |
| Log & track correspondence, memos, etc. | Yes |
| Track submittals | Yes |
| Track submittal revisions | Yes |
| Submittal additions / changes trigger notifications | Yes |
| Scan images | Yes |
| Read CAD files | |
| Capture / index image files | |
| OCR text images | |
| Direct links to documents (plans, drawings, contracts, etc.) | Yes |
| Change Order Management: | |
| User-defined status codes | Yes |
| Ability to consolidate multple requests into single CO | Yes |
| Link plans, notes, etc. to change order | Yes |
| Historical tracking and commending | Yes |
| Change order triggers events such as cost revisions | Yes |
| Approval management and tracking | Yes |
| Calendar Management: | |
| Schedule integration with Microsoft Outlook | |
| Task notifications / updates | |
| Scheduling: | |
| Critical path management | |
| Exceptions and alerts | |
| Cross-project roll-ups | |
| Cross-project resourcing | |
| Schedule variances | |
| Dependencies analysis & management | |
| Resource Management (subs and suppliers): | |
| Customize standard subcontractor forms | Yes |
| Resource costing | |
| Resource leveling | |
| Time reporting and approval | Yes |
| Contractor / vendor contact management | Yes |
| Vendor performance tracking | Yes |
| Reporting and Analysis: | |
| Reports sent by email | |
| Key metrics reports | |
| Cross-project reporting | Yes |
| CPM analysis | |
| Gantt charts | |
| PERT diagrams | |
| Budgeting and Forecasting: | |
| Earned value analysis | Yes |
| Track actual costs / expenses to date | Yes |
| What-if analysis | Yes |
| Forecast cost-to-complete | Yes |
| Cash flow forecasting | |
| Cost/budget variances | Yes |
ESTIMATING DETAIL
| Take-off: | |
| Takeoff using digitizer | |
| Onscreen takeoff | |
| Mouse takeoff | |
| Digitizer tablet support | |
| Graphics digitized | |
| Custom annotations and libraries supported | |
| Items & Assemblies: | |
| Item lists | Yes |
| Cost items | Yes |
| Markups per item | |
| Unit-price bidding | Yes |
| List/construction unit / composit assemblies | |
| Visual assemblies | |
| User-defined forumlas | |
| User-defined fields and headers | Yes |
| Subcontractor / Vendor Management: | |
| Quote comparison | |
| Purchase order management | Yes |
| Change order costing | Yes |
| Bid tracking | |
| Subcontractor management | Yes |
| Quotes, Bids & Proposal | |
| Proposal generation | |
| Purchase order generation and management | |
| Line item bids | |
| Bid rounding | |
| Lump sum bids | |
| "Ballpark" estimating | |
| Financial allocation / markup "spread" | |
| Change order processing | |
JOB COST ACCOUNTING DETAIL
| Basic Acounting: | |
| Accounts payable | Yes |
| Accounts receivable | Yes |
| Billings | Yes |
| General ledger | Yes |
| Job costing | Yes |
| Payroll | Yes |
| Equipment: | |
| Equipment maintenance | Yes |
| Equipment / asset management | Yes |
| Fuel accounting | Yes |
| Unit price billing | Yes |
| Extended Accounting: | |
| Cash management | Yes |
| Change order management | Yes |
| Fixed assets | Yes |
| Proposal management | Yes |
| Human Resource and Safety: | |
| HR / staffing | |
| Integration: | |
| Estimating interface | |
| Project management | Yes |
| Scheduling | Yes |
| Materials: | |
| Counter sales | |
| Materials management | Yes |
| Purchasing | Yes |
| Service Management: | |
| Dispatch | |
| Trucking / transport | |
| Work orders | |