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

"Better job costing, improve project scheduling process,easy and simple to use"
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Indianapolis, IN

"Just need to have an invoice and cost of job software."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Bedford, TX

"I need prices for installing drywall & malter stud faming."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Greenville, NC

"Takeing off plans lineal ft of caulking around doors windoes concrete flat work floors ect."
-- Purchasing Manager, Education, Colorado Springs, CO

"We need better job costing. We need to keep track of job profitability through the end of completion of each job. Quick Books is not able to provide us with adequate analysis of profitability for each job. We also need a system that has a changeorder system to show any increases along with profitability."
-- Office Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Big Bear Lake, CA

"User Friendly Application that is easy to customize to fit our needs anf future growth."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Tucson, AZ

"We are a flooring retailer, recently established our Home Improvement License and now doing complete bathroom remodeling - floor to ceiling. We're interested in a program that would demonstrate to our customers what the final product would look like, cost, etc."
-- Marketing/Public Relations, Retail, California, MD

"We are currently using Quickbooks for invoicing, tracking receivables, payables , and payroll, and Excel for job tracking, scheduling, estimates and project management.Ideally we would like a system which is relatively easy to impliment and use which integrates all of the above, our goal is to reduce redundancy, reduce hardcopy production and storage, but most importantly allow one place to reveiw all project documents. We do not want a system to allow employees to enter their own assignments and hours, updating project information would be limited to project managers, unless the system would limit employee input to time allocated to specific jobs or tasks."
-- CFO, Construction/General Contracting, San Jose, CA

"Flooring specific software, with improvements in job costing and a quicker turnaround time of proposal requests."
-- Partner/Principal, Retail, Cadiz, KY

"I need sold one boom lift for export to ecuador south america , for construciion builds in ecuador, hotel apartments etc."
-- Purchasing Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Miami, FL

"Start-up company with multiple storm restoration projects, initial projects are residential - but several commericial projects are scheduled. Looking to move to primarily commericial construction, utilizing current projects for capitalization."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Houston, TX

"Trying to improve project scheduling. Interested in a better estimating program."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Danbury, CT

"We build metal buildings. we would like to have a program to help with cost and design of the buildings."
-- General Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Enid, OK

"Better job costing. Create bids and certified payroll features."
-- Office Manager, Construction/General Contracting, San Jose, CA

"PRESENTLY DOING ESTIMATING / QUOTES MANUALLY. nEED TO TURN OUT QUOTATIONS FASTER AND MORE ACCURATE."
-- Facilities/Operations, Construction/General Contracting, Bellefontaine, OH

"Servicing of equipment reminders, Job costing to maximize our profits."
-- General Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Reston, VA

"Our corporation is looking for "underground utility" construction software that is user friendly for employees. It must be able to inter-relate costs and receipts on each job into an individual accounting per job, as well as, the standard accounting principles' application in General Ledger, Financial Statements, along with inventory and equipment control. We have 5 or 6 Divisions that must be represented in the P&L, along with an accumulative P&L; the Divisions constist of Water, Sewer, Storm Drain, Shop etc. WE WERE HOPING THERE WOULD BE AVAILABLE A QUICKBOOKS SYSTEM TO PROCESS OUR ACCOUNTING NOW. Job bids are an integral part of our business, which we currently use a simple and effective EXCEL program. We look forward to hearing from you."
-- Accounting/Finance, Other Business Services, Wichita Falls, TX

"Small buisness.i badly need help with job costing.project management,estimating time on jobs.geeneral accounting,servicing."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Cincinnati, OH

"Want to stay organizied and keep the cost in line for all subs. we want to be able to track the building of our home and we want it to be easy not a second job. Our supervisor will be tracking all this with us."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Insurance, Sanger, TX

"Track cost and status of projects for new construction and renovations (based on budgeted funds per project) at correctional facilities state wide, image documents such as quotes, purchase orders, specs, estimates and other related documents, scheduled maintenance, preventive maintenance, personnel assigned to each project, work order request and approval process, contacts and vendor info. Do not need payroll, accounting due to being a state government agency. Software needs to be Site License/Network run on Windows server."
-- MIS/IT, Government, Elmore, AL

"Better communication with field personnel, and user friendly interface with field personnel."
-- R&D, Construction/General Contracting, West Lafayette, IN

"Have the company under better control, have information on better providers (Suppliers)Payroll, expenses."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Bayside, NY

"We are beginning a $5,000,000 2 year project that involves construction of about $1.5 million in 3 separate buildings.We want inexpensive software to manage cost and scheduling on construction of the buildings."
-- Consultant, Manufacturing, New Castle, PA

"We are a grading and excavating contractor, and are looking for something more customized to fit that than Quickbooks. We are trying to eliminate a lot of double entry."
-- Office Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Moscow Mills, MO

"To calculate the construction projectcut and fill amounts using a digitizer boardThis will calculate how much dirt is to be removed and how much import of other materialsExample of software would be, Paydirt, Agtech,Earthwork. These are the three I would like topurchase."
-- Partner/Principal, Construction/General Contracting, Sparks, NV

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