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We are long-term users of the B2W system. We believe it is the best choice for paving contractors. It is easy to learn and continues to offer even deeper ability as estimating prowess grows. The system allows us to update quotes that were given in the past and to stay on top of our costs as changes occur, so our data is up to date and accurate. Know your costs and you can make money!Incentivized
In this case, CF is the best of the 'OK so far' category in my mind. NONE of the software available today gets close to a truly effective, user friendly GUI and functionality set. I have used 7 different systems over the years, with the top 4 big names having the largest hours operating. Most have less functionality, others are severely overpriced and under featured. Still others are so complicated you need an entire IT department to implement them. Contractor Foreman does much of what it does the absolute best for the money, meaning this is probably the best value for construction management software I'm aware of. I believe I can say with confidence, that if CF does it, it strives to do it well, and continues to strive to get it better. Picking a feature or two that excels is rather pointless in a company with that outlook. THAT is a company I can get behind...Incentivized
Allows management to update costs for each individual item, equipment, labor, PR taxes, benefits, materials, etc.Allows management to see how aggressive estimators have built an estimate to evaluate risk.Allows monthly changes in fuel prices and liquid asphalt to quickly update the system for all.Allows management to override margins for overhead and profit to match backlog and need for work versus budget.Incentivized
EstimatesProject managementLead management - tracking where they are in the funnel and having web lead automatically pull into the system.Incentivized
We request changes to the software as issues crop up and the B2W process changes as needed.A time-out function should be added to knock dormant users offline and allow other users access to the limited number of licenses the company owns.Incentivized
Some of the modules like checklists and forms are confusing and hard to usesome of the training videos or versions of an old outdated version of the softwareWould like to see a more efficent way of creating a submittal log generated from a specification bookIncentivized
Eliminated the need for our team to log into multiple systems to do their jobs which aligns to our Lean approach Incentivized
I rarely give anyone a 9 or 10 rating for service. The main reason for this rating is Contractor Foreman's dedication to improvement. To be completely frank, CF has fallen down on their tech help with me several times, but I am an exceptionally difficult user to service as I tend to use a product up to it's limits and want more. CF has actually addressed these wants several times (after waits that seemed interminable, but were actually pretty damn fast in the reality of software development)Incentivized
I've used Buildertrend and Conconstruct near daily for a little over 10 years. They were both pretty solid. But the price kept going up without much value being added to the software. As they grew, they didn't upgrade with the growth, so the sites became slower. Contractor Forman has all the functionality of the others, and several other tools that they don't. There are several tools our company doesn't even use yet that look great. It's not perfect, and the learning curve due to its increased capability is a bit of a challenge. But overall, it is superior in every way that mattered to us, and more affordable.Incentivized
We make money year after year by having accurate quotes and costs basis.We have easily accessible records to look in the past at jobs won or lost.Incentivized
We don't have to double enter our job information anymore (estimates, bills, labor hours) to show employees what they need to see. Specific access within Contractor Foreman does that for us.It's taken us longer to learn how Contractor Foreman works within itself than we thought it would, so implementation is taking a little longer than ideal. However, we have been learning a lot along the way about the easiest ways to use the workflow that Contractor Foreman has.Incentivized