My son is a home builder (20 houses a year size) and he is investigating and using new technology to smooth out the details of running the business. Among the devices he uses is are a tablet computer (not the i Pad) for doing things on site. I will be posting a few items he has shared with me over the next few days via posts to this blog. This is the first:
He uses web based construction management software (called BuildTopia or BT)- This means he does not have to rely on a server at the office. Freedom like this makes it the most
flexible way to manage his projects. Anyone with internet access can get on the
system and view all things related to his projects from budgets to schedules
to POs, etc. It also is free to use for his trade partners. They just sign up
for an account and he will link them to his account and manage what they can see. The
standard viewing option for his sub-contractors are POs and Schedules for projects they are assigned to. It also allows
him to send out bids from the system and they can complete the cost and send them
back which uploads perfectly back in the activity structure he has for his
plans. So far he does not require every sub currently employed on jobs to be online with BT. But in the future, as the business grows, he will require the subs to use the BT linkup. It will save much time. BT has a mobile site and with today’s
smartphones you can go to their main site with no issues. There is no Flash (software used) or
any software plug ins that would create a user issue. That's very important since everyone is using different devices, different mobile pads and phones, and different operating systems. BT was wise to keep it simple. http://www.buildtopia.com/ is a link to BuildTopia (BT).
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