Item: CMiC Construction Platform
Rating: 10
Author: Conor Rumball

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The entire organization is using it. No complaints about the program. In the field, everything I need is readily accessible due to CMIC. Due to the type of construction MARANT performs (Tenant interior), I currently complete my own daily reports in a separate bound book. It would be too time-consuming to complete on CMIC. No complaint on the program, just something MARANT would have to assess if we are ever forced to complete these on CMIC.

Pros and Cons

Organization: ability to house all site docs in a central location to extract.
Daily journals can be done and uploaded so there is always a copy accessible to anyone requiring it.
Date stamps showing when documents were uploaded to confirm the most recent.

Timesheets are always a few pay periods behind and not the current week. Perhaps this is an internal item and not due to CMIC.
My sidebar to call up certain projects, and open documents could be a little easier to navigate. The idea of being able to shortcut jobs and pin them for easy access would be nice.
Are there any free videos that can be watched for training purposes on the basic functions of the app? Perhaps, I am missing easy stuff because I have not been fully trained and just figured it out over the years.

Return on Investment

Document sharing and accessibility.
Project contact sheets.
Ability to create my own RFI's and send out instead of waiting on a project manager.

Alternatives Considered

Oracle Primavera Submittal Exchange and Primavera Unifier

I found the two to be very similar. I was in a project coordinator position while using Primavera and was a lot more hands-on with it. I found the speed of primavera to be comparable, or even slower than CMIC. CMIC vs Oracle; the functions were relatively the same as there is certainly a set standard for what a general contractor requires in a software program.

Support Rating

I have been able to send requests to my office and receive responses in a very timely manner. I believe a MARANT employee worked at CMIC before and possibly that might be a little easier to troubleshoot items and has resulted in a positive experience. I have yet to reach out to CMIC staff myself to diagnose an issue.

Key Insights

Do you think CMiC Construction Platform delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with CMiC Construction Platform's feature set?

Yes

Did CMiC Construction Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of CMiC Construction Platform go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy CMiC Construction Platform again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

CMIC is well designed and structured for a construction management company. I have no reason to believe that MARANT should not be using this program. CMIC has the ability to house all site docs, and project documents in a central location and have everything accessible to people that require access.

MARANT: CMIC USER!!

Software Version

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with CMiC Construction Platform