This year’s FIATECH Technology Conference was held just ’round the corner from our office in Austin Texas. FIATECH is a consortium of several companies – including many software companies – united for the purpose of improving design, engineering, construction, and maintenance of large capital assets (i.e. manufacturing facilities, refineries, large commercial buildings, etc). More …

In the next ten to twenty years, “electrical contractor” will no longer be a suitable job title for electricians. They will transition into “energy contractors” to support the fast-growing green construction market. We see this as a coming renaissance in electrical contracting. There has been a revival of interest in the electrical trade as homeowners and adopt alternative methods to power homes. More …

What construction executive doesn’t daydream about tools and equipment that are safe and sound whether on a job site or in the warehouse, especially as construction projects decline and competition heats up? Dream no more, as radio frequency identification (RFID) technology combined with a comprehensive tool tracking system makes improved profits a More …

Dexter + Chaney has launched an equipment tracking system for heavy construction companies. The product, “Spectrum Equipment Service System,” tracks equipment hours, fuel consumption, and maintenance activity. Staying true to their mission – solving problems for construction markets – Dexter + Chaney has done it again with this latest addition to their line of software More …

Unless you’ve been holed up at a job site for the past six months, you’ve probably heard of Twitter, the website that allows you to post 140-character updates about virtually anything. Nearly every news organization has written about Twitter, thereby contributing to it’s exponential growth and user base of ~1 million.

Twitter was first adopted by tech-savvy computer engineers and web designers. Recently, the social media More …

With the increased availability and reduced costs of mobile devices, mobile software applications are on the rise. Construction software vendors are entering the market with fully-integrated mobile versions of their existing offerings.

In an announcement at the recent 2009 AHR Expo, Penta is now participating with their Mobile Field Service More …

Vision Infosoft has released a new software add-on that provides daily material prices on 1.4 million items. The add-on, EPIC DUO, works directly with the EPIC Pricing System, a subscription service that gives contractors access to electrical material cost information.

EPIC DUO is different from traditional pricing services in that the cost More …

In a fairly unique move for a software company, HCSS is now issuing a 12-month money-back guarantee for all its software systems. While other companies have impressed us with similar guarantees – Jobpower offers a 60-day money back guarantee and Procore has a 30-day free trial – the HCSS guarantee is particularly impressive for the length of the guarantee. Customers can receive a full refund within 12 months of purchasing if they are unsatisfied with any HCSS software More …

You already know how to create efficient business processes, but how do you enforce them? With so many stakeholders, contractors and staffers involved in the building process, it can be difficult to hold them accountable and ensure your business processes are running efficiently. Business process management software has emerged into the industry to solve this challenge, amalgamating application software, project correspondence and business processes into a single software program. BuilderMT BPM is at the More …

On December 10th, Penta and e-Builder will demonstrate the transfer of an RFI document using the new agcXML data exchange standard. The demonstration marks a significant milestone for the construction industry, as it greatly simplifies document exchange between separate construction management software More …

In direct response to customer’s requests, Dexter + Chaney has enhanced the service management capabilities in Spectrum Version 13. The updates aim to support mechanical, HVAC, electrical and plumbing contractors’ unique business processes and workflow.

“We’re very excited that these updates will make it easier and more profitable for those More …

Software Advice today announced that they have assisted over 500 electrical contractors during their evaluation of new electrical estimating software, accounting and project management systems for their businesses. Moreover, Software Advice has now developed partnerships with the majority of software vendors serving the electrical division. This network of software partners allows Software Advice to recommend the ideal systems for a wide range of electrical firms with a variety of technology More …