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Construction Software Basics - Beware of Hidden Costs
As your construction company grows, operations get more complex. More jobs, more people, more moving parts. To keep things running smoothly, most companies invest in a few essential types of software:
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems: The central hub of your business. ERP brings together financials, project data, Human Resources (HR), and operations, so your team works from a single source of truth. Common ERP platforms in construction include CMiC, Viewpoint Vista, and Sage 300. ControlBoard® directly supports these systems, including out-of-the-box connectors for Procore, Sage Intacct, and Foundation, ensuring that jobs, employees, and cost codes flow into your schedule without manual entry.
Why Event-Based Scheduling Doesn't Work — and How Growing Construction Companies Should Schedule
As companies grow, scheduling becomes increasingly complex. Many businesses naturally start with scheduling tools like Outlook or Gmail. While these work for personal or small-scale scheduling, they fall short as a company grows, especially in a dynamic environment like construction.
The reason is simple: these tools focus on events rather than resources, leading to inefficiencies and conflicts that slow growth. Here’s why event-based scheduling isn’t ideal for growing construction companies and how resource-based scheduling can set you up for sustainable success.
Beast Mode Scheduling with ControlBoard®
ControlBoard® lets you schedule three different ways.
You can view jobs in a calendar and assign resources to job activities.
You can view resources and resource types in a calendar and assign job activities to them.
You can view groups of resources, called crews, and assign them to job activities.
But sometimes that’s not enough for a complete long-term plan. Say you want to schedule a whole day on a job in one shot. Say you have a couple dozen allocations and you need to move them all at once to tomorrow, or next week. Say you have all your allocations lined up on one job and need that exact group again later, on a different job.