Simple Control: Managing Your Projects Can be a Simple, Satisfying Effort
Jun 2010
Project management through the use of software is now beginning to become more user-friendly. Construction project management software products, like those offered by HCSS, are allowing companies to use high-tech software without the hassle of the software having unusual qualifications for the user.
Read full story from Grading and Excavation Contractor, pp. 22-27
HCSS Software for Heavy and Highway: A Closer Look
HCSS has been creating software for the heavy, highway, infrastructure, and utility sectors since the mid-80s. Started by Mike Rydin, president and CEO, the company has created several great software packages, including The Dispatcher.
Crime Stoppers: Contractors adopt multiple strategies to control jobsite equipment theft and improve recovery rates
Sept/Oct 2009
Each year, millions of dollars in equipment are stolen, and less than 7% of those equipment are ever recovered. But contractors are now making a bigger effort to fight back. From common safeguards to high-tech solutions, such as The Dispatcher, they’re taking measures to prevent theft and improve recovery rates.
Heavy Hitter: Estimating Software Gives Users an Edge when Bidding Jobs
May/June 2009
Software for field management, estimating, and bidding is becoming more and more useful for companies trying to gain an edge when bidding jobs and running their operations. HCSS software products, such as The Dispatcher, save companies time, money, and frustration in their day-to-day activities.
Telematics
Feb 2008
With issues like theft and underreporting, companies are turning to GPS systems to keep an eye on their fleet activity and location. Software products, like The Dispatcher, allow companies to schedule where their equipment will be days, weeks, even months in advance, while also monitoring and ensuring good productivity within the fleet through the use of GPS technology.
Equipment Management Software
Jan 2008
“Equipment management software, such as The Dispatcher by Houston-based HCSS, makes easy work out of what otherwise can be a management nightmare. With information stored in and maintained by the software, contractors can make informed decisions about equipment purchases and rentals, and maintenance and repair schedules. It also has theft deterrence capability and can help a contractor keep more profit in his pocket.”
Telemetrics Track Heavy Equipment
Sept/Oct 2007
“How does your firm track its equipment and other resources? Does someone use a dry-erase board, slotting individual pieces of equipment and/or employees—each one represented by a card—into columns that represent the jobs your crews are on? There may be an easier way—technology that enables contractors to know exactly where their equipment is and what it’s doing at all hours of the day.”
New Small Tools Feature Saves Contractors Time, Money
Aug 2007
“HCSS has launched a Small Tools feature for The Dispatcher Resource Management Software that enables construction companies to track the entire inventory of small tools assigned to its employees. The new feature gives a contractor tighter control over its tools, thus reducing costs associated with loss or damage.”
Constructech 2007 Hottest Companies
Jul 2007
HCSS: Creating Knowledge Workers
“The Dispatcher is a product that Constructech editors believe will continue to gain notoriety as the push for business intelligence continues within the construction industry. Companies are now demanding this type of technology to help them gain valuable insight into how workers and assets can be better used across job portfolios.”
Jobsite Software Helps Keep Track of Employees and Equipment
May/June 2007
“A construction jobsite is a collection of many moving parts, and the project superintendent has to know where each of them is located. Until now, most of the technology available to accomplish this task has been a dry-erase or magnet board located in the jobsite trailer. HCSS Dispatcher application software with its new GPS unit changes that.”
Lost and Found: Software Helps Contractors Keep Track of Equipment
Apr 2007
Silver Star Construction Co. explains what a difference The Dispatcher has made in tracking both big equipment and smaller attachments.
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