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

"We need software to help with estimating, job costing, and scheduling."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Bowling Green, KY

"I need better job costing,trying to improve mi project process."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Spring Lake, NC

"Project scheduling for the subs and material on site requests for improved logistics."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Howard, KS

"Thank you for taking the time to help me.I would like to say all of the above,and Im sure you can understand what i mean when i say that. I am starting a new busniess .I am needing helping every where."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Wichita, KS

"I am looking for a basic inexpensive digitizer takeoff software . We do concrete work so a basic archatectural probram is sufficient."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Louisville, OH

"We are a small construction company. Planning to grow our business and start biding on different residential and commercial projects. We need a software that helps us estimate and manage the projects professionaly from start to finish. An easy to use software with a growth potential. Startup cost of the software is a very important factor in our consideration."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Santa Ana, CA

"I work with insurance claims so i wann to make sure that im charging whats rigth."
-- Sales/Business Development, Construction/General Contracting, Springdale, AR

"Detailed bidding prices per trade for the north dakota area and priceing for total cost of building 1800sqfthome."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Kenmare, ND

"We need to track construction costs by each sub-contractor/vendor and by type of service provided. We haven't used any CIP or project management software for past building projects. We are a university foundation with real estate projects to manage (student housing, offices, commercial, etc.)We have used excel to collect past information. We want a relatively low cost software to do the sub accounting. We have a Fund Accounting software for all general accounting (Accounts Payable and Financial Reporting.)."
-- Accounting/Finance, Non-Profit, Fairfax, VA

"Pre-load data base with unit costs that interact with take-off program, perhaps also works with RS Means cost data?"
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Deerfield Beach, FL

"To provide the best job estimate and day to day resource track and maximization."
-- Partner/Principal, Construction/General Contracting, Lake Mary, FL

"Creating a budget, then go out for subcontractors bids, then to construction, then to evaluate after the job is done."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Weatherford, OK

"We are trying to improve our project scheduling and job costing."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Consulting, Houston, TX

"I'm looking for something that is built around the construction industry that can help stream line our processes and maintain all our data into one system."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Encinitas, CA

"New company software needs to be easy to use and under $500."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, El Cajon, CA

"Yes, I need more accuracy, time saver and detail."
-- Partner/Principal, Other Business Services, Smithfield, NC

"I need estimating software to help estimate jobs properly. It needs to user friendly. Decks additions and Home renovations."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, South Grafton, MA

"Complete CSI formate for both Industrial and construction estimates, budgets, audits, and studies."
-- Consultant, Construction/General Contracting, West Chester, OH

"We need copyier that will copy 36"x36" plansand make paper plans from cd."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Rogers, TX

"I'am a small contractor in so. Oregon. My estimating skills are very pour,I tend to give away more than I get. My contracts are also not up to par."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Grants Pass, OR

"To prepare and analyse the claims and working out delay damages."
-- Consultant, Consulting, Woodstock, MD

"A simple easy to use software for estimating, invoicing, and customizable database to use with both. I would like to be able to use the database for time and material invoicing with stock numbers that my employees can place on work tickets, and use that same database to estimate jobs with pricing and labor units."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Pikeville, TN

"Small business so I don't need complicated applications. I would just like to do job tracking, income/expenses, at-a-glance progress, etc."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Hollister, NC

"Equipment tracking cost,scheduling maintance and cost of repairs vs. value of equipment."
-- Purchasing Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Barnaget, NJ

"Need on screen take off capability, without using a digitizer, for specialty trades of: drywall, metal studs/framing, acoustics, painting. desire a system that is thorough, yet quickly implemented in an office whic currently uses no software."
-- Partner/Principal, Construction/General Contracting, Goodlettsville, TN

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