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When Did You Last Visit Your Business Plan?

December is National Write a Business Plan Month, take advantage of a slower construction season to revisit your business plan

December 12, 2019

Spend some time before the end of the year writing or updating your company's business plan.

[APP] Fleetwatcher Helps Contractors Keep Fleets Utilized, Productive and Efficient

Off road GPS fleet management solution designed to reduce idle time, fuel costs, equipment costs and under-utilized equipment

August 6, 2019

[APP] Streamline Construction Processes with Traqspera

Traqspera is a cloud-based management system for employee, training and project management; asset and tool tracking; safety; timesheets and billing

July 30, 2019

[APP] Manage Your Entire Construction Process in the Cloud with Twenty20 Construction Cloud

Manage projects, documents, budgets, contracts, equipment, fleet, accounting and more from your mobile device

December 21, 2018

[APP] Track, Manage Projects in Real-time with TidyBuild

TidyBuild is a cloud-based project management tool for quoting, tracking, invoicing and reporting

December 4, 2018

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[APP] Provide Visiblity Into Complex Construction Projects with Wrike

Wrike is a project management and collaboration mobile app designed to provide transparency for all project stakeholders and help contractors manage all areas of a project

June 19, 2018

[APP] myGeoTracking App Combines Wifi and GPS to Track, Submit Location Data

The mobile workforce management and optimization app provides resource visualization, time-attendance and other types of operations reports on field activities

May 22, 2018

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[APP] Streamline Collaboration, Project Management With or Without Internet

Create, review, edit and share actionable project data with team members from any location with CMiC Mobile Field app

February 27, 2018

Create, review, edit and share actionable project data with team members from any location with CMiC Mobile Field app.

[APP] Track Vehicle Usage Without In-vehicle Hardware

With Azuga FleetMobile SSE, users no longer need in-vehicle hardware to get access to GPS tracking, driver behavior monitoring, location-based timestamps, driver rewards and more

February 20, 2018

Contractors are able to capture detailed trip data to find out how to become more efficient and increase their bottom line.

[APP] Project Managers Can Manage Every Project Task in the Field with JobTrac Mobile

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Manage and track all project tasks with JobTrac project management and field communication software

March 7, 2017

With JobTrac Mobile, field supervisors can send daily work reports to the office from a mobile device.

[APP] Manage Fleet Assets and Complete Inspections in Minutes with Fleetio Go Mobile App

Fleetio Go mobile app is a fleet management mobile app that gives construction businesses the flexibility and collaboration capabilities needed to operate a compliant and efficient fleet

December 6, 2016

Fleetio Go provides an easy way to view and update statuses, log issues, conduct inspections and schedule maintenance from a smartphone or tablet.

Construction Toolbox

Top QuickBooks Alternatives for Construction Contractors

If you're looking for an alternative to Quickbooks for accounting software, one of these 10 options might be worth consideration

November 17, 2016

According to findaccountingsoftware.com's recent survey, these are the top 10 alternatives to Quickbooks when it comes to accounting software options.

[APP] CoConstruct Helps Contractors Manage Clients, Projects and Budgets

CoConstruct is a project management mobile app that allows you to review key bid, cost and labor information from multiple projects with a single dashboard

July 12, 2016

When clients log into the system, they receive a progress report with any recent photos that have been added, a financial overview of the project’s budge, and alerts or requests that need their attention.

ForConstructionPros App of the Week: Comdata CEMS

Comdata CEMS is designed specifically for the construction industry to help contractors streamline the expense management process

February 16, 2016

Contractors can use the app to take a picture of a receipt and then add notes, the date and the amount. The app electronically captures the receipt and then attaches it to the specific transaction in the expense management system eliminating the extra steps of manually connecting expense receipts.

Construction Toolbox

How Can You Attract Millennials to Your Construction Business?

Gen Y employees want their jobs to have flexible schedules, benefits and options for advancement and leadership opportunities

February 11, 2016

A 2015 poll from financial service provider The Hartford showed that only 7% of young adult respondents were interested in working in construction, retail or manufacturing.

Construction Toolbox

Is Proprietary Project Management Software Best for Your Construction Business?

Choosing between free, open-source and proprietary construction project management software to make the best choice for your business

January 28, 2016

Overall, significantly more construction project managers who use proprietary software are satisfied with their product than their counterparts who use free and open-source products: 69 percent say they are “completely satisfied” with their proprietary software, while 31 percent are “mostly satisfied.”

Business Services

8 YouTube Channels to Help You Run Your Business

These eight YouTube channels off business management videos and tips that can help construction owners improve the way they run their businesses

September 17, 2014

App of the Week: Estimate Rocket

Instantly create and send digital estimates and invoices from the office or in the field with the web-based Estimate Rocket mobile app

September 16, 2014

Generate professional estimates and invoices from any device.