Communication for construction professionals
4.6/5 (11 reviews)Fieldlens is a great product for any construction professional. It is so versatile that you can really use it to track and communicate on any project. We are using it on several projects right now and I am continuously impressed by their product and their team. They are always willing to help develop new workflows that will help you and your team be efficient.
Pros
As easy to use as Facebook
Collects a lot of data
Very customizable
Truly improves project tracking and communication
Cons
For the price I could not ask any more of this product
Their coaching / support team is fantastic. To have the right folks to teach the blue collar crowd that I belong to - how to increase positive communication and zero punch lists on a job site - that's impressive.
Pros
I stay organized - all the communication about my job sites happens in the app, all the key players are involved. The net result is that we finish jobs on time with fewer change orders and punch list.
Cons
The UI changes about once a year - but it's for the better. It takes some time to acclimate but in the end the newer UI is a better UI.
Pros
While using FieldLens, we have been able to capture and track project information in the field of construction that we had never been able to accomplish before using the app. New insights are constantly being revealed while learning from the captured information in FieldLens. I would have to say that my most liked quality of FieldLens is their customer support. They will make sure at all cost that you are successful in using their product no matter what. Great team over at FieldLens for sure!
Cons
Nothing at this time. The team truly understands that their product/app is never complete and needs continual improvement and advancements.
FieldLens allows everyone to be up to speed with everything that is happening in the field. Reporting is extremely easy which is a big plus.
Pros
Support staff is extremely helpful and quick to resolve any issues. Training is specific to your job and project team.
Cons
None at the moment.
With FieldLens we have seen an improvement in the type of data we can capture on our projects. The tedious process of having to use multiple application for the variety of deliverables we need are gone. We have improved the efficiency in which we capture issues, pictures or create daily reports. And the best part is we can use the data for analysis during or after the project is complete.
Pros
Fast, customizable and the best customer support I have experienced.
Great support team. Available at all times and creates custom solutions and suggests great ways to utilize their product.
Pros
Instant access everywhere to all the information you need and good analytics.
Cons
Made to work for you.
Pros
I like that the software keeps track of all the changes/discussions that happened so that people can always refer back to previous discussions.
Cons
I do not like the fact that there is a lot of emails sent out about past items/new items/ etc - perhaps one collective email at the end of the day or beginning of the day would be my preference.
Pros
Its an app that can be used with ease on smart phone or ipad, it was great to use for puchlist. very easy to update once punchlist items were complete.
Cons
It is an app, so not very computer friendly, or as capable as bluebeam would be, but was enough to get the job done.
Pros
That you can easily correspond with field staff and document progress on the job site.
Cons
That it takes up a lot of memory on my phone. This may be a technical glitch on my end but am not sure.
I have used this product for medium sized projects and has worked out well.
Pros
Great app to use for punch list items, it can be updated in real time and interface if easy enough that anyone on the team can use it, features include adding pictures and descriptions to drawings.
Cons
Its an app, so speed and use are geared toward smartphone and tablet use
Our organization implemented FIeldLens after several months of comparison shopping, evaluation, and consultation with the provider. We determined that the application would best satisfy our need to communicate progress; identify and resolve issues; and report on the hundreds of individual projects we have in construction at any given time.
The flexibility of the application provides our team with the ability to establish project/category structures that enable system wide schedule performance tracking, quality trending, and cost escalation management. We are able to report at the project, regional, contractor, and overall program level. This intelligence gives us better visibility and metrics to manage our complex organization - insights we were not able to achieve with any other solution.
FieldLens has replaced all other field reporting solutions we had in place. The user interface is excellent and very intuitive, entry of information is simple and quick, and the available back-end information provides a data rich environment that is capable of supporting even the most sophisticated construction management needs.
Since implementing FieldLens we have achieved measurable and impressive improvements in volume of field visits; on-site resource activity levels; mean time between issue identification and resolution; and real time communication between the field staff and project managers. In addition to those gains we have also seen a significant improvement reduction to and processing cycle time for change orders coupled with dramatically improved documentation.
We have and will continue to recommend FieldLens to anyone with a complex and distributed construction portfolio. We will continue to use the application for all of our project and program management engagements. With proper attention and imagination invested during set-up the application will do some pretty amazing things.