CMiC Software

CMiC Software

103 Reviews

CMiC Software provides a centralized solution for construction management, promoting transparency, efficiency, and collaboration. While it may require adequate training, its robust capabilities and flexible deployment options make it a valuable asset for construction firms.

CMiC Software Specifications

Accounting

Project Scheduling

Project Tracking

Document Management

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What is CMiC Software?

Overview

For over 30 years, CMiC has delivered state-of-the-art software solutions, purpose-built for the construction industry. Since its inception, CMiC has maintained a laser focus on automating essential back-office functions – such as accounting, enterprise planning, human capital management and asset management – as well as field operations, including project management & controls, collaboration and a full suite of apps for mobile devices.

CMiC’s construction management platform powers a variety of companies in the AEC industry – from general, specialty and heavy/highway contractors to project owners in government, higher education, high technology, hospitality, healthcare and manufacturing. While the full range of applications have been developed in-house, the CMiC platform offers the flexibility to integrate many 3rd party point solutions. With CMiC’s Single Database Platform™, all project and company data are accessed from one place, ensuring everyone across the organization is working on the most up-to-date documents and insights. Because information is always complete and accurate, construction firms can keep multiple projects running smoothly, on budget and on time, while better controlling their costs.

Customers can choose from a range of flexible deployment options: On-premise; Platform-as-a-Service or a Multi-tenant cloud environment, allowing them to choose a model that best meets their requirements, budgets and timeframes.

CMiC Capabilities

CMiC software also meets the needs of construction businesses by offering capabilities such as:

Project Visibility

This tool promotes transparency by allowing all team members to access real-time project data and documents. CMiC’s project visibility eliminates the problems caused by disjointed tools, improving efficiency and reducing task duplication by integrating all project details into one ERP system.

Forecasting

CMiC's Single Database Platform uses powerful analytics for data-driven decision-making. It predicts project costs, completion timelines, revenue, and growth, enhancing contractors' confidence. With a customizable workspace, it turns data into actionable insights to boost efficiency and strategic growth.

Document Management

Users can consolidate all project documents in one place with document management tools. This allows users to view, annotate, and share construction drawings, facilitating collaboration and ensuring compliance. In addition, the mobile-accessible system ensures real-time updates of all documents, mitigating document management risks.

Scalable Construction Process

This feature optimizes system use to accommodate business growth. It replaces multiple older systems with an integrated solution, automating tasks, streamlining processes, and leveraging shared data. The Single Database Platform reduces training needs, making the system easier to adopt and use

Change Order Management

CMiC's change order management feature is designed to handle project changes, minimizing impacts on cost and timelines. It provides real-time synchronization and transparency to mitigate risk and maximize operational agility. The system auto-generates all necessary subcontract modifications when a change order is approved, enabling teams to predict the impact of unexpected costs on the project and adjust billing for subcontractors and suppliers accordingly. Viewing all cost and project changes in one system allows for proactive adaptation to change orders as they occur.

Drawing Management

You can automatically pull metadata like titles, sheet numbers, and trades from CMiC construction software. You can also link RFIs, documents, and items on your "punch list" to drawings by giving them location codes. Also, the software lets teams work together on drawing sets in real-time so that expensive rework doesn't have to be done. 

CMiC Software Pricing 

CMiC construction software has not shared its pricing model publicly. Unfortunately, this is a prevalent practice among software vendors. Therefore, you will have to contact the vendor to get the CMiC software pricing information. 

CMiC Software Demo

You can schedule a demo of the CMiC software to see if it meets your needs. The demo is a live setting where you can try out the different features of the software and decide if they meet your needs.

Our Thoughts 

CMiC construction management platform is used by a wide range of businesses in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector, including general, specialty, heavy/highway, and government contractors, as well as project owners in higher education, high technology, hospitality, healthcare, and manufacturing. 

CMiC Software Features

CMiC's comprehensive suite of accounting and financial tools gives you unparalleled control over your project finances. You can efficiently track invoices, manage accounts receivable, and access historical databases, all while creating real-time reports. The software also offers robust cost management, revenue management, and financial management capabilities, allowing you to forecast costs and revenues accurately. In addition, its accounts payable feature simplifies the payment process, ensuring timely and accurate payments to suppliers and subcontractors. The accounts receivable capability allows you to effectively manage customer invoices and payments, improving cash flow. The consolidated general ledger provides a unified view of your financial data, enabling you to monitor and control your financial operations more effectively.

The project controls solution by CMiC is designed to empower users with comprehensive oversight over project budgets, encompassing time, expenses, supplier contributions, and overall costs. It provides the tools to detect potential problems early in the project lifecycle, allowing for prompt adjustments and corrections. One of its key features is granting users access to all versions of their team's project documents, ensuring they are always updated with any changes in the project. This facilitates smooth and efficient execution, enabling teams to consistently deliver on their targets and objectives.

CMiC offers robust tools that facilitate the creation of workflows that align with an organization's priorities, policies, and procedures. It automates processes such as sending messages and communications to all project stakeholders, thereby improving the timeliness of transaction processing and customer response times. Efficient distribution of messages and alerts ensures improved communication with stakeholders. The CMiC Workflow product also aims to reduce errors and duplications by eliminating unnecessary steps. Furthermore, it provides field teams with easy access to photos, drawings, and critical assets and sets default contacts and descriptions for trades to speed up creating punch list items.

This feature provides real-time visibility into project-specific data, enhancing workflow productivity, cash flow control, resource allocation, and data-driven decision-making. CMiC’s Analytics also offers a tailored workspace, allowing users to create dashboards, generate reports to measure critical KPIs and drill into record-level data without needing third-party applications. It also enables users to respond quickly to events with potential cost impact. Users can quickly access all the data and insight using its Single Database Platform. In addition, the product is embedded directly into CMiC's core interface, providing a familiar environment to its users and improving the immediacy and relevancy of fact-based insights within existing applications.

CMiC Software Reviews

Overall Rating

4

103 Reviews

Rating Distribution

5

star

43

4

star

31

3

star

17

2

star

7

1

star

5

Aug 01, 2023

i really liked my CMIC experince

abdelfattah

Computer Networking

Ease of use

8

Value for money

10

Customer Support

10

Functionality

10

Pros

The best thing about CMiC is the availability of integrated project management in the construction industry.

Cons

Implementing CMiC can be quite expensive, especially for smaller construction companies with limited budgets. The initial setup cost, ongoing maintenance fees, and training expenses may present financial challenges.

Mar 01, 2023

Great value & functionality if done right

Craig

Construction

Ease of use

7

Value for money

10

Customer Support

6

Functionality

10

Pros

It serves as a fully integrated single source of truth with the modules necessary for my tasks. Its incredibly powerful when planned and set up well, along with having an experienced internal resource to manage it.

Cons

The user interface could be improved but there are ample controls to tidy it up if you're familiar with them. The system is extensive and powerful, requiring years to master the controls and backend. Its worth investing in an experienced internal resource to gain the necessary knowledge before starting implementation. Attempting to fix the system later can be time-consuming and costly.

Oct 15, 2022

Lifesaver but with steep learning curve.

AJ.

Construction

Ease of use

9

Value for money

9

Customer Support

7

Functionality

9

Pros

The CMiC software contains a huge number of tools. Because of this, the user experience is improved by the softwares capability for project teams to operate there simultaneously. This is helpful when you have a lot of subcontractors or project team members who all need to look at the same papers.

Cons

CMiC is a very useful tool but can also be a downer sometimes. To properly master the software, new users need to be ready to invest a significant amount of time studying all of its ins and outs.

Aug 01, 2022

CMiC Integration to Paycom

Anonymous

N/A

Ease of use

5

Value for money

5

Customer Support

5

Functionality

5

Pros

We are currently transitioning from CMiC to Paycom for Payroll and HR functions in the 4th quarter. I am seeking input from anyone who has gone through this integration. We have numerous questions and are struggling to find help in resolving certain Paycom issues.

Cons

I have decided to stick with CMiC for all our construction needs although we are shifting payroll and HR to Paycom.

Jan 01, 2022

The best integrated contract management tools, very suitable for construction projects

Hedaia

Construction

Ease of use

10

Value for money

10

Customer Support

10

Functionality

10

Pros

When utilizing a workflow management system like CMiC it ensures everyone is on the same page making it easier for them to contribute. The software can be customized to meet specific business requirements and plays a crucial role in coordinating team work. All project related documents such as subcontractor contracts, drawings, material requests, job requests, pour permits and change orders can be managed through one system. Thanks to CMiC, our project database is organized, ensuring no data is lost and information is readily accessible.

Cons

Personally I didn't encounter any issues while using CMiC. it was simple to comprehend and utilize for all project disciplines.

Nov 01, 2021

Works but lacks any real support

Seth

Construction

Ease of use

6

Value for money

6

Customer Support

4

Functionality

8

Pros

During the initial setup CMiC was in its prime. Many construction companies of our size were eager to have a similar solution.

Cons

The current CMiC version seems somewhat neglected. Its hard to obtain support for cases and lacks significant feature updates when they are released.

Oct 01, 2020

There are MUCH better options out there.............. did someone say PROCORE ?

Mike

Construction

Ease of use

2

Value for money

2

Customer Support

2

Functionality

2

Pros

Unfortunately based on my 4 years of daily use I have no positive feedback about this software.

Cons

Its very complicated for simple procedures. The same information has to be manually entered on every line of the same project. There are far too many drop down menus for inputting a basic value. It's not remotely user-friendly, and no cells are auto-populated. Everything must be entered multiple times, resulting in a significant waste of time.

May 01, 2020

CMiC - new user review

Samuel

Information Technology and Services

Ease of use

7

Value for money

8

Customer Support

8

Functionality

7

Pros

I like the results that can be achieved once all the data is entered. Although we have only been using the software for around 6 months the data entry process is quite extensive. We have obtained some valuable data so far but it has been time consuming.

Cons

We introduced CMiC in our company it was the replacement of QuickBooks in our department. We have had to request customizations from CMiC such as making estimates. While I don't believe its an ideal replacement for tasks like estimates, we are managing to make it work. Theres talk of reintroducing QuickBooks for certain functions.

Oct 01, 2019

Issues

Irma

Construction

Ease of use

5

Value for money

2

Customer Support

5

Functionality

5

Pros

Overall it functions well and gets the job done.

Cons

I frequently encounter issues and the software lacks standard payroll options like gross to net calculations. At times the system modules fail to communicate with each other.

Oct 01, 2019

CMiC - Finally we�re Mobile

Vanessa

Construction

Ease of use

7

Value for money

8

Customer Support

8

Functionality

10

Pros

I love the Mobile Field app for our field users. It has a clean and straightforward interface that continues to improve. The drawings management module is excellent, surpassing anything we have used in the past especially when it comes to tracking different versions of drawings.

Cons

Honestly some of the things I wanted to "complain" about at the User Conference this year are already being addressed by CMiC. However I still think the placement of certain features doesn't quite make sense, but they are making progress. Additionally I wish I had more control over the appearance and generation of reports.

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