Builterra platform Reviews

"Efficiency"

Comments: Its nice but interface can provide more information, such as we have a very big contract.
The contract has several roads in it, I work on one road and need an immediate update about the total quantity of work done entered or left...

Pros: Its a very efficient product I ever used. I like smart reporting software.
Its efficient, easy to access from anywhere onsite or office or from home.
No need more paperwork..

Cons: The online software should have offline software which can synchronize when connected to internet.
The offline version can be fast as the online version speed is depending on internet...

"Construction Inspector iPad App User"

Comments: Overall this is definitely an improvement over a clunky excel file, but there is still bugs and a lot of untapped potential left in the app.

Pros: I do like the template feature, the automatic weather feature, the contract item drop down list, and the “get location” feature. They did a great job on integrating this app for our projects.

Cons: 1. Should be able to complete the daily and EWO report without using the web app. Should be able to complete a report within the mobile app alone.
2. Once the inspection is reviewed it should automatically append a digital signature and then get sent to the contractor for their digital signature.
3. In the mobile app review mode, text overlaps making it difficult to find the item your are trying to review
4. You should be able to adjust the order that the items appear in the pdf or excel report. The web app allows the item # to be changed but this is not reflected once the report is produced.
5. Rows should automatically adjust in the final report if a remark is expanded upon.
6. If an item is deleted or modified in the mobile app for both dailies and EWO it is not always reflected in the final report.
7. Contract pay items appear to give you the impression that you can change the pay item that was initially selected, but this does not get reflected on the final report.
8. Ideally the create inspection and modify inspection are not on separate interfaces.

"Builterra for Contract Admininstractors"

Comments: Builterra helps to solve the mundane and time-consuming tasks of having to type up and format a perfect looking report. Using the simple forms in the field by inspector to just input the data cuts down on time taken generate reports.

Pros: Ease of the software made inputting data quite simple. Software is very customizable for the type of application we need, and produces reports in any format you need. Pull-down menus are easily expandable and works well when you need to add cells.

Cons: Would like to have seen a pre-determined list of standard inputs, e.g. types of machines or labourers, etc. so that I would not have to program them in for each project.

"Good Product"

Pros: Easy to use, user-friendly and convenient

Cons: Navigating through the available options

"Review"

Comments: I conduct field inspections with the software

Pros: Customer support is great. they always fix issues really fast.

Cons: lots of bugs, not a very user friendly interface

"Builterra"

Comments: Builterra is the future of inspection reporting and makes inspection requirements very easy to log, track and access.

Pros: The software is easy to navigate and very useful for inspection. Being able to attach pictures to a gps location and easily fill out daily inspection reports with drop down menus is ideal.

Cons: The software support between different client's jobs needs to be looked at and undated a bit.

"Efficiency"

Pros: I truly enjoy how easy it is for my project team to seamlessly coordinate data and be most efficient with our time because of this.

Cons: There were no aspects about this software that I truly did not enjoy.

"Builterra Review for sub-Division Construction"

Comments: Makes completing reports from the field much easier and saves a lot of time once you get back to the office as reports can be downloaded and sent out or stored immediately.

Pros: Very helpful for documentation of daily photos and keeping records.

Cons: Errors in software can cause in progress reports to be lost.

"Inspectors need this!"

Comments: I've enjoy using the software overall. Hopefully they improve the UI at some point.

Pros: I like that this has taken us from paper to digital copies of our inspections reports. It also helps me stay incredibly organized.

Cons: It can be complicated to use at first. However once you learn the steps, it's not that bad. The software could also use some sprucing up. The UI isn't visually appealing and lacks gesture support for iOS.

"Builtera user for a year"

Comments: I think it's good overall. The interface is so simple that it's easy to handle

Pros: It's convenient. It's also accessible on your phone. You can upload photos taken from the scene using your cell phone.

Cons: The loading speed is a little slow. And if you repeat what you've written because you don't have auto-save function, it's a bit sad to write the same contents every day.

"Easy for maneuvers for contract items and daily reports"

Comments: Report generation as in inspectors role have become easier. Pay items go through easily and easy operation saves time

Pros: Saves tons of time writing up the inspection reports and once a formula is set pay items are breeze. Loved the comaptibilty and synchronized formatting of reports between different platforms

Cons: Its very frustrating when you expect a report to be generated the way you want and software just stops responding and freezes.

"Best product in the Market"

Comments: overall, i am really satisfied with this software and will continue to use it.

Pros: I really liked how user friendly the software is. Any age or computer skills person can use this software with any problems.

Cons: the software is a bit slow to reload and response.

"Builterra beginner"

Comments: This software is creating a more standardized and consistent working platform across the board. Once everything is input, the whole office will be able to complete documents quicker and more efficiently. There will no longer be any discrepancy between documents.

Pros: I really liked how the software incorporated everything into one. The portion that allows Contract Administrators to post picutres, documents, etc., while on site was very impressive. I also really liked how easy it was to create tender documents.

Cons: When inputting historical documents it was difficult to remember what boxes to check, and how to input the proper data. This was not so much the software not working properly, rather it was an overload of information, and the drop down boxes not always containing the exact items.

"Technical Services Manager, Design and Construction Division"

Pros: Easy of use, reliability and close tie in with the on-line tendering software used by the Region's Purchasing Division.

Cons: Can be confusing, during the configuration and setup.

"Inspector"

Comments: Better than carrying papers with you on site

Pros: Multi platform capibilities. I like when I can use any available device to fill in my info

Cons: Access was not proper. I think admin didn't provide me proper access to evaluate

"Builterra for Contract Administration on municipal construction projects"

Pros: The software supports multiple projects, and geo-tagging of photos.

Cons: Some improvements could be made to the interface to make it easier to download reports.

"The best way to get current project information at your digital fingertips!"

Pros: We haven't fully implemented the full suite of tools within Builterra yet, so I am most pleased with the ability to control the catalog of items to prevent users from creating too many one-off items. As we move forward, the ability to query past tender pricing for estimating purposes is invaluable to me as a Project Manager. Ultimately, once we are using the inspection component full time, I can't wait for the daily inspection reports with photos and GPS located notes, etc.

Cons: None. The only drawback to this software is the same and any other business software : implementation. It is always difficult to get 100% "buy-in" but in time, I am confident all Project Managers here will appreciate the power and usefulness of Builterra.

"A great concept but not a finished product."

Comments: The best word would be 'frustrating'. Downloading a report in PDF form sums up the experience: having to wait several minutes for a 1pg pdf form is inconvenient - being told that it's because you are number 1 in line is just a bizarre user experience - finding out that using a different method to download that same 1pg pdf report gives a significantly different looking document is very frustrating. Customer service was timely and patient, but not always helpful. Many of the things we needed help with would turn out to be large problems and it did not seem that there was any interest in undertaking the necessary work.

Pros: I honestly believe the idea behind this software has the potential to change the way the industry operates and any company not using something similar will be seen as being behind the times. Builterra is on to a really good idea by putting CA tasks online and increasing automation and smart interactions between tasks.

Cons: The most frustrating part of using Builterra is experiencing it fall short of it's clear potential. From uploading/inputting data to downloading reports, every step was slow, buggy, and difficult to navigate. This translated into additional costs that had not been budgeted for and additional time that I did not have to spare. At no point did the time and effort savings of the software materialize. I suspect that each company signing up with Builterra will require a fair amount of work to customize the reports and functionality to that company. This is worth either putting under user control or taking the time to set up the software to turn out a product that matches the company's existing output. Much of the value of the product results from mobile use, sadly the mobile experience falls far short of even the desktop experience.

"Builterra"

Comments: As a user of Builterra, it has saved me time and effort compared to doing work manually.

Pros: Builterra is a very useful software that can be used via laptop, phone, or tablet. Daily inspections and weekly quantities of site work can be conducted through this platform which makes it easier than older methods such as Microsoft Word or Excel.

Cons: The software runs slow on laptops sometimes as the server is huge. Some data takes time to enter but they are still being developed to better aid the contract administrators.

"Acceptable Product"

Comments: It has been acceptable. We haven't been impressed, but not disappointed. It needs to be more fully adopted by our clients before it will become truly useful.

Pros: It has all the functionality needed to effectively perform contract administration and inspection services.

Cons: The setup process has been difficult. Our projects don't have all the correct details, and inspectors do not have a trust level with the software.

"Review of Builterra"

Pros: Desktop interface is user friendly. Easy generation of quantity summaries.

Cons: App use-ability could be improved. Field inspectors tend to use desktop application instead of app.

"Inpsection Reporting"

Comments: We are try to simplify the inspection reporting for the Inspectors. This was supposed to make project communication faster and more reliable.

Pros: The complete project team was capable of reviewing ongoing site planning , construction and administration tools

Cons: Very time consuming to upload photo and inspection reports (to many screens)

"Better than others"

Pros: It offers so many features. Reports look professional and organized. It’s easy to use and learn. It saves everything itself even if you forget to save your work.Builterra is a must try.

Cons: So far my experience with Builterra is good. The only thing I don’t like is, it’s missing ‘back’ button. But everything else is perfect.

"Review"

Pros: The ablitlity to complete reports onsite is amazing and to add photos right in the app with captions is great.

Cons: There is some issues with the formatting, but the support we received to fix the issue is really quick and it was fixed right away.

"SVR"

Comments: Did not really save a lot of time for completed SVR's other than being able to link photos directly in the field.

Pros: Being able to link photos to the report.

Cons: Having to input the same information repeatedly on a daily basis. Should be able to carry repetitive information over from day to day.