ConstructionOnline

This is the best new "toy" I've had in years. I feel like a kid in a candy store!

製品を使ってみた感想： Saves time. Makes it easy to find stuff. Helps you stay organized. Keeps subs, vendors, owners, architects, vendors all on the same page.

良いポイント:

I am a new user of this kind of software. A few months ago I did not even know that something like this existed. It has opened a whole new world for me and I am blown away by what this software can do. We demo'ed a few competing products before making a choice and it was the wide range of features at the most competitive price that sold us on ConstructionOnline. I especially like the messaging feature which is basically an email system dedicated to one specific project.

改善してほしい点:

There is nothing I really dislike about ConstructionOnline, there are just some features I do not use as they do not meet my needs as a commercial general contractor. For example, I do not use Estimating and Change Orders as they seem to be less robust than some of the other software products. These features seem to be geared more towards the residential market. However, I realize it is hard to be everything for everyone. A feature, I think, that would be nice would be the ability to sign documents electronically. Maybe one can do it through Redline; if so, I have not been able to figure it out yet. As a general contractor one has to collect submittal packages from vendors and subcontractors, review them, and then attach a separate sheet to the package, that contains your stamp of approval/comments/signature on it, before you forward the submittal package on to the architect/engineer for review. On this submittal sheet there is space for the different reviewers to add their stamps as well. It would be nice if ConstructionOnline could generate this submittal sheet that you can attach to submittal packages sent to you. Currently, I generate the submittal sheet in another project management program, print it, place my stamp on it, sign it, scan it back into my computer, upload it to a pdf editor, add it to the submittal package file, and then upload the combined file to ConstructionOnline. It would be nice if you could do it all in ConstructionOnline.

Use it every day

良いポイント:

We are able to communicate easily with sub trades and homeowners through this software

改善してほしい点:

It can be busy at times. I feel one needs another monitor or a bigger screen to use it to it’s fullest

Almost, but missed the mark

製品を使ってみた感想： Customer service is very helpful for the product they have. Unfortunately they miss on some pretty basis stuff. We have been told for over a year that development team is working on some of the basic fixes and still nothing changes.

良いポイント:

Estimation portion is good. Job costing is fair.

改善してほしい点:

It does not have the ability to provide clients with add/alternate pricing. Seems like a very basic feature that most construction companies are asked to provide. This one slipped by us through all the demo's and we have been frustrated for over a year with this. Have to manually do work arounds. Also we are a commercial construction company that does about 300 jobs a year. The software does not even have the ability to assign each project a job #. With as many jobs going on, we have to be able to cost every purchase and we do that using job #'s and PO#'s. We are manually assigning each job a number. These are just two of the larger misses on this software.

Uda construction online

製品を使ってみた感想： I have used uda since 2007, when I decided to go to an online platform I tried several, none of them had the easy user platform that construction online had

良いポイント:

Estimate budget tracking, scheduling, the use of subcategories, the ability to set tax rates, and profit margins

改善してほしい点:

You can not adjust the schedule from the mobile app

Construction Online- Great Software for Project Management

製品を使ってみた感想： My experience has been great! The CO team is very helpful and knowledgeable. They are always willing to help out with any question i may have.

良いポイント:

I like that you can estimate with a cost book. I love that you can add owner selections with images and options so your clients can make their own choices. I like that you can create change orders from estimates.

改善してほしい点:

The hardest part has been transitioning all of our information from our old system to this system. Now that we have imported almost everything, things are running very smooth.