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

"Job Costing or Estimating for Residential and Multifamily Apartment demolition, as well as Job Costing or Estimating for construction."
-- Partner/Principal, Real Estate, Tustin, CA

"We need a program ,we do not have one at this time.i am setting up the system for new construction , service,re-models for commercial and residential."
-- General Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Fremont, CA

"Project estimating,Project management, project scheduling, project costs to date; Manhours and dollars."
-- Consultant, Construction/General Contracting, Montebello, CA

"People ususally want to know break downs and very specific info on why the charge is where its at- we want to justify our prices so that we get top dollar and so that customers appreciate our meticulous planning of their potential project with our bids. It is our experience that people do not realize it takes longer and costs more on average to do what the customer wants!"
-- General Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Garden Grove, CA

"I am a small electrical contractor getting into commercial. Looking for bidding software and job costing(materials and labor)."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Conroe, TX

"I am a residential and commercial cleaning business, I also am a subcontractor for a well known construction company. I specialize in residential cleaning as well as fire/water restoration cleaning, new builds ect. looking for going rate price list for commercial jobs, invoicing ect."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Columbus, OH

"Automatic material list with pricing for each job. small bussiness program under $400Time saving on quotes!!"
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Gray Court, SC

"Simply & quicken the time needed to calculate an Estimate based on plans."
-- Consultant, Real Estate, Studio City, CA

"Scheduling, cost tracking, hours, budgetConstruction, home building, excavating, earth moving."
-- Consultant, Construction/General Contracting, Kingsport, TN

"Im a vendor for mortgage field rep i do property maintance ineed software to help me stimate a job on all aspect of the house(roofing,lawn care,plumbing, repairs, painting,cleaning). my business does property preservation which includes winterixing houses, re keys, securing, debris removel and lawn care. can you help at all "
-- General Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Canandaigua, NY

"Need to better job estimating ability. this is the only area Iam interested in improving, as I am a small company and always will remain so."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Langley, WA

"Our business is growing rapidly, so we are looking at software to enable us to properly schedule the projects and convey that information to our superintendants and sub-contractors."
-- Office Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Park City, UT

"I need it to better estimate job costing and keep the business profitable."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Jacksonville, FL

"Biggest is cost estimating and job tracking, plus accounting for each individual job."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Barnesville, MN

"I need to make sure our company's estimates are as accurate as possible."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Englewood, CO

"I am in the marine construction business and need help in job estimating with material costs and labor costs."
-- General Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Gulf Breeze, FL

"I would like for the software to be fully integrated with my back office software."
-- General Manager, Construction/General Contracting, Decatur, GA

"Better job costing with history of costs and for project management."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Whitman, MA

"All the above. just to make me think about other stuff."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Fairfax, VA

"We build mainly condominiums. That is hard to find in scheduling software, because most of it is directed toward custom homes."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Lake Ozark, MO

"We are running a rather old system called Advantage that runs on a Unix platform and we are looking to upgrade immediately."
-- Consultant, Construction/General Contracting, Henderson, NV

"Doing bids for insurance companies on property damage. Axact mate is the most used by other contractors and insurance adjusters."
-- Partner/Principal, Construction/General Contracting, Summer Shade, KY

"I am a one man operation whom takes a lot of pride in what I do, I would love to be able to have some software support to allow me to price jobs more accurately."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Framingham, MA

"I am trying to find a softwear that will help me in designing metal buildings."
-- Office Manager, Other Business Services, Nocona, TX

"We are looking for software that would allow us to do material estimating from blueprints. With and without a digitizer."
-- Sales/Business Development, Wholesale, Youngsville, LA

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