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.
- 6.6Workflow 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.
- 5.9Specifications(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
CMiC Construction Platform Screenshots
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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
- 7.5Implementation Rating5 ratings
- 8Configurability1 rating
- 9Product Scalability1 rating
- 9Vendor pre-sale1 rating
- 9Vendor post-sale1 rating
- 8.2CMiC Product Scalability93 ratings
Reviews
(51-75 of 114)CMIC User Review
- Integrated timekeeping
- Tracking submittals
- Daily journal
- Tracking job budget (Not very easy to keep updated)
- Tracking job correspondence (Should be able to add email tracking for important items).
- Tracking job schedule (Need a way to integrate schedule tracking into UI).
- Accounting and budget would be the only strength I see.
- Submittals - Platform is not friendly, should have autofill instead of looking up everything. The ball in court is confusing. Should be able to markup submittals from within CMIC, stamp and send to architect for response.
- RFI - you should be able to create a revision, again, not friendly, please look at Procore platform and try to go after what they are doing.
- Meeting Minutes are complicated, cannot send them out from CMIC.
- Drawings are not a tab only a document. Drawings should be able to be marked up and have items linked and once published everyone should be able to see it.
The Solution You're Looking For
Using CMiC to help administer our projects allows the office and field to consistently be on the same page. Daily information is being constantly updated and it helps keep the flow of information in one, reliable place. In an industry that's almost gone paperless, it's key to keep all the project information in an online file that can be accessed by all members of the project team.
CMiC is a very robust program and we haven't explored all of the modules that are available to us at this point.
- Opportunities for Maximum Collaboration
- Breadcrumb Trails for Documentation
- Multiple Integrations with Other Programs
- Multiple Reporting Options for Real Time Information
- Mobile Applications
- Customization Opportunities for Current and/or New Templates
- Support System, Portal, & Accessibility
- Security Flags & Setup
- Some Areas are Hard to Use
New to CMiC and loving it!
- It integrates many aspects of project management into one location.
- It produces easy to understand reports that incorporate financial aspects of the project so that costs and profit can be calculated in real-time rather than as a lagging indicator.
- Document management is housed within the project, reducing the number of locations and the need for additional cloud storage to maintain project documentation.
- CMiC customer assistance is prompt and helpful.
- We are new to CMiC and the setup was a little difficult for us. It would be helpful to know what kind of information we need to input prior to a live training session so that we have real data to use.
- Our initial implementor seemed lost because of the software version update. Better communication from CMiC to the vendors who sell it in the US may be a good idea.
- All of our training sessions are done remotely, which can be tedious and difficult to follow when the sessions are so long. Less than four hours may help the information be absorbed--maybe 2-hour long training sessions over a greater number of days.
Too many ongoing issues. The CMiC boat has 15 leaks and only 10 fingers to plug them with.
- Slow loading speed.
- Lack of ability to search the text of the drawings.
- Thumbnail view on the web client does not display sheet numbers.
- Mobile drawing markup tool does not allow "sketching". Each time the finger comes off the table it assumes the user is done. Unless its a continuous line, it makes sketching on the tablet on a drawing sheet near impossible.
- The web client drawing search function rest every time you click into and back out of drawings, forcing the user to redo the search each time.
- The drawing upload process also lacks the features of Plan Grid, such as changing the sheet revision order or batch change of revision name.
- OCR is poured and the CMiC Explorer is buggy, and often does not complete a proper upload.
- The revision recognition function does work not properly, it does not apply existing sheet titles. In fact, it overrides exiting sheet titles while simultaneously locking the user out of changing the new titles which are often full of errors due to poor OCR. Forcing the user to do double work to work around this.
I have personally submitted several support cases. These have come back with statements of CMiC being aware of the issue and hoping to fix them on a future patch.
- Photo management is done well and our field finds it easier than our old system.
- Missing functionality on the drawing management side. See previous question.
- Submittal module changes in R12 took away key functionality from the user. Specifically the Fabrication and Delivery fields. CMiC promises to bring this back but the process is too slow. Users have waited months to bring back functionality that was taken away.
- Submittal module interface via collaborator and I/O email is not updating status correctly.
- The mobile app does not allow users to change auto-generated checklist names. We have a checklist that is supposed to be used per room but the program auto-generates list names as ###-001, ###-002, etc. In the mobile app, there is no way to see a unique identifier in the list view so users have to open and close each record to find unique identifiers. There is a workaround with the web client but our field employees say its too cumbersome. They are abandoning using the web client checklists and going back to paper copies.
- Specification extraction does not work.
CMiC Review
- Photo admin
- Safety admin
- SWPP admin
- Drawing management
- Speed
- Ease of use
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
- Job Billing customization
- Financial Queries
- Financial Reporting
- New R12 Menus in Field side do not sort correctly
- Version updates
- Prepare Billing Module often does not sync well with other parts of CMiC it pulls data from
Newbie at CMiC
- Keeps all information relating to projects and the company in one place.
- There are many features that give you options to customize your needs.
- We use the cloud, so I can access information from anywhere.
- We've had issues with the R12 update and costs that we manually defer still being billed when recalculating the bill.
- If you have multiple windows open, it will send a reply in an issue to the job open in another window you're not working in.
- With R12, you cannot sort by date.
CMiC Review
- Has both an accounting and project/field collaboration aspect all in one software.
- Layout is easy to follow and modern.
- Sorting Error. - Instead of sorting by date (month, day, year), its sorting option makes 0 sense. It makes a simple task take longer just because you are sorting through hundreds of lines to find the right item instead of just being able to sort through columns correctly.
- Lagging - Pressing any button in the billing module takes 10 seconds+ to load, which s very frustrating in the day in the age of 0.65 secs average loading time for websites.
- Reports - Sometimes reports don't display everything you need for something specific. The Export to Excel option is a great tool provided by CMiC! I would only suggest that the "Export to Excel" button have a standard CMiC table layout when exported. That way when any employee Exports an excel to create a custom report there is always a standard template being created instead of employees having to create and customize a new one every time.
Connectivity!
- Construction Management
- Change Management
- Analytics
- Mapping
- IT Glitches with Data
- Slow upload/download speeds
Review By an Engaged and Detailed User
- Project controls
- Budgeting
- Ability to create custom dashboards
- Document storage
- Human capital management
- Reduce glitches
Not what we were sold
- Accounting
- Keeping remote teams up to date
- The mobile platform.
- The new release needs streamlining. Visually it is ugly and I actually prefer the old version.
- The schedule module is not robust enough to consider for our needs.
A Roller Coaster Ride!
- Accounts payable image workflow is nice once in place.
- The ability to export to Excel just about any screen of data is very useful.
- Pretty easy to "pickup" without a ton of training.
- Support is REALLY frustrating!
- On any given day, usually following an update, the system has some serious consistency and accuracy issues.
- Expensive and they hit you with all kinds of nickel and dime add-ons.
Project Management Review
- Web-based
- Invoice approval
- Overall interface is cumbersome
- Job forecasting
- Same database of information between field and financials
- No need to import/export information from one side to the other
- Allows subcontracts to bill for themselves
- Reduces double-entry of work
- Cloud software is clunky and sometimes slow or offline
- Too many options in many places, not enough in others
- Tries to do too many things, but does few of them well
Honesty is the best policy
- Organization
- Database is user friendly
- Submittals and RFI log is easy to use
- Daily log journals
- Installing pictures into the log does not work most of the time
- CMiC mobile field app does not always work and has error messages frequently
CMiC is a great software platform!
- Collaboration: Uniting all of the groups in one software platform instead of multiple different software programs.
- Ease of Use: CMiC is user-friendly and easy to navigate.
- Customization: It is easy to get logs or templates how you want to see or present them. Fully customizable.
- Document Control: Not best in class, slow.
- Reporting Financials: There is a learning curve here. It takes time to understand what information needs to be reported and what doesn't.
- There are some little glitches like forecast freezing and needing to be reopened to continue.
Field Project Management Financial Review
- Reports: Mainly change order reports, this is great to present to our clients on a weekly basis.
- Budget upload and ease of transferring costs from one cost code to another.
- Forecasting: the monthly cost report never matches the forecasting, and it is very difficult to figure out where you went wrong in your forecasting to correct these errors.
- Once you enter a change order field (i.e 91002), if you entered any wrong information while "adding a new" change order type, you cannot go back and correct it.
CMiC Field Review
- Organizing documents
- Sharing documents
- Allocating resources
- Project directory could be made more simple to navigate and find projects.
- CMiC Field Menu tab could be made more user friendly. Drop-down tabs can be difficult to navigate and glitch when multiple tabs are open sometimes.
- A more user-friendly mobile app would be very useful for phones and tablets. The mobile version can be confusing and hard to use especially when trying to do simple tasks like update logs for daily site use.
The Field Module serves to consolidate information and facilitate communication between stakeholders. The E-Time Module is used to enter hours worked per project.
- E-Time Entry allows a simple task to be performed, with data entry possible by approved stakeholders.
- Field provides a platform to share communication with all approved stakeholders. Access can be limited as appropriate. There is a lot of flexibility to use a large number of modules within Field.
- It is possible to share the information via email with a pre-approved user list.
- The application is not always intuitive. I would recommend an on-line user guide and potentially an on-line training module.
- E-Time Entry should open to the current date, rather than have an extra step to select the current date.
- "Field," if it does not already have the capability, should allow "Project Users" (my sub-trades) to access selected aspects of the module, rather than just receive emails about the activity.
- "Field" allows a user to enter RFIs. When entering the question, it should be possible to paste an image (.jpg, PDF, etc.) into the body of the question.
- "Field" should have a feature to automatically follow up on "unanswered questions", with the follow-up date selectable.
Part of the difficulty is that in the construction industry there are so many stakeholders from different companies that they do not all have access to the platform and not all are technically limited.
Learning curve, but we think we're getting it!
- Plan management/updating.
- Crossover of info from PM to Accounting side.
- In field app.
- Customization of reports.
- Mass deleting for items.
- More continuity between screens.
Great Database for Cost Management/Accounting
- Direct link between project management and accounting
- Report functions (subcontracts, change orders, pay apps, etc.)
- Cost Status Query provides excellent overview of projects
- Cost & accounting are great, but other PM functions are lacking (document controls, daily reports, etc)
- Last I checked the mobile app isn't there yet
CMiC - More that just a database!
Pros:
-redundancy of data entry
-chance of errors
-inter-department communication
-produces timely reports
-standardizes our procedures
Cons:
-most things are pretty easy to learn, however there are certain parts of the system that are not intuative
-not all error messages are clear
-a lot of the reports that we need to create/alter cannot be done using MIP, and it can be quite costly, and the turn around time is very slow
Despite the cons, I would still give CMiC a 7.5/10. All ERP systems will have their drawbacks, the important thing is that the positives outweigh the negatives, and I believe CMiC easily does that.
- Tracks Financial Health
- Fully integrates Finance and Project Delivery
- Allows for collaboration through IO email with Third Parties
- Reduces data entry
- Adds the perfect level of controls
- Issues can take some time to be fixed
- Customization can be expensive
- Not user "friendly" - takes time to learn
- Error messages are not always clear
It also works best it you have a dedicated CMiC team to help roll out and support users.
Working together with CMiC
- Easy to navigate interface.
- Detailed breakdown of categories.
- Many available forms to start with.
- Allow users to adjust printable layout.
CMiC Construction Platform
- Mobile App has a great UI
- Web client is easy to use.
- Forms can be created for any specific needs you might have.
- Mobile app has issues connecting sometimes
- No ability to use offline then upload when connection returns.
- Limited number of drawings can be viewed on mobile app without searching.
If multiple programs or software are used, I don't think CMiC is the best at working with other software such as Excel.