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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

If you make multiple copies of every invoice coming into your office, you know what I’m referring to. I happen to have an iPad, which came with essentially no instructions. There aren’t a lot of applications or devices out there that can tout this kind of usability, but it’s what makes the iPad successful as a device.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Some of us remember the “dark ages” of going back and forth between job sites and the office. With the adoption of cell phones, we no longer had to physically go back and forth between the office and the field – we could make a phone call to connect the two. Is this future technology on an iPad? The Two-Way Data Street.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

It seems that the smart phone is nudging some “back-office” business functions to the field, as construction firms use software to enter data in real-time and to make on-the-spot adjustments at the jobsite. Would you take an iPad to a construction site? I thought I’d offer a sneak peek at the cover!). February 2009.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

We are at no loss for new technologies: iPads, tablets, netbooks, Droids, wireless everything, software, you name it! That fancy new tablet to easily transfer data from field to office will do you no good if you don’t have a system to code and process the information. I can’t turn on the television without seeing something new.