RedTeam in the News
May 2010
RedTeam Releases Change Order Enhancements
In our commitment to provide better, more flexible service to your clients, RedTeam Software has released an enhancement to allow you to create a Request for Change Order comprised of multiple Customer Change Directives in Proposal Status. This feature will enable you to accommodate customers wanting to combine several Customer Change Directives onto a single Change Order document.
RedTeam Releases Owner Contingency Management
RedTeam’s Progress Bill allows you to tag discrete items on the Schedule of Values as Owner's Contingency. This simplifies management of Owner’s Contingency through the duration of the project and provides excellent reporting to your clients.
RedTeam Enables Payroll Exports
RedTeam provides real-time, web-based timecard entry from any internet connection. RedTeam minimizes your labor cost risk (and supports DCAA audits) by utilizing Labor Authorizations by Workorder and Cost code. To facilitate inquiries or export to other systems or outside payroll processing services, Timekeeping Details and Payroll Summaries are now available in RedTeam.
April 2010
RedTeam Enhances Weather Reporting on Progress Reports
We all appreciate how critical weather is to construction projects. Site Managers may now click “Check Weather” and RedTeam will utilize the zip code from the Service Location to insert local weather into the Progress Report. The new PM Report View includes this weather information from Progress Reports!
New Financial Overview View summarizes Contract, Financial and Working Capital Details
RedTeam has released an exciting new Financial Overview that compares your Workorder Budget to estimated cost at complete (EAC) which is the sum of actual costs to date, the balances of your open commitments and your list of items not yet committed ("At Risk"). Contact RedTeam for a Needs Assessment and Demonstration of these high-level management tools.
RedTeam Streamlines Project Control
Several new RedTeam features provide you with real-time insight into the financial aspects of your projects and empower your teams to deliver predictable financial outcomes. These features include Project Budgeting, Buyout Risk Management, Open Commitments, Budget Versus Actuals, Change Control, Revenue Calculation (based on Percentage of Completion), Cash Flow and Working Capital Management. Contact RedTeam for a private needs assessment and demonstration to see how these controls can reduce risk and increase your bottom line on your next project.
March 2010
RedTeam Collaboration Now Includes Email Groups
RedTeam is the only Project Management solution with an easy to use team solution for construction that truly streamlines the entire construction process online, real time. RedTeam customers have always benefited from the ability to network with team members via the internet. This month RedTeam released new options to facilitate email messages to various "groups" of Team Members such as customers, vendors and employees. RedTeam continues to embrace business networking for construction project management!
February 2010
RedTeam’s Planroom More Efficient than Ever
RedTeam helps preserve your competitive advantage with your Virtual Private Planroom. Customers, Vendors and Architects will all appreciate the new RedTeam features, including “Download All" for Team members that need local copies of all drawings and specifications.
RedTeam Request for Quotes Now Supports Fax
Although the vast majority of team collaboration is now accomplished via email, some vendors still prefer faxed documents. RedTeam now facilitates faxed Request for Quotes to your contacts from within your Workorder. This feature requires a pre-paid package allowing you to send faxes domestically and internationally if needed.
RedTeam Releases Improves the Buyout Process
RedTeam has released new functionality for managing and controlling the Buyout process. Items in your budget that have yet to be committed can be a hidden source of either profit or loss. Users will now be able to add and organize "At Risk" Items to expedite Buyout. A new view of Buyout "At Risk" helps keep your team focused on Estimate to Complete. A new tool even allows the creation of Commitments right from "At Risk" line items.
January 2010
New Flexibility for Managing Customers, Vendors, Third Parties and Occupants
Construction team members often take multiple roles in the complex process of project delivery. RedTeam now facilitates interaction with Entities with multiple types of relationships including Customer, Vendor, Third Party or Occupant. Unique attributes necessary for each type of business relationship may be added at any time. Extended Attributes may be added to Team Players. Once linked, a Team Player may have multiple types of business relationships including Customer, Vendor, Third Party or Occupant.
October 15, 2009
RedTeam in Bethesda, MD
Meet RedTeam at Tech-toberfest, an evening of networking and technology October 15, 2009, 4:00- 8:00 pm at the Bethesda County Club. Come check out the latest in technology advancements designed to help contractors.
October 2009
RedTeam Joins SAME
RedTeam has joined the SAME (Society of American Military Engineers). SAME promotes engineering, construction and maintenance for our US military facilities world-wide. RedTeam account manager, Annette Bain will be attending the SAME Southern Regional Conference in Charleston, SC, Oct. 19-21, 2009. Watch for RedTeam’s booth location at the SAME Small Business Conference December 8-9 in Grapevine, TX.
September 2009
RedTeam Security Gets Even Better
RedTeam Software is known for its sophisticated security controls that manage user access to information by Customer, Facility and Project. Security permissions are easily managed using Roles that are assigned to individual Team Members. System administrators may now assign Multiple Roles to users, providing the flexibility to support team members that perform several functions.
Committed Cost Management
RedTeam facilitates the complete “buyout” of each project including Purchase Orders, Task Orders, Labor, Equipment and Expense Authorizations. The Committed Audit has been expanded to display the Scope (original contract, change order, etc.) and the amount Paid by commitment. Providing the project team with a complete and current snapshot of commitments will directly impact the profitability of each project!
Request for Quotes Expanded
RedTeam issues Request for Quotes (RFQ) to vendors and then compares both the price and the scope of the vendor quotes better than any system on the market. RedTeam was expanded to streamline requesting and entering vendor quotes with an Import RFQ feature, mass email distribution to vendors and the generation of a “blank” RFQ to send to vendors not in RedTeam. RedTeam continues to promote true online collaboration between team members, including vendors!
August 2009
Delinquent RFI Gadget
On construction projects questions are asked and answered using the RFI or Request for Information. RedTeam generates the RFI and emails the customer or owner representative. The recipient simply clicks a link within the RFI, enters the answer and attaches any needed files. Prompt answers to RFI’s keep the project on track and mitigate risk for all parties. RedTeam’s Delinquent RFI Gadget provides contractors and project managers with a dashboard snapshot of unanswered RFI’s facilitating proactive management!
July 2009
New RedTeam Gadgets!
RedTeam announced the release of several new Dashboard Gadgets including: Invoices Submitted, Proposals Submitted, Work Orders Behind Schedule, Milestone Progress, and Cash Disbursed Gadgets. And to make the RedTeam Gadgets even more productive, each user can select the dashboard gadgets they want to display on their Today Page of each functional area of the application! Imagine having a snapshot of the information you need online, anytime, anywhere!
June 2009
Third-Party Companies
"Third-Party" companies in Marketing were released for Team Approach™! Track Contacts, Interactions, Events, and Credentials of companies even though they are not primary contracting parties. This enables collaboration with referral sources like Architects, Trade Associations and other contacts that are neither vendors nor customer prospects. RedTeam software continues to enhance their integrated CRM application for contractors and facility asset managers.
Service Locations and Occupants Added
Powerful new features facilitate management of Work Orders for specific Service Locations and Occupants within a Facility. Select or Add Service Location within each Facility to track facility maintenance and capital investments. Ensure delivery of great service by tracking Interactions with Facility Occupants. The ability to track Interactions and related information will be valuable to Facility managers.
