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Industrial contractor replaces spreadsheets and manual data entry with a mobile app integrated with its accounting ERP to improve billing, improve productivity and take more money to the bottom line several ways

No one could have predicted the situation we found ourselves in in 2020, with a global pandemic bringing the economy to its knees, projects delayed overnight, rapid restarts, remote management, and challenging labor dynamics.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many industries have increased their reliance on digital solutions and technology. The construction industry in particular has a history of consistent evolution as technology has continued to help building professionals increase revenue and improve productivity.

Construction of a second cruise ship berth at Icy Strait Point in Hoonah, Alaska, finished seven months early with thorough planning, innovation, and technology – earning Turnagain Marine Construction multiple awards, including the Viewpoint Most Challenging Project Award for 2020.

CFO Andrew Bates stepped up to run business systems along with finance to help take the business to the next level. "The role of a CFO can be one of change agent."

As a specialty contractor, maintaining collaborative and fruitful working relationships with general or lead contractors is critical for success. Strong partnerships build trust, help ensure work is done more efficiently and lead to winning more bids in the future.

Viewpoint’s Business Continuity Toolkit (registration required) helps contractors prepare their businesses for unexpected disruptions. It covers finding a path forward, making changes and learning from others.

The world has become largely digitized over the past few years, and more reliant on technology than ever. In 2018, Forbes wrote that humans created 2.5 quintillion bytes (2.5M Terabytes) of data every day, and 90% of the world’s entire data was created within just the previous two to three years. That same year, Cisco noted in a report that 94% of all workloads would be run in some form of cloud environment by 2021.

Moving to the cloud enables a connected construction operation with a fluid flow of data and collaborative communication between the field, office and project teams.

Over the past few years, Viewpoint has honored several of its client companies that have overcome significant project challenges, showcased innovative building or operational practices, leveraged modern technologies to create success stories and more. Each year, dozens of companies submit their own stories for consideration for the Viewpoint Construction Awards.