residential construction

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Construction Firm Increases Revenue and Reduces Paperwork With Desktop Software

Kuhlmann & Sons Construction, LLC, offers residential construction services in Salisbury, North Carolina. The firm's owner wanted to increase business while reducing the amount of time spent on administration. The small business owner of Kuhlmann & Sons Construction wanted to accept more residential remodeling and home repair jobs. After working...

Tags: Software, Revenue, Desktop, Job, Desktop Software, Residential Construction, Microsoft Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Case studies 2009-03-02

Additional Resources

KCC Engineering &Construction Cuts Monthly Reporting Time From 25 Days to 5 Days With Oracle E-Business Suite R12

KCC Engineering & Construction (KCC E&C) is one of South Korea's leading building companies. KCC E&C is aiming to become the foremost residential apartment builder within the next two to three years. To achieve this, the company decided to implement an Enterprise Resource Planning ERP system that could be adapted...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle E-Business Suite, KCC E&C, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Operational Accounting, Sales Force Management, Software, Finance, Sales

Case studies 2009-10-01

Speeding up construction on 'green' homes

At Greentech Media’s Green Building Summit at SRI International in Menlo Park, Calif., Serious Material Chairman Marc Porat discusses the challenges associated with building "green" residential homes. He believes it’s important for the green industry to persuade governments to mandate environmentally sustainable buildings in order to speed up construction. ...

Tags: Construction, Government, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Speeding up construction on ‘green' homes

At Greentech Media's Green Building Summit at SRI International in Menlo Park, Calif., Serious Material Chairman Marc Porat discusses the challenges associated with building "green" residential homes. He believes it's important for the green industry to persuade governments to mandate environmentally sustainable buildings in order to speed up construction.

Tags: Construction, Government, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Management, Green Buildings

Videos 2009-06-15

ERP Solution Gives Engineering Firm Strategic Insight Into Project Costs and Profits

Founded in 1979, David Evans and Associates provides engineering, design, and construction management services for large commercial, residential, and public sector building projects. For years, the company used separate systems for project management and accounting. The lack of integration among its various systems required employees to manually reconcile account information,...

Tags: ERP, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-06-01

Construction Firm Boosts Productivity by 30 Per Cent With Messaging Solution

Golden Pyramids Plaza is responsible for one of the most prestigious urban developments in the Middle East. Based in Cairo, it builds and manages commercial, hotel, and residential properties. Golden Pyramids Plaza GPP is a leading Egypt-based developer of highly prestigious commercial and residential urban projects. GPP needed to guarantee...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Golden Pyramids Plaza, Groupware, E-mail Servers, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-05-01

Speed Cameras Give No License To Kill

Speed Cameras Give No License To KillDont break the law... and you wont get a ticketDont break the law and you dont have to worry...People running red lights way into the other green... people driving down the freeway at 80 miles a hour talking on the cell phone.. they...

Tags: camera, Speed Cameras, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Carolina hydrogen: heavy duty but lighter than air

The hydrogen revolution is taking place, right now...in South Carolina. I recently blogged the state's first H2 fuel station. Now they're unveiling a house powered by solar and a hydrogen fuel cell. It's in Aiken, South Carolina. The second hydrogen-powered house on earth. You can...

Tags: Hydrogen, Hydrogen Revolution, Greenway Energy, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-04-02

Greentechies smiling a little brighter today

Courtesy: Foundation Capital. One immediate effects of the Obama Administration's economic plans: it has stimulated optimism among greentech firms and investors. I spoke yesterday with Steve Vassallo, principal at Foundation Capital. They have a range of greentech investments in their VC portfolio. Steve walked...

Tags: Window, Grid, Ozone, EnerNOC, Vassallo, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-18

Integrated E-Mail, Search, and Archiving Gives Construction Giant Peace of Mind

Founded in 1971, Webcor Builders constructs commercial, institutional, industrial, and multifamily residential buildings, and ranks at the top of industry lists for outstanding and green building construction. Like many construction companies, Webcor is concerned about litigation. The company needed a way to intelligently manage its ever-growing volume of e-mail -...

Tags: Archiving, Microsoft Exchange Server, Webcor Builders, E-mail, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-01-01

LectriCalc (Pocket PC) 5.0.05 (Mobile)

LectriCalc, particularly when used in conjunction with Master Bender Computer-Aided Bending, will permit all types of electricians, including residential, commercial, industrial, construction and maintenance to do many popular everyday calculations and information lookup in seconds. Architects, engineers and contractors will also find this information useful.

Tags: Mobile, PC, Arkansoft, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Software, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-01-01

Estimator 2.0 (Windows)

Estimation, Rate Analysis and Project Management Software for architects, builders, engineers and construction companies. With Estimator you can prepare detailed, abstract, material and labor estimates of residential and commercial buildings. You can also prepare tenders, measurement book, cost abstract, labor and contractor's bill, purchase order and other site management documents....

Tags: Site Management, Microsoft Windows, Softlogic Innovations

Software downloads 2008-12-08

2 million new green jobs? Propaganda, certainly, but a good topic for debate nonetheless

The Natural Resources Defense Council and affiliated lobbying groups is urging lawmakers to bone up on a new report from the Political Economy Research Institute PERI that suggests ideas for a $100 billion, two-year economic stimulus program that it believes could create up to 2 million new jobs. ...

Tags: Job, Report, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-10

Something in the air: Several random wind energy updates

It's been so still here in northern New Jersey for the past week that I can't imagine using the technology that I'm going to mention in this post. And yet the wind has been known to bend the trees in my yard, like kelp responding to a tidal surge. So,...

Tags: Alternative Energy, mW, Wind Energy, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Bid4Build Construction Estimating Software 3.5 (Windows)

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 and subcontractors, Bid4Build construction software generates bids, cost estimates and reports, quickly and accurately so you can win the work and build...

Tags: Software, Microsoft Windows, Bid4Build Enterprises, Tools & Techniques, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2008-08-01

Grumpy old man gets happy--how can this be? Isn't the U.S. economy hopelessly doomed?

I'm a grumpy old man. It's very easy to get really angry or completely depressed blogging about cleantech, or the need for it. From the global warming arguments to whole nations--like my own and China--stubbornly refusing to move to new technologies, this seems to be an era of...

Tags: U.S., McKinsey & Co., Clean Technology, Energy, Conservation, Deron Lovaas, Greenness, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-05

An Earth Day Valentine for smart metering technology

Welcome to my own personal Earth Day morning nightmare, in which I have just wasted all 10 minutes worth of water trying to get the hot water heater to trigger at my hotel. I have to run a three-hour-long panel session in a mere three hours, and I'm the sort...

Tags: Echelon, Haaser, Data Centers, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-04-22

Easy-Pro Builders Estimating 30.0 (Windows)

Feature packed Builders Construction Estimating Program designed by a builder for all Builders and Owner Builders.Easy to use spreadsheet format means simple self customisation to suit your business requirements.Accurate full screen Summary page provides an overall view of your estimate as you develop it on the Trade specific Worksheets.In use...

Tags: Builder, BuildnQuote, Easy-Pro Estimator, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-04-14

Home Builder Scheduler 2 (Windows)

This program was designed for the one time owner builder or residential contractor. It generates all the important time lines and dates for a schedule without the high cost of the major scheduling software programs. Homebuilder Scheduler is a flexible construction application which is only limited by the imagination and...

Tags: Emerald Key Software, Homebuilder Scheduler, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-01-15

This old (green) house

I have a confession to make: I am a preservationist. I'm nuts about old houses with stories to tell and atmosphere to spare, a passion that may seem at odds with my green leanings. Give me Newport, Rhode Island, with its Anglo-estate-envy or Cape May, with her...

Tags: Fact, Green, Channel Management, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-01-13