Finding The Balance: Software for Mechanical Contractors

Most Mechanical and HVAC Contractors are made up of two business units: the large-scale job cost division that handles projects of all magnitudes, and the service maintenance side that deals with day-to-day customer care. A majority of software systems normally do a great job of catering to the Job Cost half with modules like project management, change order management, equipment management, document management and accounting; but they fall short on the Service Maintenance side. To combat this, some major Job Cost-centric software companies acquire an existing third party Service Maintenance software and tack it on to the existing package to offer a piecemeal "integrated" solution. 
 
However, this solution comes with an invisible price-tag. The tacked on software is often not smoothly merged with the original system, leading to problems down the road with integration, inefficiencies and meaningful reporting. To circumvent this problem, it's important to keep this fact in mind when making your initial software purchase. The ideal software for a Mechanical/HVAC Contractor would have all modules built organically from the ground up. This ensures that the modules interact efficiently from Go-Live and going forward with various upgrades. If both packages aren't built under the same roof, you could run into problems when a version update for one comes sooner for one half and unfavorably impacts the second.
 
The Jonas solution is specialized to cater to every aspect of a Mechanical and/or HVAC contractor's business, with every individual module being written organically and in-house for the last 21 years. Whether you specialize in residential, commercial, industrial or government jobs – we have you covered. We specialize in providing complete construction software products to run every facet of your operation, from construction accounting and job cost to service management and mobile field solutions.
 
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