BuyerZone users' construction software requirements

We ask users of our quote request service to describe their construction software purchasing requirements in detail so the vendors we match them to can provide customized information in response. Now we're sharing these buyer requirements with you.

We hope these user comments help you get a sense of what types of construction software other users are choosing and what considerations are important to the average buyer. Take a look and you'll probably see some responses that are relevant to your business.

BuyerZone user comments: construction software purchasing requirements

"Main interest is scheduling. preferably to be inplemented using critical path methods."
-- Partner/Principal, Real Estate, Miami, FL

"Trying to get a faster & better estimating tool in place."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Sanger, TX

"Assist in estimating drywall, metal framing, acoustical ceilings & rough carpentry."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Summerville, SC

"WWe are looking for a take-off program that will allow us to veiw plans on the computer with hightlighting and measure at the same time.Our primary service is drywall and hopefully in the near future we will expand into general contracting.We curently estimate 12 to 15 jobs a week and it appears that we may have to increase our estimating volume."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Lake Park, FL

"I am looking to get job costing for residential remodeling specifically kitchen, bathroom, and basements finishes."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Denver, CO

"I am specifically looking for quotes on Primavera Software (P3 and P5)."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Pasadena, TX

"I would like assistance in job costing (takeoffs) and project management, to avoid mistakes with construction timelines."
-- Partner/Principal, Real Estate, Corpus Christi, TX

"Improve project scheduling, job tracking, vehicle maintenance tracking, service scheduling."
-- CFO, Manufacturing, Peoria, AZ

"Software needs to handle a union company where the employee's work in different local unions & can work in different states all within the same pay pereiod. Union reports by local, certified reports, Different local union scales within the same trade."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Cincinnati, OH

"Software user friendly to both contractors with no business finance training but designed to be set up & used by accountants or bookkeepers. Must have multiple level chart of accounts numbering system that allows sorting for contractor designer reports."
-- Accounting/Finance, Construction/General Contracting, Portland, OR

"A fully integrated software package for a design build firm."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Pompano Beach, FL

"TO CLARIFTY TERMS AND CONDITIONS. TO PROTCT MY SELF AND TO GIVE A PRICE QUETES."
-- Buyer, Real Estate, Austin, TX

"We are a painting company that estimates plans from paper blueprints and computer blueprints. I need something that would allow me to do online takeoffs and desktop takeoffs. Basically, something that reads blueprints and measures them."
-- Partner/Principal, Construction/General Contracting, Bakersfield, CA

"I do new construction cleaning and i want to know the going bid on jobs right now."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Henryetta, OK

"Better job costing. Better payroll capabilities-union reporting and certified payroll."
-- Accounting/Finance, Construction/General Contracting, Knoxville, TN

"Schedule up to 40 projects to include shop work field and paint and allow to show as separate projects and as a whole so we can bid future work and show impact on current schedule,also have reminders for critical path work."
-- Facilities/Operations, Construction/General Contracting, Hemet, CA

"We are expanding our company and want to be competitive, precise and quick in our estimates."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, North East, MD

"For kitchen remodels and home modification projects, need an easy-to-use estimation model that will free up my time and increase accuracy. Have a very limited budget. Related: tend to estimate about 40 to 60 projects per year at $15k to 80k each (most $15k to 30k)."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Spring Vally, CA

"Would like it to make it easier to do projectscheduling and tracking the progress, whiletracking job cost."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Wichita, KS

"Increase the profits.speed up the bid process.to be more accurate, comparable,and or competitive in the bidding war. looking for something easy to operate."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Star Junction, PA

"RFI support, Transmittals, RFPs, Change orders. Any aspects related to project management for a mechanical contractor."
-- Facilities/Operations, Construction/General Contracting, Ronkonkoma, NY

"I am expanding to bid larger ground up projects. I want a software package that will help me determine that I have covered all aspects of the project."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Plano, TX

"I would like to be able to take a picture of a project and show the customer what a fence may look like after we fabricate and install on their property."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Sun Valley, CA

"To be able to know bottom line cost for the customer when returning with a bid."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Weston, MO

"Need organized job costing.Looking to organize all project management. Estimating options would be nice but not sure of overall cost."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Charleston, SC

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