Software

Software

• An App to Streamline Blueprint Sharing

  Fast and intuitive, the PlanGrid app allows teams to annotate and share plans seamlessly.

   

• New Software Tool Lets Trade Partners Share 3D Plans

  SAPPHIRE Viewer eases the reviewing and confirmation process, especially for roof and wall truss construction.

   

• Co-construct Offers Client Mobile App

  Co-construct's client mobile app is powered by the company's software but branded with the builder's logo.

   

• USP Structural Connectors' Catalog Available on iPad

  USP Structural Connectors has made its entire catalog of products available through its new iPad app.

   

• Is Proprietary Software Better Suited for Builders' Operations?

  A regional builder and systems provider debate customization and compromise.

   

• BlockAvenue Aims to Be Yelp for Neighborhoods

  The service is mining Facbook for hyperlocal comments to help fuel its neighborhood ratings.

   

• Serious Energy Sells Its Business in Colorado

  The high-profile supplier retrenches to its core building products.

   

• Four Tech-Savvy Architects Reveal Their Favorite Apps

  Apps can shrink desktop programs to fit and function on mobile devices, but the most sophisticated programs enable designers to work in a new paradigm of connectivity that was previously unimaginable.

   

• New Tech Tools

  New Builder Communication Feature and New Walk-Through Platform

   

• Your Website First Point of Contact

  Builders need to know the five key points to a successful website.

   

• Business Software Developers Wins Ruling

  Federal appeals court in Seattle upheld the terms of a commercial software publisher's end-user license agreement.

   

• Software Developers Create Apps for Builders Using iPads

  The iPad hasn't replaced laptops just yet but it's coming.

   

• New System Shows Homeowners How to Significantly Reduce Their Mortgage Interest Payments

  A consumer advocate and software provider think builders could offer this program as a sales incentive.

   

• Web-Based Software Apps for Builders

  BuilderMT Suite and Explorer Software Group software now work together.

   

• Construction Accounting Software Acquisitions

  Constellation HomeBuilder Systems aquires BuildTopia and Sage adds Timberline Enterprise.

   

• Home Energy Performance Audits and Advice at Your Fingertips

  A new application for iPad and iPhone helps architects, builders, and homeowners evaluate home efficiency and energy ratings.

   

• Managing Warranty Issues Through Automation

  Several new software solutions for home builders to manage warranty issues effectively and efficiently.

   

• Builders Collaborate With Buyers

  New software allows buyers and builders to work together online to design a home.

   

• AIA Issues New Software to Help Firms Perform Energy Modeling

  Reporting tool advances the group’s goal of achieving carbon-neutral buildings by 2030.

   

• New California Residential Building Initiatives Challenge Builders

  BIM software can help builders be more efficient and meet these challenges.