The telco and cable companies call it the “last mile”.  The construction industry calls it “the field”.

Why have we not taken advantage of automating this area?

Every year we face the same situation, and every year there are new technologies that show promise. 

But are they practical and do they really save us time? 

Better yet, can my field personnel use it or will I turn a good superintendent into a poor one? 

We’ve solved the back-office accounting issues with a good job costing system.  We’ve solved the front-office project operations issues with a good project management system.  Isn’t it about time we solve the front-line field operations issues with a good mobile solution?

You know for sure that timely communication from the field is critical to the success of your project. Using traditional methods, several hours or even days will often times pass before information is conveyed from the job-site to your team-members, management, and partners. These delays in the exchange of information can ultimately result in work stoppage, or schedule delays that impact your bottom line.

Take a look at Encompass: MOBILE, a leading mobile field workforce solution that allows you to work faster, improve field communications, reduce data input errors, and mitigate risk by empowering your field workers  with access to project data where the work is taking place - in the field!  Field tasks include:

  1. EncompassPunch Lists
  2. Punch Lists Inspections
  3. Requests for Information (RFI)
  4. Daily Construction Reports
  5. Inspections and Tests
  6. Safety Notices
  7. Quality Assurance, and more

The information collected can be used with any system in your organization and runs on Tablet PC’s, Ultra Mobile PC’s, and PDA’s that are Windows Mobile enabled.  The real power lies in the fact that this critical data can be used for multiple purposes and can extend your current workflows.  An example would be that you can create a punch list item in PROLOG and immediately generate an email to the contractor responsible for correcting the issue.

Encompass: MOBILE is already tightly integrated with PROLOG and supports “connected”, “occasionally connected” and “off-line” use.   Contact us for more information