GDPR and your Enterprise Software
Most enterprise software applications do not yet have features that deal with the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). There are standalone...
The Here and There of Dirt
Jim Hammond knows a thing or two about dirt.
In the early 2000s, Jim Hammond did something historic in his life. He decides to shift...
Applying Lean Methodology to the eDiscovery Process
The construction industry began embracing the lean methodology—the idea of eliminating waste (wasted time, wasted movement, wasted potential), improving productivity, and maximizing value—in the...
An Argument for Specialized Scheduling Software
Managing and following a defined schedule is imperative to keeping heavy civil construction operations moving. These complex projects rely on coordinated activities among employees,...
Field Digitization and Data
While it’s been widely reported that construction has been slower to adapt to new digital technologies than most industries, it’s changing fast. Now it...
Augmented Reality: 3 Ways Next-Gen Technology Cuts Job Inefficiencies
The commercial construction industry has an efficiency problem. According to a study by McKinsey, construction has had the lowest productivity gains of any industry...
Get It All Done with One Click
For many years, contractors have relied on paper as well as a variety of methods to manage their accounting needs. One main challenge was...
Seeing the Future with 5D Macro BIM
It’s not often that a technique or technology comes along that gets total buy-in from general contractors and permanently changes an industry for the...
The Power of Project Management
Contractors have to manage dozens of jobs—sometimes even hundreds—at any given moment. With so many jobs going on at once, staying on top of...
Public Jobs Made Easy
There are a lot of requirements of contractors when performing public jobs. They have to get a payment bond from a bank, produce minority...