A suite of updates to ProNovos' construction intelligence cloud allow subcontractors that collaborate with GCs who use Procore to keep their data for performance analysis even after projects are complete.
“Subs all over the country routinely work with GCs that require them to use the GC’s software,” noted Bruce Orr, ProNovos’ founder and chief data scientist. “Instead of subs losing that data after finishing their portion of the job, these updates open the door for them to gain new insights into their project and company performance.”
The ProNovos Construction Intelligence Cloud offers two components: data-driven project-management tools (Operations Manager) and corporate-performance enhancing data-warehousing and analytics solutions.
Pronovos Solutions Engineer Kevin Bright says updates to the user interface have all been pushed out. "Features allowing Procore submittals and RFIs to sync to ProNovos have been released. Features to allow Procore drawings and drawing sets to sync to ProNovos will be released by the end of Q1 2022."
Orr said subcontractors will be able to reap big benefits from ProNovos’ new Procore data-syncing functionality. “They’ll be able to improve their track record, win more bids and work smarter by taking full advantage of historical data from projects completed on the GC’s Procore.”
The changes will also make it easier for subs and GCs to work with drawings, submittals, RFIs, logs and other data when collaborating on projects. “Subs’ inboxes quickly fill with requests to review Procore docs related to their scope of work,” Orr noted. “Data-syncing will allow subs to use ProNovos Ops Manager to keep track of which ones have been reviewed. When you never miss an update, you never miss the chance to give the GC a heads up about potential issues.”
Data-syncing also means that submittals and RFIs created in Procore can be pulled into ProNovos and vice versa, eliminating the need for double-entry in either platform. “You’ll be linking both versions of project documents, so that as an update is made in Procore, the corresponding fields in ProNovos automatically update,” Orr said. “Those records will always be in sync, eliminating inconsistencies and unnecessary duplicate data entry.”
This also means subs will no longer need to manually recreate reports in spreadsheets, and it will give them additional performance insights. “Many subcontractors routinely work with multiple Procore GCs,” Orr noted. “Now subs can work from one ProNovos interface and manage and analyze those multiple projects all at once.”
In addition, the updates will give ProNovos users a smoother, more intuitive UI, said Xenia Sweeney, creative manager. “Our updated user interface offers a generally lighter look and feel that will help subs focus on the KPIs that matter most,” the designer said. “For example, we’re using new visual cues that help them know at a glance what’s going on with equipment and labor KPIs corporate-wide, or just on individual projects.”
Streamlined buttons and additional displays of hover/rollover information also speed up actions like adding or creating new submittals, RFIs, personnel records and the like. “Even the weather impacts on our Daily Reports will be more visually appealing, saving our customers time,” Sweeney said. “Rather than searching for those conditions in a pulldown menu, you’ll just click a graphic of a storm cloud or a sunny day.”
