Construction Software for Mechanical Contractors

The dynamic world of mechanical contracting continues to evolve to keep pace with changes in the business landscape. From the use of cutting-edge technology (e.g., BIM, virtual design and construction), to prefabrication and the use of connected systems; mechanical contractors who have introduced robust construction software to their technology stack have had a competitive advantage and set themselves up for success.

CMiC Project Management for Mechanical Contractors

CMiC Project Management helps mechanical contractors manage all aspects of their project delivery operations, by allowing them to seamlessly collaborate with all project stakeholders, manage supply chains, material suppliers, and project documents. In addition, CMiC Project Management helps teams optimize forecasting and resource planning with its financial underpinnings. By using these applications, mechanical contractors can complete complex projects, with tight timeframes — on spec, on schedule and on budget.

Key Features and Business Benefits:

How Mechanical Contractors Benefit by Using CMiC’s Project Management Applications

Feature

Benefits

Applicability for Mechanical Contractors

Financials

Accounts Payable

Streamline approvals, minimize bottlenecks, and accelerate invoice processing:

- Automate invoice approval processes through configurable workflows and approval routing

- Approval hierarchies, thresholds, and notifications to relevant stakeholders

Human Capital Management

Crew Time Capture

Effectively control labor costs and maximize crew productivity:

Our adaptive mobile security gives foremen and superintendents the ability to track labor, equipment, and materials against validated jobs — all with full cost codes and financial breakdowns

Asset Management

Mobile POs / Material Receiving

Streamline the creation, submission, and approval of purchase requisitions from the field, ensuring efficient communication, and reducing manual paperwork

Project Controls

Forecasting

Forecasting project timelines, costs, revenues, and cash flows.

View detailed forecasting at various levels, such as project, phase, or task — this enables the accurate prediction of project outcomes and financial performance.

Project Controls

Productivity & Units

Track units and labor hours against units completed to measure productivity, on top of tracking costs

Project Controls

Work Order Billing

Track labor, material, equipment, subcontract costs, and revenues for quick turnaround jobs

Project Controls

Job Billing

Track and bill for labor and materials based on actual time and costs incurred

Project Controls

Reporting

Easily report on contract profitability, tracking of cost variances, and the monitoring of billing performance through dashboards, reports, other visualizations

Workflows

Leverage our automated construction workflows for various processes, including project initiation, change order requests, purchase approvals, submittal reviews, and payment authorizations

Customer Spotlight: Iovino Enterprises, LLC

Iovino Enterprises, LLC, is a leader in civil, electrical, mechanical, track, remediation, and demolition infrastructure. With headquarters in Great Neck, New York, this parent organization has a suite of companies under its umbrella, serving both the public and private sectors. Iovino specializes in construction management, consulting, business development and strategic planning. Since its inception, the company’s heavy civil and specialty contracting divisions have become the firm’s leading business lines. Key customers within the Iovino family include TC Electric, Welkin Mechanical, J-Track, and MLJ Contracting. At the top of their customer list is the Metropolitan Transit Authority, which constitutes 80% of their total project work.

“One of the key differentiators about CMiC … was that its platform is built on a comprehensive database where we can track both our financial obligations and as well as our project management obligations in one pane view ... Deciding to go with CMiC was the best decision for Iovino.” - Gustavo Monne, CIO Iovino Enterprises, LLC.

Key Wins

The list of key wins for Iovino includes the following:

  1. They currently leverage the DW functions website as a data warehouse, using its capabilities to access API data for their applications and generate HTML-formatted reports.

  2. By leveraging CMiC’s capabilities, key Iovino team members created a tool called the Cost Variance app, which plays a pivotal role in facilitating efficient reviews of cost reports, saving time, and identifying any modifications that need to be made.

  3. Iovino created a comprehensive set of reports, which are generated based on specific criteria and leverage relevant datasets extracted from CMiC.

  4. Utilizing their Cost Variance app (which leverages the CMiC Contract Forecast API in the backend) to identify problematic cost codes, further reinforcing its ability to streamline the cost review process.

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