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ConstructionOnline™ Publish Report for the Week of October 21, 2024

Weekly Publish Report for UDA ConstructionOnline | October 21, 2024 | Construction Management Software Update

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. 

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