ELECTRONIC SERVICE Control ($495, Coastal Computer Corp., www.ccc-soft.com, 800/226-7529) is a business operations and communications product for small- to medium-sized service companies. It addresses various aspects of service management...
FASTPIPE RESIDENTIAL (FastEst Inc., www.fastest-inc.com, 800/ 828-7108) is a clever and quick drag-and-click estimating program for residential and light-commercial plumbing work that estimates room by room. The solution, which takes advantage of...
BELOW ARE two productivity enhancing solutions, each dedicated to saving time, effort or both, when estimating a job or when processing your payroll. When it comes to estimates, the very best are those that both win the project and make a profit...
Although AutoCad is the source of many construction drawings and is recognized as a cad standard in the industry, many hvac and plumbing subcontractors do not need Autocad itself. Contractors can participate in the review and edit cycle that more...
In our last column we talked about PC-based software for managing projects ( January, pg. 28 ). Here are some industry-specific PC software packages that save time and effort in designing and estimating residential and commercial HVAC projects...
WHILE the recent software trend has focused on Internet-based solutions for HVAC and plumbing contractors, there are still some "traditional" PC-based products that can streamline various daily tasks and provide help in managing everyday project...
If you dispatch workers daily and use a job board with handwritten or manually typed tags, heres a product that will bring you into the 21st century fast vis--vis scheduling and tracking. LaserDispatch 2.1, (LaserDispatch.com, www.laserdispatch...
Seemingly overnight, a proliferation of industry-specific sites has sprung up that could boost productivity in many plumbing and hvac contractors offices. Below are profiles of three new or newly revamped sites aimed at helping contractors procure...
The Internet, as a business tool, is moving front and center in the construction industry. And fast. Using solutions ranging from Autocad 2000 to a new breed of hosted extranets, the increased pace of Internet-based information exchange among...
Ask any teenager and you will hear that the Internet is an active meeting place. But this depiction is also increasingly true in many vertical industries, including construction. Subs will be able to prepare and distribute requests for quotes to...
