Procore is excited to announce that we’ve released a FREE version of our construction software. Are you curious about how Procore can help your construction business, but you’re not quite ready to jump into one of Procore’s more powerful construction software offerings? Procore’s Free construction software is made just for you.
When we say “Free”, we don’t mean just for 30 days. With Procore’s Free Version, you don’t ever have to pay a dime. And, as always, you can still try any of our more powerful construction software offerings free for the first 30 days.
Procore’s Free construction software is limited to one project and three users, and you can use it for as long as you like for no charge. The Free version of Procore includes 250 MB of photo and document storage, so it’s great for pre-construction and small projects. When you’re ready to upgrade to construction software with more features and functionality, just click on the link in Procore and you’ll be upgraded in a flash. All of the data, photo and documents that you have in the free version will still be available for use once you’ve upgraded your project to a paid version of Procore.
To get started with your Free Procore project, click here to go to the Procore pricing page.
Do you have questions about how to use Procore? We’re now holding daily online question and answer sessions that can make you a Procore power user.
You can attend these sessions from any location with a phone and Internet connection. The phone is used to take part in a group conference call, and the Internet connection makes it possible for you to view and take part in screen sharing on your computer. You’ll be able to watch as a member of our Procore Support team walks you through the exact steps needed to answer your particular question. Plus, by listening to the questions other people have and watching their screen sharing session, you can pick up valuable tips and tricks on how to manage your construction projects with Procore.
Procore’s online Q&A sessions are held every day at either 11am or 1pm PST (depending on which day of the week you’d like to attend). In order to obtain a dial-in number and meeting code, call Procore at 1-866-477-6267, or send an email to support@procore.com.
Do you use RSS to keep up with information? We’re wondering because there’s a debate in the technology industry about using RSS, and we’re not sure which side is correct. The question is about whether the “business world” is ready to move from email to RSS as a standard form of communication.
The most recent statement comes from Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist who writes a well-known tech industry blog. Fred recently wrote:
“When the soccer moms, myspace kids, construction workers, and grandmothers can use RSS, commercial email will give way to RSS. Because RSS is a lot better.” (emphasis added)
Do you agree? Ever heard of RSS? Use it to keep up in your day to day work? Let us know by replying in the comments.
The reason we’re asking is that we’re always looking for ways to make it easier to use our application. For example, most Procore users get information into their project site by using email. With Procore, you can reply to emails without having to login to your project. We also make it easy to use email to add digital photos to projects, file documents in the archive, or add items to the project daily log.
Many Procore clients like to use our “Phone In Your Daily Log” feature, which they find even easier to use than email. The feature does what it says—you call a number, say the name of your project, and then dictate a message of up to 30 seconds. The message is transcribed and entered into the project’s daily log as a text entry. Simple.
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Procore customers are noticing a significant speed improvement to the application this week. The improvement came about due to some database tuning that was performed by our engineers. The goal of the tuning was to decrease data query times in order to improve Procore’s page load times.
At Procore, we are constantly working on items that we call “invisible improvements.” We define invisible improvements as things that make Procore work better, without requiring our users to change the way they work. In some cases, this means speeding up operations. Another favorite I.I. is to actually remove buttons or screens that few (if any) users seem to be using. In our opinion, faster is better and, in many cases, less is also more.
We hope you enjoy the speed improvement.