HCSS Customers Sweep the Heavy Highway Category of the 2007 Constructech Vision Awards

HCSS customers Ford Construction Company, Inc. (FCCI) of Lodi, CA, O.C. Jones & Sons, Inc., of Berkeley, CA, and Miller Brothers, Inc. (MBC Holdings) of Archbold, OH, have been honored with Constructech Vision Awards for their innovative use of technology.

For the first time, HCSS customers took home the trifecta in the Heavy/Highway/GC category, and HCSS received the Technology Enabler Award for each company. Each company uses HCSS products, and was judged on how their processes and competitiveness have been improved with the use of these technologies.

Ford Construction Co., Inc. - GOLD
By combining Trimble GPS technology with The Dispatcher resource management software from HCSS, Ford Construction Co. of Lodi, CA, has gained confidence and a competitive advantage in the mass grading sector of heavy civil construction. Information gathered by GPS, such as location of the equipment, speed the equipment is traveling, cycle time, down or idle time, and startup and shutdown time, is linked to The Dispatcher where it is used to update meter readings, calculate equipment utilization, and generate organized easy to read reports. It can also protect against theft, notifying management if equipment is being moved from predetermined areas, or being operated after working hours.

O.C. Jones & Sons, Inc. - Silver
By integrating all three HCSS products, HeavyBid, HeavyJob and The Dispatcher, O.C. Jones of Berkeley, CA, has the ability to share important information throughout the company, both in their main offices and remote sites. By doing so, they have realized savings in both money and time when collecting dispatch and payroll information; reduced time card errors and the time and effort spent correcting them; gained immediate feedback on job costs and the ability to react more quickly to this information; and gained a better method of building their historical database for use on future estimates.

Miller Brothers Construction, Inc. - Bronze
After implementing HeavyJob field management software, Miller Bros. of Archbold, OH, no longer faces the issue of missing out on information vital to project managers in evaluating job performance. They are now able to get information quickly and accurately from the field, which allows them to make changes to the job if it is not proceeding as planned. Implementation of HeavyJob has helped them meet their commitment of achieving the best results on every project.

“We are extremely proud of our customers and the fact they swept the Heavy/Highway Division,” said Mike Rydin, HCSS President. “It is such an honor to be part of their successes, and we look forward to continue our growth with each company.”

This marks the fourth consecutive year HCSS customers have received this award based on their use of HCSS products. Glen O. Hawbaker and Champion Site Prep won in 2006, MCM Corp. and Thelen Sand & Gravel in 2005, and M.J. Menefee Construction won in 2004.

The Constructech Vision Awards honor companies that have realized the advantages of applying innovative technologies to their everyday businesses, as well as the technology enablers that helped them achieve their goal.

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Founded in 1986, HCSS sets the standard for estimating and field management, and dispatching software for the infrastructure construction industry with instant 24-hour technical support, on-site training by veteran contractors, and annual user's group meetings attended by hundreds of contractors each year. Thousands of contractors, bidding in excess of $100 billion per year, rely on HCSS products for their ease of use, speed, and precision in performing estimating, field management, and dispatching activities. For more information about HCSS and their complete line of estimating, field management, and dispatching products for infrastructure contractors, please visit www.hcss.com or call 1-800-683-3196.

 

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