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September 5, 2014

Industry Specific Software — Construction Manager

800-735-6176 www.iss-software.com   2011 Overall Rating 4.25   Best Fit Well-suited for small to mid-sized construction companies, Construction Manager contains solid financial capability along with an excellent array of job management features. Strengths Cost Management module maintains job leads, tracks all types of client contact & maintains detailed history on all clients Historical estimating option... Read more »

Mary Girsch-Bock

800-735-6176

www.iss-software.com

 

2011 Overall Rating 4.25

 

Best Fit

Well-suited for small to mid-sized construction companies, Construction Manager contains solid financial capability along with an excellent array of job management features.

Strengths

  • Cost Management module maintains job leads, tracks all types of client contact & maintains detailed history on all clients
  • Historical estimating option pulls detail from previous jobs to create a quick job budget for a new job
  • Wide range of optional industry-specific modules
  • Contact management module pulls information into one comprehensive database
  • Job material lists can be sent directly to suppliers to help ensure more competitive pricing
  • Document Management module available

Potential Limitations

  • No SaaS option (but remote access is available via third party, i.e. PC Anywhere, gotomypc.com, etc.)
  • Product does not offer dashboards
  • Lack of mobile tools for field techs to utilize

Executive Summary & Pricing

Construction Manager is an excellent product for small to mid-sized contractors, offering solid job cost accounting, subcontractor management and change order capability. Affordably priced at $945 for a single-user system to $5,795 for a network version of the product, ISS also offers Construction Manager on a leasing option with costs ranging from $75 to $225 a month.

Product Delivery Methods

_x_ On-Premises

___ SaaS

___ Hosted by Vendor

 

BASIC SYSEM FUNCTIONS – 4.25

CORE ACCOUNTING CAPABILITIES – 4.5

CONSTRUCTION/CONTRACTOR SPECIFIC FEATURES – 4.5

REPORTING & MANAGEMENT TOOLS – 4

INTEGRATION/IMPORT/EXPORT – 4.5

HELP/SUPPORT – 4.25

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Mary Girsch-Bock

Mary Girsch-Bock

Contributing Writer

Mary grew up in Chicago, graduating from the University of Illinois-Chicago. She began her career as accountant and later made the switch to writing full time, concentrating on business and technology, with a focus on small business. A former QuickBooks beta tester, Mary’s work has appeared in The Motley Fool, The Blueprint, and Property Manager.com.  She currently writes a monthly accounting and technology-related blog for PLANERGY, and ghostwrites several blogs for various software companies.