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Date Posted: 9/28/2005

Dexter + Chaney Launches New Web Portal For Its Forefront® Construction Management Software

 
 
Gives employees, customers access to critical data and functions from any computer with an Internet connection


SEATTLE, September 21, 2005: The new Web Portal for Dexter + Chaney’s Forefront® Construction Management Software gives a construction company’s employees and customers access to critical data and functions in Forefront—including payroll/timecard and customer service—from any computer with an Internet connection. Construction companies also can use Forefront Web Portal to create and easily maintain any or all of the company’s Website content.

“Web Portal offers clients an entirely new method to reach out to their customers, prospective customers, employees and suppliers who rely on the information in Forefront to do their jobs,” said John Chaney, Dexter + Chaney president and co-founder. “Web Portal solves a problem facing most construction companies: it can be difficult to make effective use of their Website because of the technical expertise and expense required to create and frequently update its content.”

The Time and Quantity Entry application expedites employee time card entry from the field. Project managers, foremen and individual employees can log onto Web Portal to enter their time into Forefront. Alternatively, the company can specify that only select individuals (a crew leader or project manager, for example) can enter and view that information.

With the Service Inquiry and Request application, the construction company’s customer enters a service request directly into Forefront. The contractor analyzes the request and determines how to proceed before responding to the customer. Web Portal also gives customers real-time access to their complete service and billing history online.

Web Portal essentially works like a word processor for the company’s Website. The company can easily create and publish pages, post photos, offer an employee directory, create and distribute newsletters, provide discussion forums, update content and manage the entire Website. With Web Portal’s security capabilities, the company can control access to specific content as well as specify individuals who have permission to add or change information on the Website.
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More than 1,000 construction companies throughout the United States use Dexter + Chaney’s Forefront Construction Management Software. Forefront includes 30 integrated modules that handle project management, construction accounting, service management, human resources, document imaging, remote connectivity and data sharing. Companies that use Forefront report they have improved profitability and have grown their businesses more than 300 percent without adding accounting staff.

Forefront placed first overall in the Job Costing/Accounting/Payroll Applications category of the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) 2004 Information Technology Survey for the Construction Industry, fifth edition. Dexter + Chaney also finished first in service-management software for the specialty-trades category. More than 3,500 total users make use of Forefront’s Document Imaging component, which addresses a typically painful problem for contracting firms: giving management, office staff and project managers the fast access they need to important documents like AP invoices, change orders, payroll timecards, contracts and others.

For more information about Dexter + Chaney or Forefront, contact Brad Mathews, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Dexter + Chaney, 9700 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-2347; phone: 800-875-1400 or 206-364-1400; fax: 206-367-9613; e-mail: info@dexterchaney.com; www.dexterchaney.com.
 
 


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