Who Uses This Software?
Construction Computer Software (CCS), has been developed by contractors, for contractors to provide specialist software solutions to the construction industry and has been doing so fornearly 40 years
Average Ratings
14 reviews- Overall 4.1 / 5
- Ease of Use 4 / 5
- Customer Service 3.7 / 5
- Features 4 / 5
- Value for Money 3.7 / 5
Product Details
- Free Version No
- Free Trial No
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Deployment
Cloud, SaaS, Web
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Training
In Person
Documentation
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Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Business Hours
Online
Vendor Details
- Construction Computer Software
- http://constructioncomputersoftware.com/
- Founded 1978
About BuildSmart
BuildSmart is a fully integrated Cost Management system: Procurement Payroll Overheads Plant & Equipment Stores Workshops: ALL sources of cost for any Organizational or Joint Venture structure, full multiple currency with optional but integrated: Document Management, Human Resources, Time & Attendance, and Business Intelligence modules resulting in a powerful Construction Management Information System.
BuildSmart Features
- Accounts Receivable
- Bank Reconciliation
- Billing & Invoicing
- CPA Firms
- Expense Tracking
- Fixed Asset Management
- Fund Accounting
- Government
- Nonprofits
- Payroll Management
- Project Accounting
- Purchase Orders
- Tax Management
- 1099 Preparation
- Aging Tracking
- Approval Process Control
- Cash Management
- Check Writing
- Data Extraction
- Duplicate Payment Alert
- Electronic Funds Transfer
- Fraud Detection
- Invoice Processing
- PO Reconciliation
- Recurring Payments
- Vendor Management
- ACH Payment Processing
- Aging Tracking
- Billing & Invoicing
- Check Processing
- Collections Management
- Customer Statements
- Online Payment Processing
- Overpayment Processing
- Partial Payments
- Receivables Ledger
- Recurring Billing
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Billing & Invoicing
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Cash Management
- Construction Breakdowns
- General Ledger
- Job Costing
- Overrun Projections
- Payroll Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Quotes / Estimates
- Accounting Integration
- Budget Tracking/Job Costing
- CRM
- Change Orders
- Commercial
- Contract Management
- Contractors
- Equipment Tracking
- Estimating
- Incident Reporting
- Mobile Access
- Offline Access
- RFI & Submittals
- Residential
- Subcontractor Management
- CRM
- Distribution Management
- Enterprise Asset Management
- Financial Management
- HR Management
- Inventory Management
- Order Management
- Project Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Reporting/Analytics
- Supply Chain Management
- Warehouse Management
Popular Products
BuildSmart Most Helpful Reviews
Great for Construction Costing and Financial Accounting
Reviewed on 24/7/2019
Clay O.
Comments: Great tool for the Construction industry.
Pros: The idea that construction contracts are seamlessly costed into an accounting format, for ease of reporting. Both for cost reports and financial statements.
Cons: Customer support never calls you back and some functionality can be better.
Vendor Response
by Construction Computer Software on 28/7/2019
Dear Clay,
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience using CCS BuildSmart. We are always looking for ways to improve our services and our Users' experience, your feedback has been passed on to the concerned team.
Have a super day.
Buildsmart - Review
Reviewed on 11/2/2019
Younus M.
Comments: Great experience, if they fix some bugs like and add some more features (one click voucher should open from report) to save the time.
Pros:
Very good budget control management,
Project accounting is so easily monitored,
ease in monthly closing, depreciation posting & WIPcalculations,
Nice tool for cost allocation if you have manyr departments,
activity wise project procurement control etc.
uploading a huge journal data through excel sheet template
Cons:
Payroll module is a long hectic and not user friendly,
unable to go directly to the voucher from a particular report, you have to type voucher num manually as the buildsmart does not have a feature to take you in one click,
If an asset is added into fixed assets then again need to update/edit in master list.
Vendor Response
by Construction Computer Software on 19/2/2019
Dear Younus, Thank you for sharing your experience with us. Your valued feedback is very important to us, please see feedback regarding your comments: We would recommend a training session on the payroll in order to increase your ease of use. The process is very simple from the capture of hours against contracts, cost codes & activities, capture any advised payments or deductions, capture leave & sick days, calculate, check, print payslips & create the WPS file with the final process of posting to the GL being an integrated system. Updating the asset master is a control process as the asset master requires so much more detail with all the depreciation options available in the system as well as other asset information. The Voucher numbering was developed purely for India & the Gulf, it complies to the requirement of sequential numbering for filing systems and document retrieval. This was never designed to be a focus of the system & not designed to drill down to a voucher number.
BuildSmart for all
Reviewed on 17/4/2019
Verified Reviewer
Comments: As mentioned above, it is a learning tool for the company and we are busy experiencing new features and report reading and excited to see what we can achieve by utilising the system on a full function basis.
Pros: What I love most about the software is the reporting system. I base it on weekly and monthly performance appraisals. I also appreciate the fact that it can direct you in terms of cost saving and very excited when new features are released. It shows that the voices of other customers are heard and CCS is constantly working to improve the use of the software.
Cons: I cannot think of anything yet as we are still new to the system and as we experience challenges, the customer support is constantly there to assist.
Vendor Response
by Construction Computer Software on 2/5/2019
Dear BuildSmart User
Thank you for sharing your experience with BuildSmart, your support is highly appreciated and we assure you of our continued support.
Klapmfer Middle East Buildsmart Findings
Reviewed on 11/2/2019
Akhyar K.
Comments: its good software having very unique required features … there is always need for betterment one must keep on updating quality features.
Pros: Reporting is very good in this software
Cons: Reporting based on Items must be there suppose we need how much steel we bought in a year I couldn't find this feature in this software. we can segregate info based on suppliers but not based on items.
Vendor Response
by Construction Computer Software on 19/2/2019
Dear Akhyar,
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. Your valued feedback is very important to us and we assure you of our continued support. Please see below feedback regarding your comments:
In the Orders By Selection report, you have the option of running the report for a specific resource and as you are aware, each type of steel has a resource code and this can be run from a specific resource to a specific resource so you could get the complete range of steel resources across all contracts. In addition to this, if you are not procuring from a resource code, there are multiple options to report materials procured. By Ledger Code to filter type of Material or DESCRIPTION can be used and by entering a key word, all orders using the key word, like steel, would be reported.
Solid Software for Construction Companies
Reviewed on 11/2/2019
Azar O.
Pros: The most liked feature in Build Smart is its integration with Candy the estimation software, the budget can be imported to Build Smart from Candy to manage the procurement process, then the actual cost can be exported to Candy from Build Smart for cost control reporting. It is also web based platform which make it easier to work anywhere & anytime.
Cons: Would prefer if you can link Candy & Build Smart using BOQ item codes instead of task codes to make it very precise to find each item budget and actual cost.
Vendor Response
by Construction Computer Software on 12/2/2019
Dear Azar,
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. Your valued feedback is very important to us and we assure you of our continued support.
