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ConstructionOnline is proud to announce the recent addition of 4 new financial reports for OnCost™ Estimating. Joining the recently released Room Summary Report and Phase Summary Report, the 4 new reports include - the Group Summary Report, the Stage Summary Report, the Trade Summary Report, and the Type Summary Report. Following the addition of the Group, Room, Phase, Stage, Trade, and Type columns for construction estimates as part of ConstructionOnline™ 2024, these new financial reports further empower construction professionals to access focused, detailed breakdowns of construction project costs. 

UDA is excited to announce the introduction of a new, discrete sheet within the Export for Reference Excel document for construction estimates. Added to enhance ConstructionOnline’s estimate options when exporting to Excel, the new “Takeoffs” sheet specifically details takeoff data imported into OnCost™ Estimates, providing companies with more comprehensive datasets that can be referenced outside of the industry-leading platform. 

ConstructionOnline™ is proud to announce the recent addition of two new financial reports for OnCost™ Estimating - the Room Summary Report and the Phase Summary Report. Following the addition of the Room & Phase columns for construction estimates as part of ConstructionOnline™ 2024, these new financial reports further empower construction professionals to access focused, detailed breakdowns of construction project costs. 

ConstructionOnline is excited to announce new, free construction estimate templates - now available for download. ConstructionOnline is a top-ranked construction project management software with decades of experience leading the industry in software solutions for construction estimating, scheduling, reporting, and more. 

UDA Technologies recently announced the ability to make OnCost™ Estimates visible to ClientLink™ Users within ConstructionOnline’s Project Portal. In response to client feedback and an increase in construction companies offering open book/cost plus contracts to their clients, UDA has added the ability to make construction estimates available to clients in a View-Only capacity available for select companies on a case-by-case basis. 

ConstructionOnline™ recently released a new “Last Edited” timestamp for its award-winning construction estimating platform - OnCost™ Estimating. Company Users will now find the “Last Edited” label, which displays the exact date and time of the last edits made to the current estimate, at the top of OnCost Estimating within the Estimate Summary pane. 

ConstructionOnline™ recently announced new Custom Breakdowns options made available to its state-of-the-art OnPoint™ Proposal Wizard. Following the recent addition of Room, Phase, Stage, Trade, Type, Group, Floor, and Building columns to OnCost™ Estimates, ConstructionOnline continues to build powerful ways to utilize the data stored in these estimate columns with the ability to display their information on construction proposals. 

ConstructionOnline™ is excited to announce the addition of eight new data columns available within OnCost™ Estimating. Designed to continue providing construction pros with the most advanced options for creating and maintaining detailed, accurate construction estimates, ConstructionOnline's Advanced OnCost Estimates now include more data fields than ever before with these newly added Estimate Columns: 

ConstructionOnline™ Company Users will find an additional column in the Excel Estimate Template available for importing construction estimates into OnCost™ Estimating. Company Users can now input custom units for Subcategories and/or Line Items in the Unit column of the Excel Estimate Template for import—further extending the flexibility of data points available when transferring financial data into ConstructionOnline. 

UDA recently added a new access point within ConstructionOnline’s OnCost™ Estimating that allows construction companies to create schedules directly from their estimates. Company Users will now find that, in addition to the option available in the Estimating Toolbar, the “Create Schedule from Estimate” option can also be engaged from their estimate’s three-dot action menu. This enhancement makes generating construction schedules from estimate data quicker and easier while saving valuable time and labor. 

UDA Technologies recently announced the release of brand-new Proposal Presets and additional Estimate Proposal controls for ConstructionOnline™ 2023. Proposal Presets are a new & exclusive feature for ConstructionOnline’s powerful Estimate Proposal generator: the OnPoint™ Proposal Wizard.

UDA Technologies is excited to announce the added ability for ConstructionOnline™ Users to automatically link all Estimate Items to a newly created Costbook when creating a new Costbook from an Estimate. Users will find two new controls within the Create New Costbook from Estimate modal including options to: 

ConstructionOnline was recently featured in a Forbes Advisor article which recommended the Best Construction Estimating Software (2023). The Forbes team of experts analyzed over a dozen construction estimating software solutions to compile a list of the best options available on the market today, and ConstructionOnline™ was ultimately recommended as “best for big companies.”

Following the recent enhancements to Import and Export options for OnCost™ Estimates, UDA Technologies recently announced updates to the Excel Estimate Templates provided for importing Estimates into ConstructionOnline™. Excel Estimate Templates provided for Import now include fields and formatting to support recent functionality enhancements. Notable updates include -  

ConstructionOnline™ Users will find extensive updates to both the Import and Export options within the industry’s leading construction estimating software: OnCost™ Estimating. Well-known for providing the only bi-directional construction estimating tool on the market for both QuickBooks Online and Desktop, the new Import/Export options available for OnCost™ Estimates continue to build on ConstructionOnline’s cutting-edge technology by opening dozens of integration opportunities for other accounting systems. 

UDA Technologies is excited to announce the release of new Quantity Multipliers available acrossall Multi-Family product plans and Residential, Commercial, Specialty, and Industrial plans at the Enterprise level. Users now have the powerful ability to multiply their OnCost™ Estimate data by a customizable quantity applied at the Category, Subcatroy, or Item level.

ConstructionOnline™ recently announced new formatting, styling, & usability enhancements to Proposals generated from the OnPoint™ Proposal Wizard. This latest round of improvements increases the ease of use of the Report Wizard as well as the quality of the professional reports generated from ConstructionOnline™. 

Construction companies benefit from the new Work Order Report for OnCost™ Estimating, ConstructionOnline's most recent addition to its robust options for professional, print-ready Financial Reports. The Work Order Report allows ConstructionOnline™ Users to generate work orders directly from their project estimates, continuing to add depth to the comprehensive, flexible reporting options available for construction companies.

UDA Technologies recently announced an update to the creation sequence for ConstructionOnline™ OnCost™ Estimates. While still providing Users with flexible options for creating their OnCost™ Estimates, the new creation sequence reinforces ConstructionOnline’s recommended best practice for Estimate creation—choosing a 3-Level Estimate structure.

ConstructionOnline™ Company Users now have the ability to add Attachments to Estimate Line Items within OnCost™ Estimating. The Attachments column is available within any 3-Level OnCost™ Estimate Column View and allows Users to attach important construction photos & documents to their critical financial data. 

ConstructionOnline™ Company Users now have the ability to Copy and Paste Categories, Subcategories, and Items within OnCost™ Estimating. Users will find Copy/Paste controls through the right-click dropdown menu or by using the Ctrl + C (Copy) and Ctrl + V (Paste) keyboard shortcuts.

UDA Technologies recently announced the release of the new & improved Financial Report Wizard for ConstructionOnline™, home to industry-leading OnCost™ Estimating & Job Costing. The new Report Wizard is currently in place for Estimate Proposals and Current Contract Summaries, and further expansion is projected for future system updates.

ConstructionOnline™ Company Users can now duplicate Categories, Subcategories, and/or Items within OnCost™ Estimates. This most recent enhancement to the industry's #1 rated online construction estimator improves the efficiency and ease of creating construction estimates in ConstructionOnline™ - giving construction pros the competitive solutions needed to quickly create estimates and win more jobs. 

ConstructionOnline™ 2022 delivers all the tools needed to maintain a thriving construction business, including integrated financial tools, dynamic online takeoff, intuitive accounting integration, custom company costbooks, and much more. Most recently, UDA further expanded construction takeoff, estimating, and financial management capabilities with the addition of Assemblies to Company Costbooks for ConstructionOnline™ 2022. 

UDA Technologies recently introduced new options for creating custom Company Costbooks in ConstructionOnline™. Company Users can now create Company Costbooks from existing construction Estimates and Estimate Templates in ConstructionOnline™.

ConstructionOnline™ announced recent updates to the fully integrated Invoicing module available as part of the project management system's award-winning financial toolkit. First released in 2020, ConstructionOnline's Invoicing has been widely popular with construction professionals who seek to maximize the substantial financial, operational, and organizational ROI available through uniting construction estimating, job costing, and invoicing in a single system like ConstructionOnline™.

UDA Technologies was proud to be featured as a "Leading Company" in 2021's Global Construction Estimating Software Market Rising Trends Report, commissioned by Kennesaw State University and completed by Market Insights Reports. The report identifies competitive market players and details their size, strategies, product portfolios, core competencies, recent major developments, and more. 

UDA Technologies announced that the option for including Takeoff Notes on ConstructionOnline's popular Estimate Notes report is now available. The Estimate Notes report compiles all notes from a selected estimate into a single, organized report for improved professional communication across construction projects. 

UDA Technologies announced that options for including Quantity and Unit on industry-leading financial reports are now included in ConstructionOnline. Company Users will find the new options available for ConstructionOnline's Estimate Proposal and Current Contract Summary. 

OnCost™ Estimating has benefited from several intuitive updates to support the recently-released integration with Redline™ Takeoff, which allows for users to directly import construction takeoffs to UDA's advanced construction estimating system. 

2021 has delivered sweeping updates to Redline™ Takeoff, UDA's innovative toolkit for online construction takeoffs. Construction pros are seeing takeoff measurements & items even more clearly now with new grid views introduced for Redline™ Takeoff:

Redline Takeoff has seen massive updates to kick off 2021, and some of the most impactful of these updates are in the calculation methods available in the online construction financial system. Known for delivering the features construction pros need to achieve the most accurate construction takeoffs & estimates, Redline Takeoff continues to impress with new enhancements. 

ConstructionOnline introduced custom Company Costbooks & Items Database functions, which now powerfully facilitate the most integrated construction takeoff & estimating system in the industry today - Redline Takeoff + OnCost Estimating. Recent improvements have expanded costbook customization options and enhanced database usability:

ConstructionOnline™ delivered a multitude of impressive updates to the powerful online estimating tool in 2020, skyrocketing past competitors to deliver by-far the most advanced construction estimating solution on the market today. 

UDA Technologies is proud to share that Digital.com has named ConstructionOnline™ in the Best Construction Estimating Software of 2021 feature. Digital.com compiled the Best Construction Estimating Software of 2021 as the result of research on 80+ construction estimating software companies across the industry with the goal of helping growing construction companies find the best construction estimating software. 

New Invoicing is now available in ConstructionOnline, adding just one more capability to the industry’s most powerful online construction estimating & job costing tool. Stand-alone Invoicing in ConstructionOnline follows a host of new, advanced financial functions introduced to ConstructionOnline in 2020. 

UDA Technologies released the latest feature to power industry-leading construction estimating today – the ConstructionOnline Items Database. This impressive update introduces customizable costbooks to ConstructionOnline, providing a central location where users can store, track, & manage construction costs. 

ConstructionOnline recently expanded reports available for Sales Management & Opportunities to include the system’s industry-leading Request for Quote (RFQ) report. With the RFQ now available for Opportunities. construction companies experience improved requisition of initial bids, increasing the accuracy of construction estimates when evaluating potential new contracts.

With the latest update to ConstructionOnline's industry-leading accounting integration, users can now effortlessly generate AIA payment applications in minutes. ConstructionOnline's Desktop Assistant, Socket, powers the unique integration between web-based ConstructionOnline & desktop versions of QuickBooks, and new Application for Payment capabilities include:

Redline Takeoff, UDA's revolutionary cloud-based takeoff software, recently introduced new cutout tools to the expansive library of takeoff capabilities. Construction professionals will now be able to deduct from Area or Volume takeoff measurements, with support for Roof and Wall measurements coming in future updates. Some of the highlights of this new feature include: 

New settings have been added to Advanced Estimating in ConstructionOnline, empowering users to further optimize the construction estimating process. With settings now available for Subcategory Defaults, Classification Markups, and Estimate Locks, ConstructionOnline delivers options to fit every construction company’s estimating preferences.

ConstructionOnline™ 2020 promises to be the strongest, most comprehensive construction management software available on the market today, and New Advanced OnCost™ Estimating is a key component to the system’s preeminent dominance.

UDA Technologies will launch the official introduction of ConstructionOnline 2020 with a special webinar series debuting Thursday, November 7 at 4:00 pm ET. ConstructionOnline 2020 promises to deliver construction management for “the modern builder,” and will include many recently previewed features from UDA Technologies, along with exciting new releases.

UDA Technologies recently announced the schedule of upcoming webinar events for July 2019. Well-known for consistently providing 5-Star Customer Service & Support, UDA continues to uphold the company’s dedication to client success with special session webinar and regularly scheduled series.

This September, UDA Technologies will host a special workshop for the Woodard Group’s Greater New York Chapter. Woodard Groups nationwide serve to educate, support, and connect accounting professionals, small business advisors, and small business owners, with focused niches for construction companies, non-profit organizations, and law firms. Woodard is perhaps best known for their publication, Insightful Accountant, and their highly-anticipated annual conference, Scaling New Heights.