Bid Day. Inevitably, one of the most stressful days for contractors everywhere. Bid Day is often considered one of the most time consuming and frustrating processes in construction. SmartBid, a product of JBKnowledge, luckily takes

The bid management process can be a stressful part of construction for general contractors. However, by utilizing construction bidding software, GCs can take the crazy out of bid day and supply their precon team with the tools to effectively communicate with subcontractors and manage project invites to save time and money. Below are seven

  Challenge: Whether you use an FTP site or another cloud service to house your construction documents, it’s essential to know what project documents have been accessed or downloaded by your subcontractors or vendors. Attaching

  Challenge: The preparation of a good invitation to bid or request for proposal for subcontractors is both the most important and possibly the most difficult step in the preconstruction process. Implementing the wrong invitation

  Challenge: When it comes to delivering your invitations to bid, it’s no surprise that an email invitation remains the most effective method of distribution. However, subcontractors can’t respond with proposals if they never get

 Challenge: So, you have sent out your invitations to bid to your subcontractors on a project, now what? Usually general contractors will have to go through the dreaded process of following up with these

Challenge:  There are many ways a general contractor can get off track during the preconstruction process – going over budget, going over schedule and ultimately, not winning the project. When the GC does not thoroughly track and compare historical invitation to bid data, they

Challenge: Unfortunately, we’re all humans, meaning none of us are “Superheroes” and we get sick, injured or have emergencies that prevent us from working 24/7, 365 days a year. So, if you’re a general contractor