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Link to register in the comments. Join Caleb Taylor and Matt Mastrofrancesco as they discuss the state of preconstruction and the steps ENR Top 400 GC Rycon Construction took to improve their profit margins and reputation in the market. Topics include: 😓 The challenges of preconstruction and why they persist 🤝 Ways to consolidate operations and business development efforts 💡 What steps Rycon Construction took in the last few years to unlock more accurate revenue forecasting, better hiring and workforce intelligence, and an all-around higher ceiling for business success See you on March 6! #webinar #construction #preconstruction #constructiontechnology

Happy belated Valentine's Day (we didn't forget, we swear)! As the dust settles from the Super Bowl, the latest edition of our newsletter The SLAB covers: -Slow planning momentum due to commercial & institutional playing tug of war -ABC's new AI guide for contractors -The trends for construction marketing in 2024 -Podcast on Advancing Preconstruction conference (we'll see you there in Denver!) -Paint-by-numbers: the activity that brings companies together -The dating app that matches based on credit score -The headset war between Meta and Apple -ChatGPT's respect toward not messing up AI Taylor Swift's hair Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter (clink on the link, you can't miss it) so the next edition of The SLAB makes it into your inbox. Have a safe and sound President's Day weekend, everybody.

Mobile versions of construction software lean more toward a necessity than a convenience. Because buildings may not move, but you sure do. The freedom to not be tied to your desktop computer to do your job keeps your workflow lightweight and agile as can be. Of course, a clunky mobile experience can feel worse than no mobile app at all. Adherence to being as congruent as possible to a 1:1 desktop version without sacrificing usability is the North Star of any mobile app. Even if you’re not a Buildr customer, these five mobile features should be at the top of your list when it comes to vetting mobile versions of a CRM: 📱 Mobile dashboards 📇 Roaming rolodex 📵 Offline access ✅ Automatic call logging 🪪 Business card scanner Head over to the blog below for an in-depth deep dive of Buildr's new and improved mobile app experience.

The future of your business is determined at preconstruction and it's never been clearer. Imagine transforming your business's future from a goal achieved through painstaking manual data sifting, endless meetings, and guesswork to a reality shaped by real-time analytics and precise forecasting. The good news is that the path to greater success has been buried in your project data all along. Buildr's enhanced business insights bring unprecedented clarity to the preconstruction phase, empowering your company to answer its most important questions and make more informed decisions with features like: 📈 Win-rate analytics, 💰 Profit tracking, 😪 Lost opportunity reporting, 🏗️ Annual construction volume statistics, 👷 Employee project revenue analysis Head over to our blog below to check out our business insight product highlights. #construction #constructiontechnology #businessdevelopment #preconstruction

We're pleased to share our partnership with the Advancing Preconstruction 2024 summit taking place May 1-3 in Denver, CO.   Returning for its 9th year, Advancing Preconstruction 2024 is North America’s premiere event for uncovering the latest trends, innovations and best practices to optimize your approach to preconstruction and estimating.   It’s not too late to join us – download the event guide to find out more:  https://ter.li/ky6lz9

In the final 2023 publication of The SLAB, our stocking stuffers included: -How infrastructure padded construction's backlog stats -The top construction events/conferences coming in 2024 -The best gifts to get that construction pro in your life -An insightful conversation with the VP of Precon at Moss & Associates (Construction) on The Preconstruction Podcast -The best TV seasons of the past year -A controversial gingerbread house competition at Buildr -New AI wearable pins that are fixing to replace smartphones - ...and much more! Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter (clink on the link, you can't miss it) to make sure the next edition of The SLAB belly flops into your inbox in 2024. Have a safe and happy holidays from Buildr!

Adopting a new construction software seems like it would be hard. But if you’re not getting value out of your existing solution that you outgrew a few years ago, you’re opting to live in a state of perpetual difficulty. Sunk-cost fallacy is the phenomenon when you're reluctant to abandon a strategy because you've invested heavily in it, even when it’s clear that abandonment would be more beneficial. In construction, sunk-cost fallacy is less a phenomenon than the norm for a myriad of reasons. The rationalization of sticking with "legacy" softwares and processes usually boils down to: “Construction is complicated and time-consuming. There’s not enough time to think about changing softwares or upending processes that we’ve had in place for years.” This hypothetical quote-sayer is so close to getting the point. It’s the very fact that construction is so complicated and time is in such short supply that having a good construction-specific CRM is critical to thriving. The goal is thriving, not just surviving. Read on to find out why there's no better time than the New Year to swap your CRM. #constructiontechnology #construction #constructionmanagement