For Owners builders building your
own home or remodel
Your perfect
home building software solution
- contains all the
Information and Management Tools you need to successfully
plan, organize, estimate, schedule, manage and control all building
costs and activities.
Detailed Contents and Screenshots
1.
Valuable Information Documents - take
you through the Building Process 'Step by Step'!
Cover Project Management - Formula For Success
- the 4 Pre-construction steps (Financing, Site Selection, Arch. Plans & Specs, Estimating & Bid Process) - "Info" docs about how to cost dozens of major items and deal with suppliers and subcontractors - Building Codes Checklist helps prepare you for inspections -
Building Contracts and Forms
also available.
2. Documents Mgmt. and Weblinks Mgmt.
- organize, find and open all project information!
A. Add and organize all the files on your PC in My Files screen by Job name, Cost Item, Customer,
Vendor, any Subject and Date.
B.
Add and organize all links to websites you find useful in My Weblinks screen which contains dozens of useful sites.
3.
Cost
Estimating
- contains most typical cost items for a complete estimate
A. Create
Job/Estimates (Includes a DEMO Estimate)
B. Enter your
Cost Activities (groups)
C. Enter
Cost items
in each Cost Activity
D. Working with a Consultant? share your Job Estimate with your Consultant using EZConstruction Mgr.
Both can work on different parts of same Estimate and send export file to import.
E. Import 'Materials Lists' from other softwares. See our
Integrated Products
page about:
Chief
Architect -
Cadsoft - Craftsman Estimators - HomeTech - CES International -
Cadestimator
Software (Takeoff your house with your mouse.)
F.
Import spreadsheet data into Job Estimates from Material Suppliers.
G. Additional tools to keep you and others organized:
Info button—create docs for that Job and Cost Item Notes button—record your personal notes. Spreadsheet button—creates a spreadsheet for that Item and Activity Print button - opens that screen's report
H.
Copy existing Job Estimates from any existing Job/Estimate.
I. Quotes screen —record your quotes from vendors for each Job and cost Item.
J . Finish Selections screen - helps customers order in time to keep you on schedule.
K. Actual Costs & Variances
- shows original estimate, net change orders, revised estimate, all payments and variances based on either original or revised estimate, for all cost Activities for each Job.
L.
EZ-QuickBooks Integration Package - saves time (purchased separately).
4.
Scheduling - 2 Editions available: 1. Spreadsheet Schedule and 2.
CPM Scheduling
No.1 Excel spreadsheet contains over 250 tasks divided into 16 Task
Groups, with Start dates and Days to complete.
No. 2
CPM Task Scheduling: over 300 Demo Tasks + 5 Rescheduling options + 5 Reports:
A.
Demo Schedule contains 300 editable building Tasks divided into
Task Groups and Action types
B. Consultants: export/send Task Schedules to your clients using EZhomebuild to keep everyone up to date.
C. Import
spreadsheet information into an existing or new Schedule.
D. Add/edit Tasks, Groups, Action types and Calendar non-work days
E. Copy any Schedule when creating a new Schedule for new Jobs
F. 5 automatic Task
Rescheduling Options give you control over complex rescheduling conditions.
G. Reports include: All Jobs - Task List - Vendor Tasks - Action Type - Gantt Chart.
Can select: any date range - any group of Jobs - Vendor names - completed/uncompleted Tasks.
5. Vendors - know where you stand with every
vendor at all times!
A. Enter
Vendor Types and information
for each Material Supplier and Labor (Subs/Employees/Services)
B.
Vendor $ Transactions —provides a complete record and control of all transactions for each vendor by Job for: Original Estimate - Net Change Orders - Revised Estimate - Invoices - Paid Invoices - Total Payments - Due now - Total Due. Enter detail for Change Orders, Invoices and Payments on same screen.
C. Working with a Consultant?
import selected Vendor info emailed from your Consultant.
D. Change Order
information includes Change Order Signature Form
for both parties.
E.
Import/export Vendor Information from/to QuickBooks - save much time by transferring your Vendors information between QuickBooks and EZConstructionManager.
Note: This feature is available upon purchase of
EZ-QuickBooks Integration Package.
6. Reports
- can be printed, faxed, emailed and exported to keep everyone
in the know!
A. Reports
export feature
creates instant spreadsheets, documents, pdf files and other types; then use
My Files Docs Mgmt. to organize them by Job, Vendor, Customer/contact, Cost Item number, Subject and Date associated
with each document.
B. The Payments and Receipts Register Reports include all your entered Check, Credit Card and Cash transactions indicating Date, Job, Payee, Amount, Deposits, and Balance. Software screens contain a Print button that automatically opens the Report for the screen being used.
C. Virtually all of your information
can be
viewed and edited in your PDA
- both existing files and ones you add and create from
any Report such as spreadsheets, documents or others.
7. Help -
quick and easy to use
-
20 day money back guarantee
(can be extended) + free email and
60 day phone support + updates available via download
'Getting Started' screen takes you through all sample screens on the menu bar.
Movable
Menu tree allows instant opening of any screen
Can be used on your Network at no additional cost
Instructions are at the top of screens to get you started quickly
Includes both a
"Demo" Estimate and Task Schedule to demonstrate sample entries
Easy to find and understand
Help files are organized in Menubar sequence and include screenshots and text
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