Guido Construction

Few industries can rival the complexity, coordination, and documentation requirements of the commercial construction industry. Whether it is managing contracts with dozens of subcontractors or tracking hundreds of potential cost impacts (PCIs), a project’s successful outcome and profitability are directly correlated to the documentation needed to support what was actually accomplished. For Guido Construction, a $100 million commercial contractor in South Texas, growth and scale brought new challenges in standardization and documentation.

“As our team expanded from less than 50 personnel to over 125, it became obvious we needed to standardize the way we manage projects and streamline our interaction with all stakeholders. In any given month we could have thirty or more active projects with different budgets, teams, and vendors and our management team needed a way to identify potential problems before they become risks to the project” said Maryanne Guido, chief executive officer.

Previously Guido was leveraging Quantum, an Access-based document generation tool - but they soon needed additional functionality. “We looked at out-of-the-box software but it was too expensive. Even SaaS-based products like Procore can run over $20,000 USD just to format your documents! We knew there had to be a better way to find / build an application that could fit our business and the way we do things.”