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Builterra provides full web-portal access to real-time inspection data, progress quantities, progress payment dashboards, and detailed payment reports streamlining the approval of end of month invoices from the contractor. Stand...
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- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Builterra, a smart solution for construction projects.
In general, this software is highly recommended for the accompaniment of a construction project. In my experience it has helped me a lot for real time cost estimation and construction progress monitoring. The multiplatform option makes it versatile for the management of a construction project. Although this software has several aspects to improve, I think it delivers what it promises and has great potential in the construction world.
Pros
In my opinion what Builterra does best are the cost estimates it performs in real time, in addition to the automation for the analysis of the different bids. A plus point of this software is that it is based on BIM methodology. Integration with a web platform and a mobile app makes the software more versatile. Although it standardizes, streamlines and connects the contract management of a construction project, it is not difficult to use. This software helps a lot in site inspections, as it allows taking photos to monitor construction progress. Finally, as for the price, I believe it is cost effective for a company, and the software has a trial or demo version.
Cons
What I liked the least about this software is the mobile version, I think they should constantly update it to show a nice interface and correct some glitches. Even the organization of works report can be improved. Finally the customer support should be more efficient and technical.
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Efficiency
Its nice but interface can provide more information, such as we have a very big contract.
The contract has several roads in it, I work on one road and need an immediate update about the total quantity of work done entered or left...
Pros
Its a very efficient product I ever used. I like smart reporting software.
Its efficient, easy to access from anywhere onsite or office or from home.
No need more paperwork..
Cons
The online software should have offline software which can synchronize when connected to internet.
The offline version can be fast as the online version speed is depending on internet...
Response from AEC Solutions
Thanks so much for taking the time to share your feedback on Builterra!
We're thrilled to hear you find the platform efficient, smart and easy-to-use. And we love hearing that you're eliminating paperwork!
You'll be happy to hear that we're updating the Business Analytics part of Builterra for 2019 and would appreciate your feedback as we further develop our dashboard interface. If you're interested in becoming part of our Platform Advisory Council, please email [email protected] and reference your review.
The offline experience is being reviewed, however based on our framework, Builterra is 100% web based. The majority of our mobile app functionality can be accessed offline with the exception of access to contract items.
Stay tuned for a series of videos discussing offline usage and limitations.
Thank you again for your feedback. We hope to hear from you about joining our Platform Advisory Council.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Construction Inspector iPad App User
Overall this is definitely an improvement over a clunky excel file, but there is still bugs and a lot of untapped potential left in the app.
Pros
I do like the template feature, the automatic weather feature, the contract item drop down list, and the “get location” feature. They did a great job on integrating this app for our projects.
Cons
1. Should be able to complete the daily and EWO report without using the web app. Should be able to complete a report within the mobile app alone.
2. Once the inspection is reviewed it should automatically append a digital signature and then get sent to the contractor for their digital signature.
3. In the mobile app review mode, text overlaps making it difficult to find the item your are trying to review
4. You should be able to adjust the order that the items appear in the pdf or excel report. The web app allows the item # to be changed but this is not reflected once the report is produced.
5. Rows should automatically adjust in the final report if a remark is expanded upon.
6. If an item is deleted or modified in the mobile app for both dailies and EWO it is not always reflected in the final report.
7. Contract pay items appear to give you the impression that you can change the pay item that was initially selected, but this does not get reflected on the final report.
8. Ideally the create inspection and modify inspection are not on separate interfaces.
Response from AEC Solutions
We appreciate your review.
We're thrilled to hear you're pleased with some of our key features and the integration process was great!
The Mobile App can be used to ¿Create¿ a new Daily and Extra Work Order, review and edit any previously submitted data using the ¿Review Mode¿. Completed daily and EWO can be approved and emailed to any external reviewers, all without use of web portal.
The review process does add a digital time/date stamp for inspector, external reviewers and supervisor.
Unfortunately, we only have 1000 chars to respond so we can't address everything here. Please reach out to [email protected] as we'd love to have you on our Platform Advisory Council! We're planning major updates to our user interface this Fall so stay tuned.
Thank you for this valuable feedback! Users like you ensure the platform keeps getting better.
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- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Builterra Review for sub-Division Construction
Makes completing reports from the field much easier and saves a lot of time once you get back to the office as reports can be downloaded and sent out or stored immediately.
Pros
Very helpful for documentation of daily photos and keeping records.
Cons
Errors in software can cause in progress reports to be lost.
Response from AEC Solutions
Hi there,
Thank you so much for taking the time to review the Builterra software for use in subdivision construction.
We're happy to hear you're finding the documentation of daily photos helpful and that you're saving time...one of the main motivations behind the software!
We'd really like to hear more about the errors you're experiencing. Please reach out to [email protected] and our team will be happy to help troubleshoot.
Thanks again, Team Builterra
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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First user for Builterra
so far it is very good tool to use.
Pros
I liked this software because it is very user friendly software. I did not need to send any email regarding how to use this software since, but also it is very powerful tool to store all the project information.
Cons
some information I have to fill duplicate, which consumes some time. I kind of thought it is a bit wasting of time of mine because there is no auto save information system.
Response from AEC Solutions
Hi there!
We appreciate you taking the time to review the Builterra platform.
We're happy to hear you find the software so user-friendly that you didn't feel the need to reach out for further support!
We'd appreciate hearing more about where you're having to duplicate information. Please email [email protected] for assistance.
Thanks again!
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Full featured engineering projects solution.
The inspection and reporting capabilities are second to none. Top notch support.
Pros
Cloud based database storage. Multi user capability.
Cons
Cost is a bit high. Dependence for report creation is tough but necessary.
Response from AEC Solutions
Chad,
Thanks for your review!
We're so pleased to hear you find our inspection and reporting capabilities "second to none" and that you've received "top notch support"!
In terms of cost, the subscription for large numbers of users can be negotiated once an organization commits to Builterra. Feel free to reach out!
At present, reports are custom coded. As the product evolves, we look forward to including user defined report configuration to reduce the need to customize and bring better reporting flexibility.
Thanks again Chad. We truly appreciate your time.
- Industry: Government Administration
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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The best way to get current project information at your digital fingertips!
Pros
We haven't fully implemented the full suite of tools within Builterra yet, so I am most pleased with the ability to control the catalog of items to prevent users from creating too many one-off items. As we move forward, the ability to query past tender pricing for estimating purposes is invaluable to me as a Project Manager. Ultimately, once we are using the inspection component full time, I can't wait for the daily inspection reports with photos and GPS located notes, etc.
Cons
None. The only drawback to this software is the same and any other business software : implementation. It is always difficult to get 100% "buy-in" but in time, I am confident all Project Managers here will appreciate the power and usefulness of Builterra.
Response from AEC Solutions
So this review made our day!
We were thrilled to hear that you appreciate Builterra as 'invaluable' when it comes to querying past tender pricing for estimating and look forward to your organization's full adoption!
We agree that implementation is always a challenge when it comes to adopting a new software that replaces the 'old way' of doing things. We look forward to seeing increasing numbers of your organization's Project Managers experience the power of Builterra.
Thank you again for your review!
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Inspectors need this!
I've enjoy using the software overall. Hopefully they improve the UI at some point.
Pros
I like that this has taken us from paper to digital copies of our inspections reports. It also helps me stay incredibly organized.
Cons
It can be complicated to use at first. However once you learn the steps, it's not that bad. The software could also use some sprucing up. The UI isn't visually appealing and lacks gesture support for iOS.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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quantity made easy
Quantity Tracking
Daily Reporting
Weekly Summaries
Pros
our field staff can readily and easily enter daily quantities on a daily basis with weekly summaries
Cons
week summaries don to sort by project number or item
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Builtera user for a year
I think it's good overall. The interface is so simple that it's easy to handle
Pros
It's convenient. It's also accessible on your phone. You can upload photos taken from the scene using your cell phone.
Cons
The loading speed is a little slow. And if you repeat what you've written because you don't have auto-save function, it's a bit sad to write the same contents every day.
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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It's... OK
Seems fairly easy to navigate once you get used to where everything is at.
Pros
I like the fact that it encompasses all our documents into one platform that can be accessed by our smart phones. Also, everything within the app has drop downs that allow you to find documents fairly easy.
Cons
The only thing I don't like is the how the documents are setup in Builterra, but that's not the fault of the platform, but those who created the document.
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Builterra App
Overall experience been really good it’s been helpful for my day-to-day operations
Pros
The software is great easy to use I like the mobile app makes my tracking of the day-to-day operations useful
Cons
I do not like how when you sync data on your mobile app and you’ve done work on your desktop it doesn’t match up, also importing of equipment labour and materials on the mobile app doesn’t give you the full list that it does on the desktop
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Great product
Easy to use, helped with the daily tasks of my job
Pros
Ease of use and intergrates well with contract payment documents
Cons
Would be nice to be able to add more than 20 photos at once from mobile
Response from AEC Solutions
Hi Marko,
Thanks for the review. We will look at the photo capacity limit for future builds.
- Industry: Utilities
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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I do not like the site.
I do not like it.
Pros
It's a way to trake from phone. Its a good idea. But needs work.
Cons
It lets yoy submit with out all info. It is not user friendly. And it needs a lot of work.
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Daily inspections
Good results working with the application and time saving as well
Pros
Easy to use, quick to introduce data, and time saving when some information is already recorded without any input.
Cons
Photos taken with the application are not saved in my devices so double photos to be taken when keeping a daily record of activities
Response from AEC Solutions
Thanks for the Review Luis
The Settings option on the App (Action Menu) will provide a setting called "Keep Photos on Device After Submit"...make sure this is turned ON. This will solve the issue you are having. Please send an eail to [email protected] for followup on any other technical questions.
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Builterra Review
Overall the Builterra platform is beneficial to my day to day tasks, it streamlines a lot of services that we provide to our clients.
Pros
The automated email to send reports to our clients is very beneficial to streamline the report process. The auto population of reports from our comments makes the report process faster.
Cons
Minor glitches such as extra bullet points in reports requires you to go back into report and adjust which can be time consuming. We have run into scenarios were the report is not attached in the email or it double sends. This is an unprofessional look from our company as these reports are sent directly to our clients.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review May 16, 2021
My overall experience as I have been using the platform for more than 3 years is very good
Pros
being user-friendly, easy to input all data
Cons
Probably defining templates could be better introduced to the platform
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Review
very good experience
Pros
one stop for all the projects. easy to use.
Cons
pictures rotate as we click on them to view
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Best product in the Market
overall, i am really satisfied with this software and will continue to use it.
Pros
I really liked how user friendly the software is. Any age or computer skills person can use this software with any problems.
Cons
the software is a bit slow to reload and response.
Response from AEC Solutions
Hello Ilham, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your feedback on Builterra.
We appreciate your positive comments on the usability and have taken note of the performance issues you mentioned. We will review our cloud servers and upgrade accordingly to resolve response times during peak hours.
Once again, thank you.
Feel free to reach out to our support team should the need arise: http://builterra.com/contact. In the meantime, we'll be in touch once your feedback has been addressed.
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Needs improvement
Builterra can be a good fit in terms of form and report creations as long of the user has more control over the software and the software is more flexible.
Pros
Photo uploads and captions.
Generate word and PDF report
Cons
The application is both friendly and not friendly user. The purpose of the using such a software is to eliminate time spending on reports. With Builterra, to bring changes to t report, you have to log in to your computer to bring those changes.
A user should have more control using this software. For example, I need to change the title of the report as per client’s requirements, I cannot do it in software itself- I have to sign in to Builterra portal, download the word/PDF document and then bring those changes.
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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I recommend Builterra
Pros
The product is very easy to use as all the information you need is in one spot. It's good for tracking monthly work progress.
Cons
At first, there are quite a few things to learn but once you get the hang of using Builterra, it's very easy.
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Good Product
Pros
Easy to use, user-friendly and convenient
Cons
Navigating through the available options
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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My review
It’s a lot of work to pull out the information I want but it’s all in there somewhere
Pros
The GPS functionality, storing photos, detailed reporting
Cons
Not user friendly, lots of clicking to get what you need, requires a lot of inputs as opposed to auto filling
Response from AEC Solutions
Hi Ben,
Thanks for the review, let's connect soon to review lookup lists, data entry templates and methods to copy/paste previous data entry to current mobile report. I think we can make the data entry easier with some more advanced techniques.
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Inpsection Reporting
We are try to simplify the inspection reporting for the Inspectors. This was supposed to make project communication faster and more reliable.
Pros
The complete project team was capable of reviewing ongoing site planning , construction and administration tools
Cons
Very time consuming to upload photo and inspection reports (to many screens)
Response from AEC Solutions
Jonathan,
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on your Builterra experience.
We're happy to hear your team is able to collaborate more effectively on projects, from planning to admin tools.
We recognize that the upload speed is an issue for users during peak times and are currently looking into background processing for photo submission.
Stay tuned for platform updates scheduled for the Fall. We'll be in touch with you Jonathan.
Thank you again for your time, it's much appreciated.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Ease of use and functionality makes it stand apart from other platforms
great
Pros
Ease and functionality. Maintaining everyday inspection reports and accounting them to the project is a breeze with builterra platform
Cons
cons are negligible compared to the pros
