This eBook serves as an illustrative sampling, a signpost for those who would like to go further, and hopefully an inspiration for other contractors looking to add alternative energy systems to their offerings.
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BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff PHILADELPHIA Theres an awful lot of wheel-spinning that goes on at construction sites. Dennis Sowards offered attendees at the Mechanical Contractors Association of America mid-year educational conference in...
A fast, out-of-the-box solution, BillQuick 2003 Time Billing Software (www.BQE.com, 888/245-5669) provides several industry-specific features designed to help contractors easily and accurately track and bill time on all their projects. Features of...
Air conditioning manufacturers offer an array of software, either free or for-fee, that addresses training, troubleshooting and diagnostics or design. For example, manufacturers offer computer-based training that can help technicians, regardless...
Tie-ins of unrelated software products to streamline productivity are increasingly common. Here are three solutions for contractors that, while they can also stand alone, integrate with other programs to bolster efficiency. Streamlining change...
Increasingly, contractors are using computers as a communications tool. Punch List is a construction-specific combination Palm-based and PC-based task list manager ($299 per Palm user, www.PunchList.com, 888-336-3652) designed for communication...
WINTAC PRO 2003 IS a comprehensive service management program for contractors with all functionalities and capabilities, including accounting, integrated in one seamless solution. The software (Intac International, www.wintacpro.com, 800/724-7899...
CINCINNATI Roto-Rooter Inc., a leading provider of plumbing and drain cleaning services in North America, announced Jan. 22 that it will equip its more than 1,500 field technicians at company-owned branches with a wireless solution to improve...
HERE ARE TWO products for automating work orders. Pervidi (Techs4Biz, www. techs4biz.com, 800/361-8725) is a work order and maintenance management system that combines desktop computer software and handheld software. Its designed to improve...
NICHE MARKET software can optimize the benefits of computerization. Below are three financial software solutions developed or adapted for the construction industry. Estimations T & M Billing (Estimation, www.estimation.com, 800/275-6475, ext. 207)...
SMALLER AND lighter is an ongoing trend in electronics. These days, you can tote a digital recorder for job notes in one shirt pocket and a digital camera for jobsite documentation in another as well as put a flat-panel monitor on your desk...
