Carol Hagen

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

If this is happening in your construction office it’s time to address the problem. If your construction accounting system doesn’t have at minimum a drag n drop feature for documents and emails, it’s time to look for an integrated, comprehensive replacement solution. ” These are compelling statistics.

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Lets Build

APRIL 21, 2017

Teams used to organize those projects on paper, then spreadsheets, but now the most organized and easy-to-use solution for any construction project comes in the form of mobile project management software. Mobile project management software gains its mobility and ease of use by living in the cloud.

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Construction Business Owner

APRIL 3, 2020

If you run your business with disconnected project teams, you face delayed project updates, duplicate data entry, greater risk of errors and unnecessary costs. Can’t attend this webinar? Register now and listen later.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 30, 2018

Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 of a five-part series on Construction Project Management. Previously, we looked at the complexity of construction projects and the importance of the folks working on project teams—especially the project manager who has to keep all people and processes moving on a daily basis.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JUNE 13, 2018

Editor’s Note: This is the final installment in a five-part series on Construction Project Management — how innovative technologies and software are helping project managers streamline processes to build faster, smarter projects. Does it integrate well with accounting?

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Having the integrated software to connect the office and field can help avoid costly project delays. In today’s fast-paced construction environment, speed and accuracy are critical to project success. That’s why it is vital for construction professionals on the jobsite to stay connected to the contractor’s back office.

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Carol Hagen

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

This pace will continue as construction project managers find the tools they learned about in college are replaced within 10 years of graduation. This is particularly noticeable between preconstruction to operations and finance, and from field to office. Construction Silo Solution. Construction Technology Challenges.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JULY 19, 2018

Construction organizations are relying on modern software for accounting, field management, project management, bid management, design and more. The not-so-good news is that many organizations adopt software at the project or regional level, so it often doesn’t connect the entire business.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JANUARY 24, 2018

The majority of construction companies are using a variety of software solutions for accounting, project management, estimating, and other important functions. Accounting and project management software were among the most prevalent types of software used by contractors last year.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

MAY 27, 2022

Tips for Beginning and Growing as a Construction Project Manager. It’s amazing to see parts become wholes, to watch a humming construction site transform from a ground-level pile of materials into a beautiful high-rise, hospital, office building or campus. Interested in advancing your project and cost management skills?

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 7, 2019

But along the way, those material costs can start to add up, especially if the materials aren’t procured and managed properly. Accounting for all of the materials tickets produced by aggregate and lumber haulers can be a challenge. Spectrum Ticketing (below) streamlines the processes with real-time tracking.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JUNE 19, 2018

Meanwhile, JBKnowledge’s Construction Technology Report noted that workflows like accounting, estimating and project management depend more and more on integrated software. In 2017 alone, Viewpoint issued more than 50 releases and updates across our office, team and field products.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MARCH 14, 2018

Improve Project Management. Managing projects in construction is a complex set of tasks that involves overseeing a lot of people, equipment, materials and timelines. Modern project management software solutions are helping managers keep track of it all more efficiently, often from a single, integrated database.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

APRIL 23, 2019

Unfortunately, many contractors are still relying on non-integrated, on-premise software solutions, which often means data reporting is delayed between the field and office, and those tasked with analyzing project productivity are often working from information that is days, weeks, even months old.

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Fieldwire

AUGUST 21, 2023

Construction projects can be complex, with millions of dollars invested and tight deadlines. As a project manager, it’s up to you to execute the plans and ensure everything runs smoothly. Leveraging technology The first place you should look for project improvements is technology.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MARCH 19, 2019

An entire project can come to a screeching halt while paper plans are replaced. Many project managers or supervisors keep a duplicate set of plans in field offices, but even those can get lost, or if changes were made to the current set that was being used, the backup may not reflect these.

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Construction Business Owner

MARCH 3, 2020

If you run your business with disconnected project teams, you face delayed project updates, duplicate data entry, greater risk of errors and unnecessary costs. Director of Product Management. Angela Bloomer.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

But these processes could be sowing division, especially when you look at how you hold people accountable within them. For example, in most construction organizations, a project manager is responsible for ensuring a job stays on budget. And accountants don’t know what it’s like to work in the field.

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Construction Business Owner

APRIL 25, 2014

Project managers in the field keep the accounting team in the office continually ?apprised apprised of the project’s status and immediately alert them when any necessary changes or issues arise. Meanwhile, the accounting team has a full view and understanding of the project from pre-bid to closeout.'

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

APRIL 10, 2018

The teams in the field often rely on capturing data via spreadsheets and sending an email to someone in the back office—or they wait until they can physically get to the office to enter information that will affect other processes. Cloud-based construction software improves collaboration and provides access to real-time data.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Are there any special challenges in managing your organization? We have an office in downtown Manhattan, right there amongst all the high rises. In some of our Midwestern locations, we have to deal with material, supplies and things like that getting back and forth from the office. Viewpoint: Excellent.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JULY 19, 2018

The ability to share data seamlessly between the field and office, and across entire project teams in real time are really helping clients boost productivity and profitability. Philip Zak, CCIFP, CPA, has worked with the construction industry for more than 25 years providing various accounting, project management and advisory services.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

ACC Connect is a no-code platform that allows project engineers, project managers and VDC managers to connect hundreds of common SaaS applications to Autodesk Construction Cloud. With ACC Connect, a project manager can configure integrations that work around their business needs, not the other way around. .

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 13, 2020

The fact that variation is going to occur (relative to planned activities and outcomes) during the project is a given. The key to consistent delivery of successful projects therefore lies in the ability to account for and/or manage variations as they occur. Project Management Constraints.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MARCH 7, 2018

The podcast explores how software designed specifically for contractors can lead to efficiency improvements, how contractors can assess their current software and select alternatives, and how specific software solutions can connect the office, team, and field. Is Your Software Cloud and Mobile Friendly?

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Drones are flying over job sites, VR headsets are offering virtual tours of mock-ups, and cloud-based construction management software is streamlining operations and increasing construction productivity like never before.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MARCH 7, 2018

Prior to founding What’s Your SQ, Jeremy helped launch and lead the big data & analytics practice for a national accounting firm, after more than a decade in the firm’s forensics division. Gregg is a principal and consulting manager for FMI Construction. His entire career has been in construction project management.

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 20, 2011

MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. General Management. Accounting & Finance. People Management. Equipment Management. Not too long ago, or so it seems, we were more than ecstatic at the idea of being able to call our project managers in the field on mobile phones. STRATEGY |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |.

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Carol Hagen

APRIL 26, 2013

To quote Fast Company in their article “ Why you should work from a coffee shop, even when you have an office “, A change of environment stimulates creativity. Even in the most awesome of offices we can fall into a routine, and a routine is the enemy of creativity.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

AUGUST 4, 2017

Often, estimating, accounting and project management are handled through different systems. Problems that directly lessen the profitability of projects. When everyone is using different systems, it can lead to misunderstandings between those in the office and those in the field. This can lead to bigger problems.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JULY 14, 2022

Emerson Smith, Assistant Project Manager at Donohoe Construction Company , understands this fully and he’s a big fan of using technology to take care of tedious tasks. Walk us through your career and what led you to become an Assistant Project Manager. So I got a job as a project engineer in the service department.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Construction sites these days have no shortage of data: design and BIM data from the planning stages of a project, jobsite data collected by wearables, mobile devices and sensors on equipment/materials, accounting and job progress data from the office, project management data and much more.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MARCH 21, 2019

a back-office accounting system, a separate project management solution and multiple apps or tools for the field), without true integration between the systems that different departments rely on, each department will still find themselves siloed. While each separate program may work well for its intended use (e.g.

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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 12, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. General Management. Accounting & Finance. People Management. Equipment Management. The end of December didn’t just bring about New Year’s resolutions – it brought the end of the yearly accounting cycle. Needless to say, most accounting departments are rather busy right now.

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Construction Business Owner

MAY 24, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. General Management. Accounting & Finance. People Management. Equipment Management. The Office, The Field, and Technology. Most technologies, software in particular, have been built specifically to support either the way the office or field operations work, not both.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

AUGUST 9, 2018

That’s why many turn to modern software solutions to streamline and manage a wide variety of workflows. The annual construction technology survey from JBKnowledge lists nine common workflows construction companies use technology for, including estimating, project management, accounting, scheduling and BIM.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 19, 2017

If your employees are using one software for accounting, another for project management, and yet another for estimating, they are undoubtedly making mistakes caused by lack of communication. Because there is a natural disconnect between those in the office and those in the field, errors by either group are more than burdensome.

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