Standard Training (free to all users)

• Online videos
• Online Help system
• E-mail and phone support (got a question, call 1 866 585 5050 ext 1)

Setup and Configuration

While the system is easy to use and there are videos to help get started, some people prefer a hand getting started.

We'll spend two hours to acquaint you with features, answer your questions, load your account information, and get you rolling.

Including:

• Questions to understand your specific needs
• A custom tour of the system built around your needs
• Create:
  • a job
  • a construction document using a template
  • a contact
  • a note
• Schedule:
  • an appointment
  • a to do
  • a task
  • a job or business process using a template
• Send:
  • an e-mail using a template
  • a fax using a template
  • a text message
• Upload and share a file
• Add your logo, e-mail signature, e-mail settings
• Customize your preferences

Plus we'll save you a ton of time and load your electronic contact lists (address book) into the system for you.

Plus introduce you to the online video tutorials so you and your team can take full advantage of the system... at your own pace.

Setup and Configuration for only $150 per company. 

To get rolling contact: support@builditsystems.com

Coaching / Consulting

• Specialized one-to-one or group training
• On-line
• Solve tough business problems / discover new ways to do things
  

Coaching: $85/hr

To get started contact: support@builditsystems.com

On Site Training

Have a bunch of people that need training? No sweat, we can help. Have a trainer come to your place of business. This option works well for groups.

Onsite training: $600 per day, plus expenses, up to 6 hours per day.

To arrange On-Site Training contact: support@builditsystems.com

Dear BuildIT User,

Announcing a powerful new way to store, organize, and share all your electronic files.

During the last decade a large number of small and mid size businesses made use of software to increase efficiency and boost profits.

However, construction businesses have not adopted software technology to the same extent as other 'hands-on' businesses (including automotive shops, suppliers, restaurants, and retail stores).

The reasons have more to do with the shortcomings of computers and software than they do with contractors being resistant.

Construction has a track record of adopting technology including cordless tools, air tools, laser tools, fax machines, mobile phones, and more.

So, what has prevented contractors from using computers to the same extent as other businesses?

For one thing, it's been difficult for contractors to understand how computers can help because computers and software have been mismatched with their real needs.

Construction software that:

• is geared to managing information by the job/project (not by the transaction)
• can be accessed by people in different locations
• can do a wide variety of things (without learning a dozen different packages)
• can store information generated by other software programs
• can fax information without printing, looking up/dialing numbers, or waiting for fax machines
• can grow with their business
• is easy to use with how to videos (not fat boring manuals)
• is flexible and customizable

People have no interest in dealing with something they perceive as potentially complex unless they see the benefit. Many in construction have seen (and still see) computers as difficult and frustrating - and rightly so they have been.

More on why contractors have sneered at computers, why it's changing, and why you need to be ready...

Over the next 10 - 15 years, 2/3 of all private business owners will be looking to sell out and retire. These 'baby boomer' businesses have only one place to look for buyers - the next generation.

However, the next generation has fewer people - that means a lot more businesses than buyers.

Whenever supply is greater than demand, prices are forced down. That means many businesses will never sell; they'll just close - not much reward for a lifetime of work.

What ingredient will set businesses apart from the crowd? What will make them sell faster and at a higher price?

Sure they'll have customers and be profitable (but so will businesses that don't sell). The magic ingredient is that they'll have good business systems in place - which will help them sell, while competitors shut their doors and close forever.

Construction software systems help businesses sell because buyers find business with good systems very attractive. If you were buying a business, which would you rather buy? A business with organized predictable ways of doing things or one without?

Systems create lasting value because the seller has a well oiled machine to hand over to the new owner - a predictable working systematized business.

Systems are the same magic ingredient that make franchise businesses and retail chain stores dominate.

More on the advantages of systems for contractors...

More on the advantages of tapping into proven business systems...

More on the advantages of web based construction software systems...

Web-based construction software is more user-friendly than conventional software.

A lot of work is done behind the scenes - and that makes it easier for you and the people you work with to use it.

• access Job information anywhere, anytime through the internet
• no software to install (just access it thru the web)
• no software to upgrade or maintain (it's done for you)
• no data to back up (it's done for you)
• no hardware to maintain (it's done for you)
• no expensive computer networking required (the web is the worlds best computer network)
• automatic virus protection and spam filtering (it's done for you)
• located in high security facilty managed by a professional technical team

Access and manage your business information from:

• home
• office
• site office
• a customers home
• while on the road (with a wireless air card)
• at many coffee shops and restuarants (with a wireless connection)
• while traveling (even on vacation)
• an interent cafe on the other side of the planet

With BuildIT's web-based system computer headaches are a thing of the past. It's like having your own team of high tech professionals taking care of your construction software systems - for a fraction of the cost.

More on the advantages of business systems for contractors...

The three types of construction software (and the big freaken gap)...

More on the advantages of tapping into proven business systems for contractors...

You're busy dealing with your own work load. The last thing you need is more headaches.

But the fact is, with computers come with headaches:

• software needs to be installed
• software needs to be upgraded
• data needs to be backed up
• there's hardware to maintain
• computers need to be networked (connected)

Are any of these things part of your job? Probably not, but someone in your company has to do it or you hire someone that will (and they don't come cheap).

The way things often play out in small companies, is that people who are unqualified and reluctant end up setting up, maintaining, and being responsible for the computers in their company.

Web based construction software makes it alot easier...

With BuildIT, a lot of work is done behind the scenes so you don't have to worry...

Compare BuildIT to other construction software systems...

Regular off-the-shelf accounting software is the most widely used software for contracting businesses. Bookkeepers, office managers, and spouses use it more than contractors themselves.

Estimating software is the next most used software. Usually just a simple construction estimating spreadsheet. Once set up, spreadsheets are easy to use, flexible, and generally work well (setting them up is another story).

Specialty design software is also commonly used by a variety of construction related businesses. Usually used by suppliers and people involved in the pre-job phase or early in the job itself.

Estimating/design and accounting occur at opposite ends of the Job (early in a job and late/after a job). However, a lot of information needs to be managed, organized, scheduled, and communicated along the way. This is the big gap - where there's a lot of room to improve communication, reduce mistakes, and increase efficiency.

Every Job depends on managing information, either in your head or using systems to do it. The difference between mildly profitable and wildly profitable comes down to how well information and work flow is managed.

BuildIT helps contracting businesses manage information and streamline work flow.

The secret to streamlining your contracting business...

How BuildIT helps your contracting business grow...

Why most construction software is such a pain (and how to avoid it)...

More on the many kinds of construction software (and what to consider when buying)...