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Pros

Easy to Navigate and Organize Documents: Many users have found that once the system is set up correctly, it becomes easy to organize and navigate documents. The document structure provided by the software is user-friendly and allows for easy access to all documents, even within a process, with the correct permissions.

Timely Notifications of Updates: Users appreciate the on-time notifications of updates or changes provided by the software. These notifications help them stay informed and up-to-date with projects, which is particularly helpful in large organizations where many hands touch projects.

Fast and Efficient Invoice Processing: Several users have mentioned that submitting invoices for processing through the software is fast and efficient. They are usually notified shortly after submitting invoices, and prompt payment contributes to smoother financial operations.

e-Builder Reviews

2 Reviews
Educational ServicesHigher Education2

Overall a Solid Product at a Good Price

Rating: 8 out of 10
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

e-Builder is used for all construction projects at the University - currently approx. 545.

It provides a solid, single-platform for all project participants (both internal and external - currently approx. 700) from all phases of the project life cycle (planning, design, construction and close-out) to more efficiently and effectively achieve the desired outcome.

Pros

  • Structured processes.
  • Cost management.
  • Document management.
  • Reports.

Cons

  • General interface a bit dated.
  • Process page layouts - need greater ability to customize.
  • Out-of-office delegation could use improvement.

Likelihood to Recommend

Overall solid. As of this writing, still the best construction owner-centric platform and I recommend it; and recommend "complete" adoption, i.e. all users, all projects and multiple uses. That approach creates the greatest efficiencies and synergies.

Has room for improvement - but everything does. Limitations sometimes encountered are not the system but often rather the imagination of its users.

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Tony DiTolve
Business Process Analyst at University of Virginia (Higher Education, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
e-Builder
10 years of experience
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e-Builder helps us build better

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

e-Builder is being used by our organization to make tracking of projects easier. I work in higher education and we have in house project management and we are the main users, but it also is being used to allow all of the stakeholders involved in a project access to the documents and costs associated with a project. Previous to having e-Builder, project managers tended to keep project information on their personal computers or in shared drives. Different PM's arranged their files differently and it was often difficult to determine where things were if a PM left or handed a project over to another person. With e-Builder implementation, we have a central document repository and a folder structure that is the same across all projects. It also allows direct integration with our financial systems which makes it easier to track project costs.

Pros

  • Provide a document structure that is easy to navigate. All documents, even within a process, are stored in the document structure and easily accessed by those with the correct permissions.
  • Scheduling, especially with the new module is easy. It is helpful with a large organization where many hands touch projects to be able to forecast workloads (we have an in house engineering team who reviews all projects during their design phase)
  • Allows for easy interface with contractors and makes the submittal process more straightforward.

Cons

  • We have MS Project 2016 and it doesn't interface with the new schedule module.
  • We have multiple layers of submittal approvals. Additional functionality to reflect how submittals are reviewed would be great.
  • The new schedule module Save button is in a location that is not intuitive to look for. If it could auto save or not be all the way on the upper right hand side, it would be easier to use.

Likelihood to Recommend

e-Builder is well suited to situations where there are stakeholders across a large organization who need updates on a regular basis and great for tracking costs and schedule. It is less well suited to small projects with little complexity. It is also not well suited to projects with multiple primes.
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Susan Evans
Project Coordinator at Cornell University (Higher Education, 10,001+ employees)
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e-Builder
4 years of experience
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