3 Tips to Save Time And Money With Free Construction SMS Management

If you are construction agency involved in multiple construction projects, keeping track of everything and keeping everyone up to speed on what's going on can prove tricky. Not everyone keeps track of emails or can be reached on the phone at all times. One of the most efficient methods for alerting workers of important announcements such as schedule changes is to send out mass text/SMS notifications. BuilderStorm's construction project management software enables you to do that, ensuring everyone in the workforce is up to date and is made aware of important announcements as swiftly as possible. This can be crucial when it comes to keeping your workers informed, minimizing inconvenience when there are changes to schedules, and generally keeping everyone happy.

Instant Notifications for Optimized Workforce Management

Maintaining effective and rapid communication with your workforce is easy and cost-effective with the BuilderStorm construction project management software. An allocation of free texts come included with the package and it's easy to add more for a small surcharge if required. Using Builderstorm's text/SMS notification feature will help your company to run more smoothly and efficiently, ensuring that are no breakdowns in communication which could result in costly setbacks.

 

Intelligent Filters to Contact the Relevant Individuals

There will inevitably be times when it will not be necessary to contact every single individual within your database. This is why BuilderStorm have implemented a filters system which enables you to send instant notifications to the relevant individuals only. This helps to prevent you using up your allocation of free texts and also means you won't be pestering everyone with gratuitous updates all the time. The filter system is intelligent and easy to use; it's seamlessly integrated into the BuilderStorm software to ensure that contacting the right people is a straightforward and hassle-free affair.

There are a number of instances when contacting everyone en masse via text/SMS will prove to be the most efficient means of communication. As well as important changes to a work schedule you may also be seeking for a quick and easy way to get a hold of everyone on your books, including workers not currently working. As well as providing notifications and updates, you can also send out requests to workers and the like.

Improve Efficiency and Save Time with Free Text Message Notifications

Text messages are the most effective and quickest way of contacting everyone with urgent information. Texts are received instantaneously; there's no danger of someone not checking their email or an email ending up in a spam folder. Texts are also much more efficient compared with taking the time and expense of phoning everyone individually which is why we've integrated a text/SMS feature into the BuilderStorm construction project management software. The content of the text message itself is easy to edit from within the software. BuilderStorm is cloud-based and mobile/tablet friendly which means you can arrange to send out instant notifications at any time wherever you are, whether from a laptop in your office or from a tablet or smart phone when out on site. Keeping everyone in the loop has never been easier with BuilderStorm's innovative and user-friendly construction project management software.

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Which Cloud Storage Services Is The Best For You?

Cloud storage is generally a service model in which data stored online and access the data from anywhere anytime through internet. Companies can store the data that can remotely access from any PC. Project management software for construction is also known as construction scheduling software. Construction Project management software is used for project planning and scheduling. Builder Storm’s construction project management software is construction photo storage or the ability to save photos for every single one of your projects within its own folder on the cloud.

To project run smoothly you need seamless communication and always access up to date files all the time. Everyone involved in the project like storing the entire file on your computer, uploading the drawing you have working on and emailing. Builder Storm provides unlimited storage and bandwidth for the upload of project files.

Accessed from any device- With Builder Storm you can use software on any device like laptop, mobile, tablet all these files are accessible and look is also great.

Everyone has access to the files- All of your files are stored in one place and there is no issue of files like not available. Builder Storm also provides useful information is stored on recent activity, as well as ability to comment on documents.

Referencing rather than duplicating- A great feature that Builder Storm provides is the ability to comment any file, photo, drawing, document, email attachment through other records, without re-upload the file in question. This saves on file duplication, confusion on the most up-to-date file and more efficient use of everyone’s time.

Backups- Builder Strom provides one more feature that is your files are backed up regularly. You can have the peace of mind that your files are looked after and secure.

Therefore, we can say that Builder Storm cloud services is the best for you because it is combined with project drawing and project documents and also offer everything that you need.

Why Choose BuilderStorm Software For Construction?

BuilderStorm provide online construction project management software that will save your organisation time and money. Also manage your project from any device at any place and share with whole team. 

How Did The BuilderStorm Construction Software Come About?

Starting BuilderStorm happened by complete chance, I was becoming more and more disillusioned by the Excel spreadsheet RFI schedule that I had to update every time a RFI changed status and then issue it to the team so they were up to date. We then had different team members with different revisions of the same spreadsheet and nobody really knew where we stood. As the sub-contractor we were probably missing out on delay claims, as the main contractor we probably not managing our designers properly.

The whole process was archaic and wrong. One day things had come to a head and I had a good old rant down the phone to my dear friend James, who until only recently had never been on a building site, let alone know what a RFI was. After a brief explanation of the process, James pointed out that a simple website would keep track of our RFI's in real-time. Whilst James had zero experience in construction, he is a web developer of many years working for some of the biggest clients in the UK. Within a few weeks we had the basic workings of a RFI website and it was pretty awesome. After showing my contracts manager at the time, his response was "That pretty neat, can you do an online diary"?..... Fast forward 3 years, we now have Builder Storm and over 30different features.

So Why The History Lesson?

Because back then, the end was always in sight. Just a few more months and it will be finished. Not true! We have now come to terms with the fact that the product will never be truly finished and that working all hours to get the latest release out will probably be the case for a while yet. Its hard work, long hours and stressful. But every so often I get an email from a client telling me how much easier we have made their lives and it really does give me a sense of achievement and put a smile on my face.

So What About The Big Software Companies?

Then we have the big boys. Google. The software company that has "made it", quite possibly the biggest company on the planet and the most profitable. You have to admire some of the innovations created by Google; they are literally the trend setters for all things technology. But there is a dark side to this giant.

In late 2015 a war was raging between the UK tax collectors (HMRC) and Google over tax avoidance tactics employed by Google. They had amassed total sales of £24Bn in the UK between 2005 and 2014 with an estimated profit of £7.2Bn (based on an assumed margin of 25-30%). But Google managed to negotiate a deal where they paid just £130m in tax for that period. They have since agreed to pay another £70m on top. This puts their corporation tax rate around 2-3% of profits. The standard corporation tax rate in the UK is 20%, which is what Builder Storm pay, like everyone else.

Tax expert to Jeremy Corbin is quoted as saying "What was already a poor deal for the government is now looking even worse and it looks like HMRC’s mess-up. I would say it clearly shows that HMRC is under-resourced and is struggling to cope in negotiations with major corporations".

How Did We Get To This Point?

My question is, why are they allowed to negotiate in the first place? They were paying back taxes for ten years, not one mention of a fine and they pay just 2-3%?? How Is That Fair? We pay our taxes; it’s the morale thing to do. If we only had to pay 2-3% we would benefit massively and our business would be on a level playing field. As it stands, it is impossible for any UK firm to compete with companies like Google and that can only change with legislation reform. We're obviously nowhere near their status and never will be, but let's hope every company can remain as competitive as these competitive giants that have a bigger spending budget then most countries.

Fancy Giving BuilderStorm A While?

If you feel you are struggling to manage your growing company we may be a great fix for you. We work hard to adjust our software to work with companies to ensure the software does not impact on your internal procedures that are critical to your business. Get in touch to have a free trial of our competitively priced online construction software today.