The best Foreman a Contractor can get.
October 27, 2022

The best Foreman a Contractor can get.

Jeff Rempel | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Contractor Foreman

We use Contractor Foreman for our estimating, bidding, client management, project management, scheduling, and job clock tools. Over time, we anticipate utilizing some of the other features it provides, but this was all we started with. We are a smaller residential contractor, completing about a dozen projects a year, from mid-sized remodels to full new custom homes. Contractor Foreman allowed us to streamline our workflow and speed up the process of getting accurate information to the field.

Pros

  • Scheduling
  • Estimating
  • Client Management

Cons

  • Complexity
  • Customization - often limited
  • Improved mobile functionality for scheduling and estimating
  • Almost no loss of downtime in the transition and minimal training required to simply reduce the monthly cost of the software from a competitor.
  • Speed of responses from customer service allowed us to quickly train and transition.
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.

Do you think Contractor Foreman delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Contractor Foreman's feature set?

Yes

Did Contractor Foreman live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Contractor Foreman go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Contractor Foreman again?

Yes

Contractor Foreman would be ideal for a capable contractor who is looking for systems to help grow and keep a team aligned. It is powerful and well thought through. Part of what makes it great is that they've built a system that doesn't just perform advanced tasks. It helps link them together. As a result, it is somewhat less flexible than other options. That meant, for us at least, that we had to adapt to the software instead of having it adapt to us. Neither good nor bad... just a challenge.

Contractor Foreman Feature Ratings

8.4
Plan distribution & viewing
Not Rated
Plan markups & sharing
Not Rated
Document sharing
Not Rated
Issue tracking & punchlists
10
Photo documentation
8
Jobsite reports
10
RFI tools
Not Rated
Collaboration & approvals
Not Rated
As-built drawings
Not Rated
Mobile app
6
Submittal design and management
8
Checklists
10
Meeting Minutes
Not Rated
Specifications
7
Change orders
Not Rated
9.0
Takeoff tools
Not Rated
Job costing
9
Cost databases
9
Cost calculator
Not Rated
Bid creation
9
9.0
Job profiles and administration
9
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
9
9.0
Support for external payroll vendors
9
Asset Management ()
Not Rated
9.3
Dashboards
10
Standard reports
8
Custom reports
9
Data exportability
10

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