Technology is a great enabler in any industry. In particular, the construction industry is experiencing a new and revitalized era with the help of technology through new applications and tools. These applications from tech start-up companies are transforming how construction companies are designing, planning and executing their projects. In September 2017, Software Connect, who recommends software for their client’s specific needs, conducted a survey from construction industr

Is Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology all it's cracked up to be? OCR technology is a hardware/software tool that takes a paper document, usually an invoice, scans and “reads” it and turns it into metadata that can be used to populate fields in a database. From there the invoice can be brought into an electronic workflow for processing. Sounds great, right It's only a plaster... Companies spend millions of dollars on off-the-shelf OCR tools every year in the hope o

For many construction businesses the biggest obstacle they face isn’t finding enough qualified workers or even bidding for jobs, it’s actually cash flow — specifically, not having enough of it to pay for liabilities like bills and payroll. According to a recent study conducted by TSheets and zlien, 1 in 5 construction companies faces a cash flow problem. The surprising cause of cash flow problems After 10 years in business, Brooke and Kevin Smith*, the husband-and-wife owners