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Multiple teams are involved during the lifecycle of a construction project. What one may consider an essential functionality for a software platform, another team may never use. That’s why it is important to know what “good” construction software looks like from different perspectives. This way, you can make an informed decision in choosing a platform that ticks the right boxes for employees across multiple teams.

Construction Business Owner, the leading business magazine for contractors, is pleased to announce a free webinar presented in partnership with Viewpoint.

Today, advances in technology provide contractors with real-time information and a single source of truth across the business. By moving from manual processes and spreadsheets to modernized operations, it’s easier to collect, analyze, and share data.

Technology is changing how the Built World plans, manages, and executes projects. While you may have seen the BuiltWorlds research report on advanced machinery and equipment or our Analyst Call featuring innovative IoT solutions on the jobsite, innovative built tech solutions continue to be developed and used to address critical enterprise-wide and project-specific operational, management, and intelligence needs, too.

Contractors have their hands full today managing people, processes and projects across multiple jobsites—each with their own unique sets of contractual, procedural and environmental challenges. Since contractors often operate with razor-thin profit margins and unsteady cash flows, having an accurate understanding of job costs is vital to success.

There is a data transformation occurring in the construction industry as emerging technologies and solutions are empowering contractors to collect increased detail on their projects—and do more with this information. These technologies are changing the very way contractors across all disciplines operate, leading to smarter, safer construction projects and higher profit margins.

Caldwell Marine’s construction software system by Viewpoint helped keep the project on schedule by centralizing and providing complete visibility into the project’s financial data, giving both on-site and out-of-state team members easy access to project data.

The construction industry is in the midst of a significant technology transformation as contractors adopt the latest cloud technologies to help enhance operations, automate workflows, streamline data into single streams and extend collaboration beyond the walls of the office. Yet, for an industry that has historically struggled with change, many contractors who have yet to modernize may not know where to start—or how to integrate and maximize their technology investments to get the most out of new solutions put in place.

While it's important for construction pros to stay up to date on the latest trends and technologies, who has time for a class or book? Another form of learning — podcasts — lets listeners absorb insights and tips on the go.

A new report from Dodge Data and Analytics provides some interesting insight into how contractors are collecting and using data from the field. The report, “Improving Performance with Project Data: How improved collection and analysis is leading the digital transformation of the construction industry,” is based on interviews with 187 construction industry players, mostly general contractors and specialty trade contractors.