Battling against AIO
Products and services trend positive and negative. A person can make reasonable predictions as to when items will cycle from positive to negative, negative...
The Cloud: Part 1 Changing the dynamic of field-to-office communication
Cloud computing is not quite as omnipresent as the computer in Star Trek, but … give it time. Cloud computing, or “the cloud,” is...
Better Bids
The cornerstone of a successful bid lies in the takeoff process. By harnessing the power of GPS-enabled smartphones and tablets, takeoff estimators can achieve...
Customer-Controlled Work and Equipment Requests
David, a salesman at Zeta Scaffolding, became frustrated by the seemingly endless number of phone calls, emails, and texts he was receiving during his...
What Spreadsheets Lack
Advantages of using construction management software
By Michael Wright
While the construction industry loves new tools and technology for the jobsite, the industry has been much...
Prophix Empowers
Georgia-based Batson-Cook Construction, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kajima USA, is a general contractor, construction manager, and design-build contractor. Its experience crosses a wide variety...
Fast and Portable Site Work Take-Off
Profit on excavation projects starts with fast and accurate earthwork take-off. InSite SiteWork Earthwork and Utility Take-Off Software provides a powerful environment for PDF...
Using Information Technology
In 2001, 20 years after wide-acceptance of the IBM-PC (and compatibles), a person could still have a job where the use of computers was...
Cloud Hosting
To host, or not to host? That is a question many contractors face as they add software capacity to gain competitive advantages in workflows...
Streamlining Mobile Tech
Technology is gaining prevalence in the construction industry. While this upward momentum in tech—specifically mobile tech—allows contractors benefits such as GPS tracking, account management,...