Construction Software Usage Growing [1]
Software Advice [9] has released the results of their 2014 buyer review for construction software. An article written by Janna Finch [10], Managing Editor of Software Advice, points out some interesting results [11].
- Seventy-eight percent (78%) of buyers (in the Construction industry) have no deployment preference, whereas most buyers in other industries tend to prefer cloud-based systems.
- The most frequently cited reason for buying new (construction) software is increased efficiency or productivity, with 28 percent of the sample saying they hoped to achieve this benefit.
- The top two requested applications were project management (33 percent) and estimating (24 percent).
Based on this year’s results, I would think that it points to two or three things. First, the industry is still relatively new to the tech world and many of us are not using “cloud-based” software.
Second, except for the mechanical-electrical trades, it appears that the use of BIM for building construction is still in its infancy.
Third, the industry is most interested in “Best of Breed” software (68%) over “Integrated Suites” (32%).
Forty-two percent (42%) of the respondents surveyed were small businesses with annual revenues of less than $10 million, but there were respondents with gross annual revenues of up to and over a billion dollars.
Steven Mulka, of SIS Software, founding partner of SIS Software, said after his review of the results:
“Overall, there is great opportunity for construction software vendors who figure out how to effectively deliver their software as a Cloud solution. The key is educating potential customers on the benefits of this deployment model and incorporating features that bring customers real value.”
You can read the article [11] and download the full report [12], then let us know if your business is ready for the Cloud.