As a part of providing cutting-edge construction management software, UDA releases regular updates, enhancements, and new features to its award-winning construction management platform - ConstructionOnline. Recent additions to the platform include -
DAILY LOGGING
Advanced Daily Logging introduces a variety of new features & enhancements for construction project logs:
- A new log entry sequence has been implemented which allows for the easy creation of multiple logs in a single action through the accessible logging blade.
- Several New Log Types have been added -
- Scheduled Work Logs: References specific Tasks Details from the Project Schedule
- Scheduled Resources Logs: References specific Resource Details from the Project Schedule
- Manpower Logs: Streamlines the documentation of resources onsite, hours worked, and number of workers
- User-defined Custom Logs
- New Custom Logs
- Log Settings can be configured to suit various documentation needs, allowing users to craft custom templates for log entry.
- Custom Logs feature -
- Custom organizational structure: Define Sections and Subsections within Custom Logs to manage the segmentation of information included in log entries.
- Data validation: Choose to enable “Yes/No/NA” Selector
- Text: Choose to provide flexible fields for text entry and automatically populate Default Text
- Attachments: Choose to include options for Photo and File Attachments
- Users can configure and save multiple Custom Logs.
- Saved Custom Logs can be updated and duplicated.
- New Log Requirements
- Choose specific log types that will be required to be created daily for individual projects.
- ConstructionOnline automatically tracks which log types are required as well as their completion status.
- Email Notifications can be enabled and sent to selected recipients if the Required Logs for a project are not created during any given workday.
- New “Complete and Distribute” function
- Review daily log submissions and mark as “Complete” to verify accuracy and quality of execution.
- Company Users with “Complete” permissions for Daily Logging will be able to enter a digital signature upon review of the day.
- Marking a day’s logs as “Complete” locks all log creation/modification/deletion for that specific day. Completion status can be reverted to unlock creation/modification/deletion, if needed.
- Choosing to “Complete and Distribute” locks all log creation/modification/deletion for that specific day, and automatically sends a Daily Log Report out to selected Internal and/or External Recipients.
PURCHASING
- Added new Mark as Paid button to the Receipt blade.
- Created Payments are named "Payment for [Expense/Receipt Title]."
- Marking an Expense/Receipt as paid then saving will automatically create a full Payment on the Expense/Receipt.
- If an Expense/Receipt already has a partial payment, then marking it as paid should create an additional payment to fully pay off the Expense/Receipt.
- The Mark as Paid button is hidden for fully paid Expenses/Receipts.
- The Mark as Paid button is disabled for Expenses/Receipts with no vendor.
LEAD TRACKING
- Applied dynamic table functions to the Leads table
- Converted Lead Stages to Custom Company Values, allowing users to customize these fields.
- Removed existing limit on the number of available Lead Stages, allowing users to add more than the 7 Lead Stages provided by default in ConstructionOnline.
CLIENT SELECTIONS
- Enabled new Automated Reminders for Client Selections
REPORTING
- Updated “Share” function for ConstructionOnline Reports to introduce a new option that allows users to instantly share Reports via ConstructionOnline Message.