Overview
What is CMiC Construction Platform?
CMiC Project Management is a construction project collaboration and management solution. It centralizes project-related communications and documents onto one platform, and connects the job site with the back-end office.
9 years with CMiC
Good system but needs improvement
Surviving the CMiC Construction Platform Roll-Out
Double your workload without the work
CMiC Construction Platform Review
Great product with issues
Useful but has room for improvement
Good bang for the buck but it is a bit clunky.
Very happy
Very strong tool for multiple project control.
Implementing CMiC Field and Planning for More
CMiC is a thorough and well thought out integrated platform that allows us to run multiple parts of our business with confidence.
Gets the job done, but no bells and whistles
CMiC at a Glance
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Popular Features
- RFI tools (89)7.777%
- Collaboration & approvals (94)7.272%
- Document sharing (88)5.959%
- Jobsite reports (87)5.858%
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Pricing
What is CMiC Construction Platform?
CMiC Project Management is a construction project collaboration and management solution. It centralizes project-related communications and documents onto one platform, and connects the job site with the back-end office.
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- No setup fee
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- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features
Human Resource Management
Organizing, tracking and providing instant access to critical employee data, job profiles, transfers, promotions, and benefits information.
- 4.9Employee demographic data(19) Ratings
Administrators have the ability to enter detailed demographic data for each employee.
- 6.7Employment history(23) Ratings
Employment history is the ability to track previous positions held.
- 7.3Job profiles and administration(19) Ratings
Job profiles and descriptions can be created and edited.
- 6.7Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.(18) Ratings
Employee move workflow provides the ability to move employees to different positions and apply pay raises.
- 5.6Organizational charting(13) Ratings
Organizational charting is the ability to create hierarchical charts.
- 7.3Organization and location management(13) Ratings
Organization and location management allows employees to be managed across multiple geographical locations.
- 4.6Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)(18) Ratings
Compliance capabilities ensure full compliance with federal workplace regulations by capturing required data in central database.
Payroll Management
Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.
- 6.7Pay calculation(23) Ratings
Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.
- 4.7Support for external payroll vendors(14) Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors is the ability to integrate with 3rd-party payroll services.
- 7.7Off-cycle/On-Demand payment(14) Ratings
Provide employees access to wages accrued during the pay period before the end of the pay cycle.
- 6.4Benefit plan administration(16) Ratings
Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.
- 7.2Direct deposit files(20) Ratings
Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.
- 7Salary revision and increment management(19) Ratings
Salary revision is the ability to modify individual employee pay.
- 4.7Reimbursement management(14) Ratings
Reimbursement management provides cash reimbursement for employee expenses related to business travel or other.
Asset Management
Maintaining a record of assets such as laptops, pagers, cell phones, etc. issued to employees. Record typically includes asset type, number, serial number and date of issuance.
- 4.5Tracking of all physical assets(18) Ratings
Tracking of track laptops, pagers, phones, and other company equipment.
Reporting & Analytics
Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.
- 7.6Dashboards(42) Ratings
Users can create, customize and share dashboards, which provide an overview of the most important metrics.
- 6.6Standard reports(54) Ratings
The software offers pre-built reports with metrics standard to the category.
- 6.9Custom reports(45) Ratings
Users can create custom reports.
- 8.1Data exportability(52) Ratings
Data can be exported via a CSV or Excel file for further reporting and analysis outside of the tool.
Construction Project & Field Management
Features related to collaboration between construction management and project execution (e.g. the office and the job site, general contractors and subcontractors)
- 5.9Plan distribution & viewing(66) Ratings
Users can compare different versions of plans, and view live updates/revisions to plans (usually from a mobile device in the field).
- 5.1Plan markups & sharing(62) Ratings
Users can annotate plans from the field and easily share plans/markups with other project stakeholders.
- 5.5Issue tracking & punchlists(80) Ratings
Users can track issues from the field, and create punchlists upon substantial completion.
- 5.6Photo documentation(76) Ratings
Users can document construction progress and/or issues by uploading photos from the field.
- 5.8Jobsite reports(87) Ratings
Users can create and share reports on jobsite safety, daily progress, etc.
- 5.9Document sharing(88) Ratings
Users can share/attach other documents related to construction projects, such as specifications, contracts, drawings, etc.
- 7.7RFI tools(89) Ratings
Users can create, send, receive, and archive Requests for Information (RFIs), to record exchanges with subcontractors, vendors, and other suppliers.
- 7.2Collaboration & approvals(94) Ratings
Users can comment, send messages, and/or approve documents.
- 5.3As-built drawings(53) Ratings
Users can generate as-built drawings upon project completion, to reflect the exact dimensions and materials of the final work, including any changes made to the initial plans during the construction process.
- 7.6Mobile app(63) Ratings
Users can easily access the system from the field on mobile devices such as phones and tablets.
- 7.3Submittal design and management(84) Ratings
Tools that allow users to draft and build submittals, track their status, submit them online, annotate submittal PDFs, and send submittal approval online.
- 5.6Checklists(46) Ratings
Construction checklists allow you to link important elements in your construction project. Construction checklists detail specific information of activities and phases in your project.
- 6.6Meeting Minutes(50) Ratings
Tools that help you keep track of minutes in meetings.
- 5.8Specifications(38) Ratings
Construction specifications, also called specs, are the details for the work that needs to be completed in a construction project.
- 8Change orders(59) Ratings
A change order (or variation order) is a component of the change management process in which changes in the scope of work (or project brief) agreed to by the client, contractor and architect are implemented.
Estimating
A set of tools and applications that allow contractors to forecast, track, monitor, and adjust the cost of building a structure. Cost estimates are used by project owners to determine the scope and feasibility of a project, and also for budget allocation. Contractors also use cost estimates when deciding whether or not to bid on a project and for bid creation.
- 4.3Takeoff tools(20) Ratings
Allow users to list the materials and quantities they will need for the project either manually from hardcopy blueprints or electronically from digital blueprints.
- 7.7Job costing(51) Ratings
Tracking and monitoring of the costs of all materials, labor, subcontractors, & equipment required for a given construction project. Allows users to compare actual costs to estimated costs, see how the job is progressing, identify which parts of the job are using the largest parts of the budget.
- 7.9Cost databases(42) Ratings
Pulls information from online databases and aggregates it to allow contractors to compare prices of materials from different suppliers.
- 7Cost calculator(29) Ratings
Application that calculates cost of estimated quantities and materials, typically within spreadsheets.
- 3.6Bid creation(28) Ratings
Allows users to use bid packages or templates to quickly and efficiently create bids based off of cost estimates.
Product Details
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What is CMiC Construction Platform?
CMiC intelligent construction platform.
Purpose-built for the construction industry, the CMiC construction platform includes a suite of software applications that power E&C businesses for a broad range of customer segments, with capabilities for financials & accounting and managing human & capital assets, with the goal of ensuring efficient project management and flawless project delivery.CMiC software is architected on a single database platform that offers companies and users a single source of truth for business needs, streamlined workflows across the enterprise, the ability to run analytics to visualize data, and a consistent user experience. The single database platform for construction enables the different modules to connect seamlessly, and allows data to move freely. This helps provide simplified workflows, visibility & transparency and better decision making for construction executives.
CMiC Construction Platform Features
Construction Project & Field Management Features
- Supported: Plan distribution & viewing
- Supported: Plan markups & sharing
- Supported: Document sharing
- Supported: Issue tracking & punchlists
- Supported: Photo documentation
- Supported: Jobsite reports
- Supported: RFI tools
- Supported: Collaboration & approvals
- Supported: As-built drawings
- Supported: Mobile app
- Supported: Submittal design and management
- Supported: Checklists
- Supported: Meeting Minutes
- Supported: Specifications
- Supported: Change orders
Estimating Features
- Supported: Takeoff tools
- Supported: Job costing
- Supported: Cost databases
- Supported: Cost calculator
- Supported: Bid creation
Human Resource Management Features
- Supported: Employee demographic data
- Supported: Employment history
- Supported: Job profiles and administration
- Supported: Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
- Supported: Benefits information
- Supported: Organizational charting
- Supported: Organization and location management
- Supported: Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Payroll Management Features
- Supported: Pay calculation
- Supported: Support for external payroll vendors
- Supported: Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
- Supported: Payroll history for each employee
- Supported: Benefit plan administration
- Supported: Direct deposit files
- Supported: Payroll tracking and auditing
- Supported: Salary revision and increment management
- Supported: Reimbursement management
- Supported: Statutory form management
Asset Management Features
- Supported: Tracking of all physical assets
- Supported: Asset issue and transfer management
- Supported: Asset return
- Supported: Warranty and after-sales status maintenance contract tracking
Reporting & Analytics Features
- Supported: Dashboards
- Supported: Standard reports
- Supported: Custom reports
- Supported: Data exportability
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CMiC Construction Platform Integrations
CMiC Construction Platform Competitors
CMiC Construction Platform Technical Details
Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac |
Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Mobile Web |
Supported Countries | North America, Middle East, South East Asia |
Supported Languages | English |
CMiC Construction Platform Downloadables
- CMiC gives construction companies accounting features purpose-built for their industry. CMiC Accounting & Financial Controls manages key aspects of the financial puzzle, including budgeting, GL, AP/AR and forecasting. This solution brief explains more.
- CMiC FIELD is the hub of project management & collaboration. It unifies teams at the job site and enables them to co-ordinate on-time, on-budget project delivery. This solution brief shows how FIELD helps to manage RFIs, submittals, drawings, and subcontracts.
- CMiC Analytics is delivered as an embedded, native capability within the CMiC construction platform. It simplifies the complex management of data-driven insights across the enterprise. With embedded analytics, construction teams can better inform their decisions with complete and accurate data, no matter their role or job location. This solution brief describes more.
- CMiC delivers a unified and advanced enterprise and field solutions for construction firms. This 1-pager offers an overview of how the platform can be the technology foundation that runs a construction business.
Frequently Asked Questions
CMiC Construction Platform Customer Size Distribution
Consumers | 0% |
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Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 0% |
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 68% |
Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 32% |
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Reviews and Ratings
(180)Attribute Ratings
- 8.5Likelihood to Renew7 ratings
- 9Availability1 rating
- 7Performance1 rating
- 6.1Usability6 ratings
- 4.7Support Rating96 ratings
- 8Online Training1 rating
- 7.5In-Person Training2 ratings
- 7.4Implementation Rating5 ratings
- 8Configurability1 rating
- 9Product Scalability1 rating
- 9Vendor pre-sale1 rating
- 9Vendor post-sale1 rating
- 8.2CMiC Product Scalability93 ratings
Reviews
(26-50 of 114)Going great and hoping to use it even more in the future.
- The user interface is similar to that of other project management software applications so folks in our company that had previously used other applications have been able to switch over fairly easily.
- I really like the software and it was much less expensive than other applications.
- I like the mobile application so that our superintendents can view the documentation on their phones.
- I really like the punch list capability mobile field, however, we have a hard time getting our superintendents to use it for some reason.
- We have had issues with their support from time to time but recently they have been great.
- They have had quite a few times where the system and features have gone down or been available over the past year or two but before that, it was always good with no problems.
- I wish there was an easier way to customize all of the forms and reports and not have to only use Excel or Word MIP templates.
Great for cost tracking: Less great for project management
- Tracks contracts and change orders.
- Tracks owner changer orders.
- Supports monthly billing using AIA type documents.
- The platform is large so operation is pretty slow.
- Field management (daily reports, material tracking) is a little bulky and hard to use.
- Invoicing can be a little glitchy.
CMiC Application Support Manager
- Payroll.
- Financials.
- Job costing.
- Job billing.
- More robust safety module.
- Flexible checklist with QR codes.
- BI that is easier to use for users.
CMiC as dependable and reliable as a Toyota Prius. Gets you from point A to point B with limited means to gas up, while driving in style.
- Simplicity of reporting.
- Collaboration.
- Process Flow.
- Accounting.
- Meeting expectations.
- Support.
Great Project Financial Management Tool.
- Creating reports.
- Billing and Invoicing.
- Task management.
- Planning functions.
- Scheduling tools can be modified.
- Estimation can be more accurate.
CMiC - Decent software, but not perfect.
- Integrated accounting and construction management platforms to aid in tracking and minimize errors
- Forecasting module is clear
- Construction admin modules need some work as outside users are unlikely to want to use
- Some minor bugs still in meeting minutes
You might be sorry you asked....
- Communication between every department
- Keeping all accounting and project management data in one space
- Being able to use that data to focus on tasks that need more attention or effort
- Better communication between Enterprise and Field where invoicing is concerned
- Less random and vague error messages for users and subs billing in the online portal
- More help from support when problems arise in regards to accounting functions with some sense of urgency.
Thorough software for thorough workers
- Easy to add/edit vendors and business partners
- Quick search through AP invoices
- Tracing a transaction is well made
- Entering a code of the vendor instead of the company name while recording an invoice takes time and seems counter intuitive
- Editing an invoice created through Image Management on the AP side is limited to description and address field. When changing the rest (invoice# or a date or an amount) - the whole trace of who entered/submitted/approved disappears. The way it works now is: deleting an invoice from the batch, locating it through Registry/invoice search, unsubmitting it, making changes, submitting, adding back to batch - time consuming
- In Multiple distribution pop up window, when entering a new invoice, I'd make the field "Company" to be autofilled once "Job" is entered. It takes time to memorize what job number belongs to what company.
- There is only web version available and it is limited compare to a desktop client. For instance I can only make one change at a time and save it. Multiple changes don't get saved in one click
AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!
- Data tracking.
- Installation and setup.
- Tech support.
- Glitches and error fixing in a timely manner.
- Custom document folder options.
- User friendly platform.
- Streamlined collaborator viewing/use.
- Customer support.
- More urgency in fixing ongoing issues.
- Single point of contact, you require it of your client but don't provide it.
- Direct support access for all users, including collaborators.
CMiC looks better than it functions
- Approval processes for AP invoices
- Multiple places where data can be easily uploaded
- Integration with tools like Bluebeam for drawing management (CMiC mobile app)
- Taxes do not flow from the job to POs and subcontracts.
- Stability of the product in general
- Payroll--entering of employees and time do not flow easily.
- AP invoices
- Updates--if you are cloud-based, you have no control over when the software is updated.
Great Software
- Great at keeping budgets in real time.
- Daily reports are thorough.
- Contract entry & change orders are easy.
- Drawing management, loads plans slowly.
- Photos are very hard to manage and see what they are.
- Would like to be able to delete a posted change order (instead of voiding only).
CMiC Review
- The budget process for jobs is exceptional at keeping track and modifying when needed.
- The mobile feature is exceptional to use in tracking employees.
- ECM utilization with drawing management is phenomenal at modifying updating and notating changes/comments.
- Financial Position in the CMiC analytics is a helpful tool
- Implementation
- Importing documents: some of the templates are not functioning correctly
- Security: too many areas and not one source for control
- Integration of disciplines across the enterprise.
- Strong support for payroll, especially union payroll.
- Wide variety of third-party applications, such as Kofax, DocuSign, Vertex tax, etc.
- Reporting and analytics could be improved. We have had to develop all of our own.
- Obtaining application support is cumbersome and time consuming.
- Very limited web-based standard training and inline help assistance.
- ECM (Enterprise Content Management) - Accounts Payable from invoice images that will remain in the system and is searchable in the future (NO MORE PAPER COPIES!)
- Budget Management - All real-time
- Easy on the eyes and user friendly
- Drawing Management
- MIP capabilities
- Lien Waivers
CMiC Construction Platform Review
- Mobile field
- Project Management
- Job Costing
- Payroll
- Creation of Dashboards
- User security management
- Reports
- Customization
- Integration
- Requires a high level of programming
- Hidden costs
- Timely implementation
- Spelling mistakes throughout the software
- System glitches occur more frequently than expected
- Inability to output many documents in French
Worth the investment
- document housing
- RFI and CO communications
- project communications
- implementation process
- importing new information from an existing database
- go live assistance
CMiC Review
- Easy to track items in logs.
- Organized financial numbers in projects.
- Access to multiple projects with the click of a button.
- Workflow chart seems confusing.
- There should be an easier way to edit some items.
- There are too many steps for a simple task.
- Journal entries work well
- AP module works well when adding vendors
- Subcontract module works well
- Things work well with all modules and then one day you use it and there is a problem. Sometimes it works itself out overnight, but some things need the support team's help in resolving the problem.
- When you turn in a ticket to have something fixed, you must include screenshots to help the support team understand and see the problem. They have to recreate the problem and if they cannot, they cannot fix it.
CMiC Review
- I love the links between POs, Invoices, PCIs, Billing, etc.
- It's good that changes are done in real-time and can be viewed by others immediately.
- Queries can be moved to Excel.
- The speed could be improved.
- There is no report to show outstanding balances from our vendors--a comparison between AP and the PO.
- Until invoices are posted in AP, the amounts of the invoices do not show as part of the % spent on a PO.
- You should be able to run a report from Finance that would show invoices from Imaging and Finance that have not been entered or posted.
Dividends on horizon during lengthy implementation
- Job cost forecasting/budget forecasting
- Ball-in-court reminders
- Invoice approval/coding
- Cloud-based
- Ease of inputting change orders/PCIs
- Glitches need constant fixing
- Remove fillable fields when not needed/used
- Help boxes on windows
- Not opening up new tabs/windows for everything in background
- Shop drawing numbering is cumbersome at best. Ability to label as you want to would be better.
CMiC Construction Platform Review
It handles costs, payables, sub-contractors, payroll, and the list goes on & on.
- Love the ability to scan into the system
- Tracking costs in real-time for everyone to see
- Setting up the system was painful.
- Training needs to be more specific to the companies needs.
- Real-time information from field to finance
- User interface needs to be simplified to speed up entry
- Support has simply got to improve in all areas
- Drag and drop functionality needs to be added to project controls
- Emailing directly from the software and allowing for replies to be recorded is crucial
- Ability to see your GL entries in bank reconciliations
- Allowing one cheque per vendor when they are on numerous projects
- Being able to see all invoices awaiting approval by Project Manager
- GPS on time tracking app for people in the field
CMiC is effective, but being refined.
Pitfalls of CMiC include information tracking modules like RFIs, submittals, and meeting minutes. Meeting minutes have certain bugs when entering notes. RFIs and submittals are more so for tracking and not distribution, as it is unlikely 3rd party users are going to jump on board with utilizing the software.
- Integration between financials and Project Management
- Time sheet entry
- Project forecasting
- Estimating missing functionality
- Information distribution cannot replace email
- Templating
- It manages the flow of RFIs and Submittals, keeps them organized as to due date, ball in court, and can be used as a database searching whichever parameter you wish.
- Communication between the owner, contractor, and architect can be kept on record effortlessly.
- It creates data charts and exports to Excel easily with little formatting needed once exported.
- It could be compatible with Newforma.
- If it could recognize a repeat RFI or overlapping information.
- If it linked to my Revit model.