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 are a demolition company, I would like a software that would allow me to do the following:project managementproject estimationcreate documents and formsproject schedulingcreate charts."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Saint Louis, MO

"I am trying to learn how to properly write up a bid."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Chico, CA

"To eliminate the inefficiencies between seperate business functions I.E. Seperate estimating, project management, accounting. We would like to explore the benefits:cost ratio that may work in our favor."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Saint James, MN

"Would like to have one software that could handle take offs and costing for windows, siding and roofing. Must be able to customize reports and item databases."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Tacoma, WA

"Needed for commercial and retail store estimating, scheduling and accounting."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Mentor, OH

"I am looking for some construction contracts between contractor to subcontractor or sub to sub also change orders and other related forms."
-- Office Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Kent, WA

"- Job management- Process & record management from estimate, through to take-off and invoicing- Work scheduling- Customer management- Integrate with QuickBooks for Inventory control & accounting."
-- Accounting/Finance, Financial Services, Springboro, OH

"I build custom homes and would like an accurate system to estimate my projects."
-- Partner/Principal, Construction/General Contracting, Fairfield, IA

"Just looking for other alternatives on biding jobs. Do you have any biding programes for building homes and remodels"
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Barstow, CA

"Able to track change orders and jobs complete to jobs still in progress. Being able to bill as soon as possible for service and contract work."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Kearney, NE

"Software that will handle both job costing and construction management."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Consulting, Rockford, MN

"Job pricing getting the most out of my estimates without losing money."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Sayville, NY

"We need to make a bid on a job by february 14 , 07 and need to have the bid in by 3:00pm on febraury 14,07."
-- Office Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Minneapolis, MN

"I need quick residential remodel estimating. I do not want to plug cost estimates only dimensions."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Lenexa, KS

"I need a user friendly program to optimize my time in drawing up layouts and blueprints."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Streator, IL

"I would like my software to lighten my workload as much as possible so I can do what I'm in business for - to make my stockholders a profit."
-- CFO, Construction/General Contracting, Lake Worth, FL

"Renovation and new construction an estimate of the cost on building a strip mall or other construction, warehouses etc."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Atlanta, GA

"Need to address bid costing as efficient & quickly as possible. we are not a large co. need to be as user friendly as possible. i as owner have to handle bid work."
-- Partner/Principal, Construction/General Contracting, Kentwood, LA

"Able to manage job costs, tracking many different subs and manufacturers, plus control any payroll requirments for a construction / Landscaping company."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Milford, NH

"Biggest challenge:Need to have software that fully supports our project managers, collaboration, contains strict financial controls, and suppports the needs of a large owner as well."
-- General Manager, Financial Services, Charlotte, NC

"Accounting. This is a general scope of what we are looking for. The estimation should be relevant to commercial and residential electrical work. The invoicing part should allow us to give T&M tickets, and general contracts. We need a software that will allow us to stay intergraded with our now present software Quicken Business Pro which we use for our general accounting. It is important that we use Quicken b/c our accountant¿s ability to enter into our books to perform there services. If there is such software to accommodate our services, please feel free to give me a ring."
-- Office Manager, Construction/General Contracting, La Plata, MD

"We are a small wireless construction firm wanting to grow and stardardize our work processes, including estimating. Our specialty is building, modifying, and maintaining cellular and microwave tower facilities, along with other types communication infrastructure."
-- Facilities/Operations, Telecom/Utilities, Mechanicsburg, PA

"I would like to have a software that could be used to make up job proposals and pricing breakdowns. I would like this software to eventually be compatible with a possible website so that customers could produce their own "ball park" estimate for a job that can then be submitted to the company."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Glastonbury, CT

"A comprehensive package that handles and is interactive between cost accounting, project scheduling, estimating, and reporting."
-- General Manager, Real Estate, Jacksonville, FL

"Bid day analysis of quotes, scopes of work, solution to lowest aggregate of numbers for complete scope of work, back page for multipliers and adjustments to total construction costs. Of course, to be included, take-off by digitizer, estimate spreadsheet, database for subcontractors and suppliers, database for work items, database for previous estimates."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Indianapolis, IN

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