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CASE STUDY C.A. HULL Located in Walled Lake, Michigan, C.A. Hull specializes in full-service bridge construction and rehabilitation and complementary heavy civil capabilities. Being a progressive company that always strives for excellence, C.A. Hull sought out the most effective, streamlined software solution for its estimating and operations processes. The search ended with B2W. The company began its initial experience with B2W Estimate and throughout the years, implemented additional field tracking, dispatch and equipment maintenance elements that comprise the B2W Software ONE (Operational Networked Elements) Platform. Vice president Dave Turner says that, although there are always some field personnel that are more comfortable with a paper-based process, most employees quickly embraced the new platform using familiar laptops and tablets. In fact, one of the most impressive aspects of the platform, is not contained within the software code, but registered from the comments of C.A. Hull employees using it on a daily basis. "It's sometimes difficult for the field personnel to accept different processes and use new software," says Turner. "But after using B2W, their reaction was unexpected – they found it easy to use from the start. We were not used to this sudden, positive response when introducing new technology." Through the use of B2W Track, Maintain and Dispatch, C.A. Hull leverages a single operational database and data entry point. This unified process improved efficiency by eliminating the inaccurate data collection while also providing the added benefit of visibility to data in real time for better decision making. Often, according to Turner, the company is dealing with • Headquarters: Walled Lake, Michigan • Work Types: Bridge Construction, Heavy Civil • Elements: Estimate, Track, Dispatch, Maintain • Client Since: 2000 • B2W User Conferences: 8 Formerly...

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