Trimble e-Builder Reviews - Page 5

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The Progress step of Change Orders, Field Work Order and Pay applications are easily accessible.

This product cannot produce a decent Pay application Report that tells the summary or everything including stored materials etc.

Accurately manages project costs. I like the budget detail layouts for the project. I value the refusal of invoices without commitments and budget amounts in place.

Learning curve with process. Some screens are not very intuitive leading me to the next step. Lacks consistent way that you move from one screen to the next.

This product makes your work easier and it is the answer for removing of your file cabinets , this product has it all and it's easy to customize. Our company really appreciate this product and understand this product really well.

Until now We are using this product and Our company really love it . This product is so great that we can't see any negative sides of using it .

It is very easy to find what you want. everything is arranged in a orderly fashion so that you can take a look at the menu and go right to what you need.

You can't look at more than one thing at a time. If you open one category you have to close and go to another category you want to make sure everything is saved.

It is very easy for the end user to know what is in their court because there is a home screen and home court that you see all items in 'Your Court'.

Customer service is not very responsive and they usually take 2-3 days to respond to your request.

Its not innovative at all, falling extremely far behind other software. Its ok for accounting tracking but not good for construction daily uses.

Does nothing for real life construction progress.

Ease of use - there are multiple ways to get to the same end Report Wizard - also easy to use in creating your own reports

Document management - alot of people will be VERY happy when pdfs can be editted within eBuilder!

New features make it much easier to use.

Still, have to do more than desired to upload files

Intuitive owner-based tools and processes. It's like they know how we manage our work. Incredible access to customer support. Most concerns get addressed by monthly roll-out of software improvements.

There are so many tools and features, it is hard to prioritize what to roll out first.

The email notifications that specified the need for Action.

The rigidity of the workflows. There was an issue with the RFIs going directly to the design team without oversight by the CM. This had potential for generating change orders in both design and build without oversight or authorization by the client or CM as the client representative. The best we were able to accomplish was the simultaneous notification of the CM so that we were aware and able to address our scope.

It's easy to navigate, and easy to search. The ability to use forms and get reports improves the speed, efficiency, and quality of the work. The forms were easy to use and distribute. It's easy to share information and organizes every aspect of a project.

Hard to attach photographs to a form. The photograph command button only allowed one photograph. I had to trick it to load the fifty - five hundred photographs that I need to have for field reports.

All pertinent project controls integrated into a single package developed by a vendor who understands the Owner's construction process.

Schedule module can be clunky & somewhat inflexible. User manual helpful but could be vastly improved.

I like that it facilitates total transparency and real-time communication for ALL aspects of a project- from designers to quality control to finance to general contractor to contract administration.

It has a long learning curve. You have to really use it, a lot, to start to understand all the layers.

Well organized for Program Management. The way the different workflows are set up makes it easy to use.

Not easy to distinguish between the gray documents (Inactive) and the active ones. The notifications are not customized enough.

Product is easy to use and very organized.

Files are relatively easy to find. I would like to be able to search key words for documents.

Creating processes and customizing them to our specific user needs and expectations.

My only minor nitpick is the redundancy of certain action buttons that appear on the screen above and below a table. Sometimes new users are confounded by the sheer number of action buttons and hyperlinks on the screen, not realizing that clicking the "Save" above will do the same as "Save" below.

Software is user friendly and can handle almost all aspects of a construction project from start to finish. Schedules and costs are easily tracked. Change orders and commitments are detailed and all applicable users can gather necessary information at a few clicks of the mouse.

Some processes have too many steps and actors, which can complicate the workflow and cause potential delays on a project.

User friendly

Nothing to say

Good document control, most processes are intuitive.

Some processes seem redundant, could use more design functionality.

User interface, customization capability.

I don't know enough yet to fully and effectively utilize this tool.

I like that it is a one stop shop - everything from creating a project and building a budget to closeout.

I think the submittals module could use a few tweaks. For example, it would be nice if you could customize the columns in the register.

Customer service is great. Great way to make sure everyone has access to the latest information.

Online user's manual is not the best. Change is hard for some people, so forcing adoption can be difficult.