Contractor Wisdom
Blog URL http://blog.builditsystems.com
Located Kelowna, British Columbia Canada
Tags construction, scheduling, contractor, builder, project management, organization, home builder, constructor
BuildIT - a web based construction scheduling program for small to mid sized contractors. Blog contains articles of interest to contractors, software updates, psa's, and general rants on software and technology used in the industry. Free test drive.
Latest Blog Posts
- Trends in Construction Scheduling Software on Oct 15, 2009 in BuildIT Advantage On Construction Software
10 years ago, you'd be hard pressed to find many residential construction professionals giving serious consideration to desktop construction software. Web based construction software was in its infancy and contractors were generally reluctant to...
- BuildIT Lean and Mean on Sep 7, 2009 in BuildIT Advantage Contractor Wisdom
Scott Sedam, President and Founder of TrueNorth Development recently did a presentation on Becoming the Lean Builder. He nailed it. For years, as a technical consultant for Weyerhaeuser's engineered wood product line, I saw waste and ineffi...
- BuildIT: proud supporter of Rally4Life.org on May 23, 2009 in Giving Back
"One of the largest traveling carnivals in the world" is how some competitors describe the DAKAR Rally. And in 2011, Mark Jennings-Bates and his team at Rally4Life plan on being the first Canadian 4WD entrant in this prestigious event&nb...
- The Life and Times of a BuildIT Salesman... on May 5, 2009 in Sordid Tales From The Front Lines
I love what I do, and I love to help those that want help, and I love to be part of BuildIT customers' success stories. Fortunately, the good far outweighs the bad. But the "bad" deserves some mention. They do say that tr...
- Help is a click away on Apr 23, 2009 in Contractor Wisdom On Being More Productive
Help. There's a lot of it available out there... for you... and much of it is free. Help with your marketing, business management, and ways to stay competitive, cash flow positive, and ahead of the pack. And in this economy, why not ta...
- Truth in Advertising!? on Apr 5, 2009 in BuildIT Advantage Contractor Wisdom Convince me...
Oxymoron is defined as a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms. Truth. Advertising. Contradictory?! Can't say that I'm finding much truth in the advertising I'm coming across lately, maybe I'm j...
- Essential Services on Mar 15, 2009 in BuildIT Advantage Contractor Wisdom
At the present time, we are in the midst of economic turmoil. Record job losses. GM on the brink of bankruptcy. Housing starts are at a crawl, and forclosure auctioneers have never been busier. Some very telling trends are underway...
