Boosting Productivity with Apps

Boosting Productivity with Apps

Construction is a sector that’s always advancing, and there are scores of new apps that will help midsize businesses succeed and thrive.

Here is a list of innovative apps that will get your business moving.

Joist Inc.

Joist Inc’s contractor estimate and invoice app is literally a one-stop-shop app that allows contractors to calculate everything from material needs, labor costs, and payments to invoices and then export all the data to your accounting and payroll software.

Big Blue Pixel Inc.

Put your tape measure away and let Big Blue Pixel Inc.’s Photo Measures app take a picture of the area you are measuring, and then draw your measurements right onto the photo. Get accurate measurements without the hassle of using your manual tape measure and making costly errors.

Bulldozair

Do you have a big project that entails lots of paperwork from blueprints, drawings, spreadsheets and PDFs that your entire crew needs to ponder over? Let Bulldozair synchronize these on one mobile device − which all those who need to be in the know can access, without the need for an internet connection.

Calculated Industries

Construction Master Pro from Calculated Industries can remove the headaches of determining area and volume of drywall siding or paneling that include calculating complex circular spaces, angles, inch fractions, feet-inch-fractions, yards and more. Who needs a calculator anymore?

PlanGrid

This app can bring your team together in virtual reality to share markups, plans, reports and photos of whatever job you’re working or making a plan for. And you never have to worry about sensitive information because PlanGrid comes with the AES-256 bit back-to-back encryption. Save time and money by sharing plans and ideas in real-time and from remote locales.

AR Productions

Work Log Pro by AR Productions keeps a laser eye on payroll for you. How does it do this? By helping you or your manager track shift hours, breaks, overtime and even mileage. Keep records by week, month or year or pre-cost these expenses over the same projected time periods. Work Log Pro can help your construction business track your team and expenses, and make solid estimates to keep you and your business on budget.

The Expanding World of Apps

Never before has there been such a wide array of downloadable applications to make your life easier on the job. If you own a mid sized construction business, consider utilizing these new apps to take you and your team to a whole new level.