Construction Digital Magazine: Procore One of Top 5 Construction Project Software Applications

Construction Digital Magazine has a nice write-up on Procore in their just-released feature entitled The Top 5 Construction Project Management Applications.

The article notes that:

"As the construction industry moves toward BIM and integrated project delivery (IPD), project management systems that utilize cloud computing and encourage collaboration will become vital to a project’s success. The systems mentioned below improve transparency and efficiency at all levels of the project, while reducing printing and shipping costs."

Construction Digital is correct when they point out that these web-based applications improve communication and transparency. The five vendors listed in this story are among the leading vendors of construction project management software, and each of them provides an online solution that provides their software-as-a-service (SaaS).

At Procore, we are still surprised at how so many of the web-based applications have yet to move functionality to web-enabled devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Millions of consumers are now carrying devices like these that allow high-speed web access -- and the most-used devices aren't necessarily laptop computers.

In order to improve efficiency and accuracy, construction project management software has to be instantly accessible, from any connected device. That's why we think that Procore is just the first of the Top 5 Construction Project Management Applications listed by Construction Digital to offer mobile apps, access via iPad, and desktop widgets such as Procore for Desktop.

Stay tuned -- we expect that in the near future, most construction project management software will have to provide mobile access in order to make this kind of shortlist. We look forward to seeing the innovation from all of these software providers.