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0318 Copyright © B2W Software Inc. 1993-2018 All Rights Reserved CONTACT US B2W Software empowers and inspires heavy civil construction companies to win more work and complete it more profitably. The company's ONE Platform includes unified applications to manage estimating, scheduling, field tracking, equipment maintenance, data capture and business intelligence. b2wsoftware.com • (800) 336-3808 • Site development • Highway and road construction • Underground utilities • Waste water treatment plants • Landfills M&M Excavating Brandie Meisner Gaylord, Michigan The smooth integration between B2W and Foundation was an essential requirement for M&M, and has made that Monday data-entry scramble a thing of the past. Data now flows directly, with only minor validation required. "We're gaining so much time, and the foremen are taking more ownership of the process while gaining a greater appreciation for what goes into job costing and accounting," she adds. Outside of the office, B2W Track and Estimate together also provide those M&M foremen and field crews with complete visibility into their daily work items, as well as other areas of the company. "The process of communication between the field and office, and field and shop, is so critically important, but can be so easily broken because everyone is doing their respective work," Meisner explains. "The B2W platform is a facilitator: it provides the technology and communication tools to help us work together as a team." Equipment maintenance software presented a unique challenge for Meisner's father, Mark Nowicki, who founded M&M Excavating with his brother, Matthew. A mechanic by trade, Nowicki makes keeping the fleet in top condition a personal mission. His own expertise guided the initial maintenance program, which was supplemented by meter readings collected every Monday and entered manually into spreadsheets. Meisner says B2W Maintain is allowing a smooth transition toward a more automated and systematic solution to help the next generation manage a growing fleet. "Maintain, along with Track and Estimate, were a big step for us," Meisner says. "People, with the help of equipment, make our company successful, but we realize there is no way we can be competitive without software to optimize both. Implementing this technology allows us to easily collect data and collaborate on the routine items, the day-to-day work; it also affords us the resources needed to identify and overcome the inevitable challenges that arise." "B2W focuses on our industry and has the full range of ancillary products to solve our problems," Meisner concludes. "The buy-in from our crews and personnel has been great, because the platform of software tools allows them to see the bigger picture. Crews are able to see how each task and jobsite fits into the overall puzzle." Her advice to anyone on the fence about software adoption and B2W? "Put in the time on the front end, align your processes, and it's absolutely worth it." M&M Excavating

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