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CMiC Construction Platform

Score7.2 out of 10

181 Reviews and Ratings

Top Performing Features

+10%

Collaboration & approvals

Users can comment, send messages, and/or approve documents.

Cat avg: 8.1

+6%

Data exportability

Data can be exported via a CSV or Excel file for further reporting and analysis outside of the tool.

Cat avg: 7.6

+2%

Change orders

A change order (or variation order) is a component of the change management process in which changes in the scope of work (or project brief) agreed to by the client, contractor and architect are implemented.

Cat avg: 7.9

+6%

Dashboards

Users can create, customize and share dashboards, which provide an overview of the most important metrics.

Cat avg: 7.6

Worst Performing Features

+8%

Checklists

Construction checklists allow you to link important elements in your construction project. Construction checklists detail specific information of activities and phases in your project.

Cat avg: 7.3

+3%

Bid creation

Allows users to use bid packages or templates to quickly and efficiently create bids based off of cost estimates.

Cat avg: 7.7

-3%

Plan markups & sharing

Users can annotate plans from the field and easily share plans/markups with other project stakeholders.

Cat avg: 8.2

CMiC Construction Platform Features from Reviews

Human Resource Management

Organizing, tracking and providing instant access to critical employee data, job profiles, transfers, promotions, and benefits information.

8.0+4%
  • Employee demographic data

    Administrators have the ability to enter detailed demographic data for each employee.

    Category average: 7.9

  • Employment history

    Employment history is the ability to track previous positions held.

    Category average: 7

  • Job profiles and administration

    Job profiles and descriptions can be created and edited.

    Category average: 7.3

  • Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

    Employee move workflow provides the ability to move employees to different positions and apply pay raises.

    Category average: 7.8

  • Organizational charting

    Organizational charting is the ability to create hierarchical charts.

    Category average: 7.7

  • Organization and location management

    Organization and location management allows employees to be managed across multiple geographical locations.

    Category average: 7.7

  • Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

    Compliance capabilities ensure full compliance with federal workplace regulations by capturing required data in central database.

    Category average: 7.8

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

8.0+1%
  • Pay calculation

    Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.

    Category average: 7.9

  • Support for external payroll vendors

    Support for external payroll vendors is the ability to integrate with 3rd-party payroll services.

    Category average: 7.8

  • Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

    Provide employees access to wages accrued during the pay period before the end of the pay cycle.

    Category average: 7.6

  • Benefit plan administration

    Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.

    Category average: 7.7

  • Direct deposit files

    Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.

    Category average: 8

  • Salary revision and increment management

    Salary revision is the ability to modify individual employee pay.

    Category average: 7.9

  • Reimbursement management

    Reimbursement management provides cash reimbursement for employee expenses related to business travel or other.

    Category average: 7.9

Asset Management

Maintaining a record of assets such as laptops, pagers, cell phones, etc. issued to employees. Record typically includes asset type, number, serial number and date of issuance.

7.9+10%
  • Tracking of all physical assets

    Tracking of track laptops, pagers, phones, and other company equipment.

    Category average: 7.2

Reporting & Analytics

Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.

8.0+5%
  • Dashboards

    Users can create, customize and share dashboards, which provide an overview of the most important metrics.

    Category average: 7.6

  • Standard reports

    The software offers pre-built reports with metrics standard to the category.

    Category average: 7.8

  • Custom reports

    Users can create custom reports.

    Category average: 7.5

  • Data exportability

    Data can be exported via a CSV or Excel file for further reporting and analysis outside of the tool.

    Category average: 7.6

Construction Project & Field Management

Features related to collaboration between construction management and project execution (e.g. the office and the job site, general contractors and subcontractors)

8.00%
  • Plan distribution & viewing

    Users can compare different versions of plans, and view live updates/revisions to plans (usually from a mobile device in the field).

    Category average: 8.5

  • Plan markups & sharing

    Users can annotate plans from the field and easily share plans/markups with other project stakeholders.

    Category average: 8.2

  • Issue tracking & punchlists

    Users can track issues from the field, and create punchlists upon substantial completion.

    Category average: 8.2

  • Photo documentation

    Users can document construction progress and/or issues by uploading photos from the field.

    Category average: 8.5

  • Jobsite reports

    Users can create and share reports on jobsite safety, daily progress, etc.

    Category average: 8.3

  • Document sharing

    Users can share/attach other documents related to construction projects, such as specifications, contracts, drawings, etc.

    Category average: 8.4

  • RFI tools

    Users can create, send, receive, and archive Requests for Information (RFIs), to record exchanges with subcontractors, vendors, and other suppliers.

    Category average: 8.3

  • Collaboration & approvals

    Users can comment, send messages, and/or approve documents.

    Category average: 8.1

  • As-built drawings

    Users can generate as-built drawings upon project completion, to reflect the exact dimensions and materials of the final work, including any changes made to the initial plans during the construction process.

    Category average: 7.7

  • Mobile app

    Users can easily access the system from the field on mobile devices such as phones and tablets.

    Category average: 7.3

  • Submittal design and management

    Tools that allow users to draft and build submittals, track their status, submit them online, annotate submittal PDFs, and send submittal approval online.

    Category average: 7.9

  • Checklists

    Construction checklists allow you to link important elements in your construction project. Construction checklists detail specific information of activities and phases in your project.

    Category average: 7.3

  • Meeting Minutes

    Tools that help you keep track of minutes in meetings.

    Category average: 7.9

  • Specifications

    Construction specifications, also called specs, are the details for the work that needs to be completed in a construction project.

    Category average: 8.6

  • Change orders

    A change order (or variation order) is a component of the change management process in which changes in the scope of work (or project brief) agreed to by the client, contractor and architect are implemented.

    Category average: 7.9

Estimating

A set of tools and applications that allow contractors to forecast, track, monitor, and adjust the cost of building a structure. Cost estimates are used by project owners to determine the scope and feasibility of a project, and also for budget allocation. Contractors also use cost estimates when deciding whether or not to bid on a project and for bid creation.

8.0+1%
  • Takeoff tools

    Allow users to list the materials and quantities they will need for the project either manually from hardcopy blueprints or electronically from digital blueprints.

    Category average: 7.4

  • Job costing

    Tracking and monitoring of the costs of all materials, labor, subcontractors, & equipment required for a given construction project. Allows users to compare actual costs to estimated costs, see how the job is progressing, identify which parts of the job are using the largest parts of the budget.

    Category average: 7.3

  • Cost databases

    Pulls information from online databases and aggregates it to allow contractors to compare prices of materials from different suppliers.

    Category average: 7.5

  • Cost calculator

    Application that calculates cost of estimated quantities and materials, typically within spreadsheets.

    Category average: 7.7

  • Bid creation

    Allows users to use bid packages or templates to quickly and efficiently create bids based off of cost estimates.

    Category average: 7.7

CMiC Construction Platform Features from the Vendor

Construction Project & Field Management

Vendor-contributed
  • Plan distribution & viewing

    Users can compare different versions of plans, and view live updates/revisions to plans (usually from a mobile device in the field).

  • Plan markups & sharing

    Users can annotate plans from the field and easily share plans/markups with other project stakeholders.

  • Document sharing

    Users can share/attach other documents related to construction projects, such as specifications, contracts, drawings, etc.

  • Issue tracking & punchlists

    Users can track issues from the field, and create punchlists upon substantial completion.

  • Photo documentation

    Users can document construction progress and/or issues by uploading photos from the field.

  • Jobsite reports

    Users can create and share reports on jobsite safety, daily progress, etc.

  • RFI tools

    Users can create, send, receive, and archive Requests for Information (RFIs), to record exchanges with subcontractors, vendors, and other suppliers.

  • Collaboration & approvals

    Users can comment, send messages, and/or approve documents.

  • As-built drawings

    Users can generate as-built drawings upon project completion, to reflect the exact dimensions and materials of the final work, including any changes made to the initial plans during the construction process.

  • Mobile app

    Users can easily access the system from the field on mobile devices such as phones and tablets.

  • Submittal design and management

    Tools that allow users to draft and build submittals, track their status, submit them online, annotate submittal PDFs, and send submittal approval online.

  • Checklists

    Construction checklists allow you to link important elements in your construction project. Construction checklists detail specific information of activities and phases in your project.

  • Meeting Minutes

    Tools that help you keep track of minutes in meetings.

  • Specifications

    Construction specifications, also called specs, are the details for the work that needs to be completed in a construction project.

  • Change orders

    A change order (or variation order) is a component of the change management process in which changes in the scope of work (or project brief) agreed to by the client, contractor and architect are implemented.

Estimating

Vendor-contributed
  • Takeoff tools

    Allow users to list the materials and quantities they will need for the project either manually from hardcopy blueprints or electronically from digital blueprints.

  • Job costing

    Tracking and monitoring of the costs of all materials, labor, subcontractors, & equipment required for a given construction project. Allows users to compare actual costs to estimated costs, see how the job is progressing, identify which parts of the job are using the largest parts of the budget.

  • Cost databases

    Pulls information from online databases and aggregates it to allow contractors to compare prices of materials from different suppliers.

  • Cost calculator

    Application that calculates cost of estimated quantities and materials, typically within spreadsheets.

  • Bid creation

    Allows users to use bid packages or templates to quickly and efficiently create bids based off of cost estimates.

Human Resource Management

Vendor-contributed
  • Employee demographic data

    Administrators have the ability to enter detailed demographic data for each employee.

  • Employment history

    Employment history is the ability to track previous positions held.

  • Job profiles and administration

    Job profiles and descriptions can be created and edited.

  • Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

    Employee move workflow provides the ability to move employees to different positions and apply pay raises.

  • Benefits information

  • Organizational charting

    Organizational charting is the ability to create hierarchical charts.

  • Organization and location management

    Organization and location management allows employees to be managed across multiple geographical locations.

  • Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

    Compliance capabilities ensure full compliance with federal workplace regulations by capturing required data in central database.

Payroll Management

Vendor-contributed
  • Pay calculation

    Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.

  • Support for external payroll vendors

    Support for external payroll vendors is the ability to integrate with 3rd-party payroll services.

  • Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

    Provide employees access to wages accrued during the pay period before the end of the pay cycle.

  • Payroll history for each employee

  • Benefit plan administration

    Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.

  • Direct deposit files

    Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.

  • Payroll tracking and auditing

  • Salary revision and increment management

    Salary revision is the ability to modify individual employee pay.

  • Reimbursement management

    Reimbursement management provides cash reimbursement for employee expenses related to business travel or other.

  • Statutory form management

    Generation and management of tax forms (state and federal).

Asset Management

Vendor-contributed
  • Tracking of all physical assets

    Tracking of track laptops, pagers, phones, and other company equipment.

  • Asset issue and transfer management

  • Asset return

  • Warranty and after-sales status maintenance contract tracking

Reporting & Analytics

Vendor-contributed
  • Dashboards

    Users can create, customize and share dashboards, which provide an overview of the most important metrics.

  • Standard reports

    The software offers pre-built reports with metrics standard to the category.

  • Custom reports

    Users can create custom reports.

  • Data exportability

    Data can be exported via a CSV or Excel file for further reporting and analysis outside of the tool.