Developer · Brookline, MA · Member since 2019 · 21 posts · 4 votes
If you have any experience with construction/project management software, what are your recommendations/tips?
I work for a small/mid-sized development firm and we're in need of a new management software. Our needs are more geared toward project management (making sure projects are progressing as they should) and budgeting - not as much on the construction side of things like bids, estimates, etc.
From what I've researched, it seems like BuilderTrend and CoConstruct are the two unanimous leaders, but they offer more features than we need and are very expensive. Any recommendations/comments are appreciated!
I have always liked Microsoft Project for its functionality. If you need something more collaborative and like the SaaS model better, then you might consider Asana or Wrike. I like Wrike better out of the two. Good luck.
From an architecture and construction side, procore is a powerful tool for this, especially for larger scale developments. But seconding asana as a free option, it will just take more legwork to make it do what you need it to. If you just want a scheduling tool, looks like wrike might be your tool to develop Gantt charts etc.
@Account Closed Thanks for the response. I just checked out ProCore, and from what I see, I agree that it's geared more towards construction than we need. I hadn't seen Asana before you and Eric mentioned it, but if it's free it certainly can't hurt to look into it.
If you have any experience with construction/project management software, what are your recommendations/tips?
I work for a small/mid-sized development firm and we're in need of a new management software. Our needs are more geared toward project management (making sure projects are progressing as they should) and budgeting - not as much on the construction side of things like bids, estimates, etc.
From what I've researched, it seems like BuilderTrend and CoConstruct are the two unanimous leaders, but they offer more features than we need and are very expensive. Any recommendations/comments are appreciated!
Procore is great for large commercial projects. I always used BuilderTrend for residential and light commercial. They just purchased CoConstruct so lots of great options there.