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- Moving toward websites that satisfy customers, please stakeholders, and bring value to the company
- Moving toward websites that satisfy customers, please stakeholders, and bring value to the companyblog rootDonNo matter how talented a plumber is, they have a limitedview of a house and a limited toolset. Ittakes an experienced general contractor, with an understanding of the entirehouse and how it fits into the...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, michael.crocker@..., general contractor, e-mail, Web site, marketing
- Discussion threads 2005-11-17
- General Contractor Saves Time and Money, Positions for Growth
- Based in Canton, Ohio, JBG General Contractors, LLC specializes in new residential construction projects. The owner of JBG General Contractors, LLC struggled for months to find software that was easy to learn and use, included comprehensive functionality without requiring add-ons, and provided the comprehensive integration necessary to keep the business...
- Tags: Residential Construction, Microsoft Corp., General Contractor
- Case studies 2005-10-19
- Project managers: Here's a document that could save your job
- The client doesn't like how the project was completed and demands an expensive overhaul. How do you respond? It happened to Andy Weeks. Learn how a simple document saved the day—and saved his company thousands of dollars.You think you have a handle on the project. It’s not particularly big, and...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Andy Weeks, general contractor, job
- Technical articles 2000-05-29
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- EZ-Forms-Contractor (exe)
- EZ-Forms-Contractor is the filler, printer, and viewer for contractor and construction professional related forms. Contains 58 contractor and construction related forms. Forms were adapted for electronic fill-in/out, with print and save capability by EZ-Forms.
- Tags: Construction, Contractor, EZ-Forms-Contractor, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2005-06-07
- EstiMan (exe)
- EstiMan is an estimate manager. A simple and straightforward approach to computer aided estimating for the construction industry. It can be used by any kind of contractor from the homebuilder to the general contractor to any type of sub. Pricing database, manage your material, labor, sub, equipment, and fees in...
- Tags: Montana, EstiMan, Storage, Pricing, Databases, Hardware, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2005-12-06
- BP's Carson Unit Refines Contractor Management With WorkTech's Contractor Cost Tracking System (CCTS)
- BP is a leading oil, gas, and energy business with operations in 100 countries around the world. The goals of the company were alignment of processes across all business areas, improve management of contractor relationships, reduce error rates, frustration, and labor costs and gain timely, detailed information or decision-making and...
- Tags: British Petroleum Co Plc, Contractor Cost Tracking System, Tools & Techniques, Construction, Management
- Case studies
- Contractors, new hires just IT in general
- I have been a contractor, a full time employee and a support tech. Over the years and this thought just came to me. Boy did it hurt I had to think ;) Every place except two just let me walk in get a card, ID or token to have access...
- Tags: zlito@..., windows, windows xp, security, outsourcing, contractors, information technology
- Discussion threads 2006-03-27
- Mail Merge using Excel Data
- I have an excel spreadsheet where I have mulitple e-mail addresses for each contractor. When I set up a mail merge in word, if there are multiple e-mail addresses listed it ignores them all and does not send that contractor an e-mail at all. Does anyone know how...
- Tags: e-mail, e-mail address, mdbiggar@..., Microsoft Excel, project management
- Q&A 2004-11-08
- Three tactics for dealing with sub-par performance of contractors
- What do you do when a tem member is not meeting your expectations? Normally, a project manager would deal with poor performance through a process of trying to determine the cause of the performance problem, further monitoring, getting very specific on deliverables and due dates, documenting the performance problems, and...
- Tags: Contractor, Performance, Tom Mochal
- Blog posts 2007-09-04
- Independent Contractors Using Company Equipment
- Does anyone out there have company policy on independent contractors using company equipment? Equipment being laptops and printers....Thanks in advance!independent contractor policywe have a roaming laptop that can use a wireless access point. the laptop has a guest domain account that can only access certain things. we...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, mhooser, contractor policy, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-07-25
- Access Table Links & How to Calc Totals
- I want to convert an Excel spreadsheet that I use to track contractor time sheets to an access database. For payment at the end of the month each contractor completes a time sheet form on which they indicate every week's total hours worked and this is captured by one person...
- Tags: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Databases, Microsoft Access, spamgambit@...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-21
- wireless networks
- I have a contractor that uses a winxp pc that needs to access our small windows server 2003 domain network. Our PCs connect via WAP but a printer is connected to the network via a wired jetdirect card.The contractor's pc is capable of connecting via wireless connection and would...
- Tags: active directory, network, networking, printer, security, server 2003, shawnj985@..., windows, wireless, wireless network
- Discussion threads 2005-12-31
- HP Case Study: International Offshore Drilling Contractor
- Considered the world leader in offshore drilling, this international contractor specializes in technically demanding segments of the offshore drilling business, including industry-leading positions in deepwater and harsh environment drilling services. They wanted to implement a centralized, open standards-based messaging system to support a growing population of remote users. Company executives...
- Tags: Offshore, Hewlett-Packard Co., Messaging, Groupware, Outsourcing, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- Case studies
- E.Pihl & Son Up and Running Faster With Flexible Infrastructure From IBM
- A Danish building contractor needed to gain flexibility and speed in establishing vital communications infrastructure with new projects around the world. The contractor deployed a wireless communications infrastructure system designed, developed and implemented by IBM Global Services. Benefits include deployment in one week instead of up to six weeks; low...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Roi/Tco, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Case studies
- IT jobs are starting to come back but
- Have gone to other jobs out of the IT field. What is general idea about the IT field and should people get back into it or not? I became a contractor and stayed up to date with new technology. The other guys could not because of money and keeping thier...
- Tags: IT Field, information technology
- Discussion threads 2005-07-28
- SureInvoice (tgz)
- Designed primarily for service-oriented businesses SureInvoice is the right tool for the job to track billable hours, non-billable hours, and one time or recurring expenses for customer accounts. Track customer and employee or contractor information as well, with a flexible system to track billable rates per customer, project or employee/contractor...
- Tags: Hour, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Operational Accounting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance
- Software downloads 2005-07-13
- Unknown SMTP account on email client properties
- This question is for exchange 2003. If I create a new email blank page got to (TO:)to pick a contact from the global address list there is an SMTP account that is not ours and belongs to a contractor. Does that means that he is getting a copy of all...
- Tags: sfalaptops@..., SMTP, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2007-09-10
- The Weitz Company Streamlines Human Resources and Financial Management to Prepare for Rapid Growth
- The Weitz Company is a 152-year old general contracting company. Started by Charles H. Weitz in 1855 as a small carpentry shop, the Weitz Company has grown into the nation's 21st largest general building contractor. The company wanted to support rapid, exponential growth. The challenge was to use technology to...
- Tags: Human Resources, Oracle Corp., Financial, J.D. Edwards & Co., Payroll, Financial Management, Operational Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance
- Case studies 2007-09-01
- Download our essential tips for independent contractors and consultants
- Looking for advice on going into business for yourself? Not sure whether to call yourself a contractor or a consultant, or how to protect yourself in your contracts? Read this compilation of articles by Meredith Little for all the answers.What is it that makes IT pros want to go into...
- Tags: Jennifer Recktenwald, independent contractor, Meredith Little
- Technical articles 2000-06-12
- Bid4Build Construction Estimating Software (exe)
- Bid4Build is one of the most advanced, easy to use, construction estimating software systems available on the market today for the price. Designed for all sizes of general & subcontractors, Bid4Build is well suited for all types of residential construction, insurance estimating, home remodeling projects and many areas of commercial...
- Tags: Intuit QuickBooks, Bid4Build Enterprises, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Project, Management, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2004-01-12
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