Viewpoint Construction Technology

AUGUST 6, 2018

Drawings are foundational to construction project management. Sheet counts in the approved construction set are often large to begin with and grow even larger as a project progresses. Project Management Connected Drawings. Construction drawings are unlike construction documents. Team Drawings.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 23, 2018

Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a five-part series on Construction Project Management. Last week, we talked about the complexity of construction projects and the role of the project manager in managing the processes behind them. And these workers will undoubtedly change from project to project.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JUNE 27, 2012

Last week, I discussed three important areas of project management and ended by briefly discussing project communication – or the glue to a project. Hopefully, you’ve had the chance to consider how deliberate your project communications are. Does everyone who needs project information have easy access to it?

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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

MAY 5, 2017

You’ve made the decision to commit to the future of your company by deciding on a construction project management software solution. By now you’ve hopefully determined your immediate and long-term goals for using a project management software. Provide training as needed. Audit your devices.

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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. Can it effectively manage construction documents?

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

APRIL 24, 2013

One article I came across talked about “Cloud Wars” – how cloud computing services, particularly data and document storage services, can no longer survive by just providing “dumb” storage. Document storage is now a commodity and document sharing has been made easier with cloud computing and web-based access.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MARCH 12, 2019

From managing time off to streamlining recruiting and on-boarding to providing a robust employee self-service portal for HR documents, pay statements and more, Viewpoint HR Management is the tool that improves HR processes, resulting in time and cost savings. Jeff Pyles, HR Manager, FHG Inc.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JANUARY 31, 2018

If an incident does occur, you’ll need documentation to prove safety inspections have actually been completed. Viewpoint Team is one of these solutions. This collaborative, cloud-based project management software features a powerful solution for organizing, sharing, and collaborating on project documents, anywhere, any time.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

As a subcontractor, you’re often at the mercy of the general contractors you work with and are required to use their project management tools. Without your own project management solution, you’re operating at a huge disadvantage and putting your business at risk. Business overview.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MARCH 14, 2018

At Viewpoint and throughout the construction industry, productivity has been a popular topic of discussion. Improve Project Management. Managing projects in construction is a complex set of tasks that involves overseeing a lot of people, equipment, materials and timelines. Improve Communication and Collaboration.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MARCH 6, 2019

If you have interest in learning more about how Viewpoint can help North American contractors, please call +1.800.333.3197 or visit Viewpoint.com. Take the quiz below! Note: This quiz was originally created for contractors in the Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific markets.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

DECEMBER 3, 2001

Why building sound communication and documentation practices is critical to construction projects. In a previous article, we discussed three important areas of project management and ended by briefly discussing project communication. This can lead to angry clients, frustrated employees and loss of profit.

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Carol Hagen

MAY 2, 2012

Construction Accounting systems are key to operations with integrated project management. These solutions touch every business record with document management becoming a “must have” function. Viewpoint Acquires Construction Imaging bit.ly/K1med2. Huge Construction Software News!

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Carol Hagen

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Construction Technology has managed to move faster in the last 5 years than in the past 100 with innovation in Operations, communications and collaboration leading the way. This pace will continue as construction project managers find the tools they learned about in college are replaced within 10 years of graduation.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JUNE 6, 2019

Solutions like Viewpoint Team are bringing entire project teams together in real time. Clients don’t want negativity when working with project managers or project team members. Contractors’ project teams need to excel in both areas, creating positive, timely interactions at every communication opportunity.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

APRIL 3, 2018

Interested in seeing how much easier—and more productive—your projects could be? The Take 15 series is a weekly, brief webinar (no longer than 15 minutes) led by Viewpoint product experts who will highlight challenges contractors face and how Viewpoint’s comprehensive suite of software solutions can help solve those challenges.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

At the beginning of a project, get all parties involved — architects, engineers, project managers, customers — together and make sure you understand where you’re going. Data from past jobs can help you predict possible waste, as can feedback from your crews, your project managers and even your back office team.

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Carol Hagen

APRIL 9, 2014

Email, electronic collaboration portals, file sharing, applications for payment, plan set revisions, etc all accumulate into a mountain of digital documents. How you manage your digital documents will determine your success in project management, effective communication, risk management and productivity.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JANUARY 2, 2013

Documents become as important as data in construction project management. For years, document management meant “going paperless.” It also meant technology that allowed the information on scanned documents to be recognized by software, then parsed, stored, and available for data search.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

In Q3 of 2017, we announced that we had more than 500,000 daily users of our integrated software, working on thousands of projects worldwide. With these projects comes the need for skilled workers and project managers. If you’re in construction you’re no stranger to the ongoing labor shortage within the industry.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

APRIL 11, 2019

Additionally, a survey performed during a recent Viewpoint webinar indicated that close to 100 percent of a construction organization’s employees have smart phones. View up-to-date documents and drawings: Documents and drawings can be viewed by date, ensuring you’re always looking at the latest version. Not a Viewpoint customer?

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JANUARY 17, 2018

Speaking of inefficiencies, approval workflows in generic ERPs can get bogged down by poor communication and time wasted looking for needed documents. Automated document approval workflows — with digital access to source documents — are a much better solution. Poor vendor compliance and reporting visibility.

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Carol Hagen

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The 4Projects project management solution has mastered this approach. Obviously this works well when you have committed to that solution for all you projects, but 4Projects is not widely used in the United States. This will change overtime, especially with the acquisition by Viewpoint Construction Software.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

APRIL 23, 2019

Technology is making this is an easy fix, by streamlining scheduling and time collection for labor in the field and helping project managers determine what crews are best suited for what projects. Waiting for someone, somewhere to make a decision that is keeping the entire project from moving forward.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

In your search for a suitable project management system for your construction business , you will no doubt be faced with the challenge of narrowing down many options. Construction projects involve many moving parts, so it’s important to have an audit trail each step of the way. Field defects management. Job site process.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The post Mitigate Construction Risk at Project Closeout appeared first on Viewpoint Surveyor. From tracking safety issues and compliance on the jobsite, to ensuring that regulatory and contractual obligations are met, to correctly accounting for all of the job costs, payments and other financial data […].

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

APRIL 16, 2019

By working with and sharing data in real time, there’s no more waiting until a project manager drives back to the office to enter information that impacts other departments and functions. The financial team can bill quicker, get paid faster and keep cash flow on projects fluid, all while saving time.

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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. With the right integrated system, construction project managers can follow and report on the complexities of the entire project lifecycle.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MARCH 20, 2018

The project includes $6 billion worth of construction on nine of the district’s campuses, and thus far, BIM has saved LACCD $12 million in construction costs. Having architects, engineers, project managers, suppliers and everyone else involved in a construction project work from the same model can result in significant cost savings.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

APRIL 30, 2019

And, getting used to and consistently complying with new regulations could be a dramatic learning curve — one that contractors who are equipped with modern construction management software would be dramatically better prepared for. Viewpoint Client Encore Electric Honored as Nation’s Safest Construction Company.

Industrial 189

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Construction Business Owner

MAY 29, 2012

Many contractors haven’t taken advantage of digital document solutions, and the ones that have are still dealing with high volumes of data. CBO magazine and Viewpoint Construction Software are pleased to present the webinar, “Managing Information Overload: Transitioning to a Paperless Environment” on June 21 at 1 p.m.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Communicating by phone, email, paper documents and other traditional methods may be comfortable for people, but it also takes time. Rethink Project Management. Collaboration software that’s hosted in the cloud makes it easier for managers to keep projects on schedule. Monitor safety and progress with drones.

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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

APRIL 9, 2019

So often, though, multiple construction software programs and disconnected silos of information limits, delays or strangles the success of a construction project. Having the wrong or outdated data can then lead to project mistakes, conflicts, miscommunications and safety incidents — all situations that eat away at bottom lines.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

APRIL 25, 2017

If employees don’t trust the information, or don’t know where to find the documents they need, the management and billing processes are slowed down. Owners are left wondering the true cost of each project. Project Managers. So, information is: Duplicated. Located across several databases. Just plain wrong.

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Carol Hagen

DECEMBER 1, 2014

During the discussion, panelist Christie Comanita (ADOR) explained that the Transaction Privilege Tax Notice 14-1 is a living document and will have additional contracting examples and frequently asked questions added over time. The TPT Notice was chosen to expedite the dissemination of interpretations and streamlines the publication process.

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