STACK

Avantages

Stack est un logiciel basé sur le web qui vous aide à planifier, coordonner et gérer une construction. Il vous permet d'avoir une idée également de l'estimation du couts.

Inconvénients

La complexité des fonctionnalités du logiciel; la nécessité de prendre un temps d'adaptation.

Avantages

Cette logiciel est note globalement 5/5 pour comprends à utiliser toutes les fonctionnalités.

Inconvénients

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Avantages

Le logiciel STACK de construction offre une large gamme de fonctionnalités pour gérer les projets de construction, y compris la gestion de projet, l'estimation des coûts, la planification, la collaboration d'équipe et bien plus encore. En centralisant toutes les informations du projet en un seul endroit, il facilite la coordination entre les différentes parties prenantes du projet.

Inconvénients

L'un des inconvénients du logiciel STACK de construction est qu'il peut avoir une courbe d'apprentissage initiale pour apprendre à utiliser toutes les fonctionnalités. Pour les nouveaux utilisateurs, cela peut prendre un certain temps pour comprendre comment utiliser efficacement le logiciel. De plus, son coût peut être un peu élevé pour les petites entreprises ou les entrepreneurs indépendants.

Avantages

What I liked the most is its ease of use and its accessibility at any time and place. I can access my project plans from any device and estimate quickly and accurately and having the library of pre-built materials is a huge plus as it saves me time by using up-to-date prices and quantities.

Inconvénients

The initial learning curve can be a bit steep. Although the software is intuitive and easy to use once you get the hang of it, navigating all the available features and options can be overwhelming at first.

Avantages

The fact that the takeoff and estimating software is all in one. The automatic pricing allows you to quickly get accurate data that can be customized. The software gives construction professionals the option to be as transparent as they want to be with their data. Clients of mine have won many projects that they weren't the lowest bid, because their customers can see exactly what is included. This gives people faith that they are working with honest contractors that will not change order them by bidding low just to secure the work.

Inconvénients

The BNI features that were included in the upgraded price do not reflect what was advertised by the sales staff when purchasing the software. Needs a lot of work especially in the assembly area.

Avantages

Easy to use. Support is knowledgeable and not a call center.

Inconvénients

Jacked the price up 50% after the first year. Then when we decided to go to another program and cancel our subscription Stack locked us out of all our estimates and held it for ransom. Very un-ethical. Not a reputable company.

Avantages

The simplicity of the takeoff software is great. A new user can be comfortable with the whole program in just a few weeks of use. The tools are powerful and intuitive to use.

Inconvénients

Sometimes the simplicity has its drawbacks. Wouldn't mind more flexibility in symbol size and shapes.

Avantages

Very easy to learn and use. Can navigate the software very simply

Inconvénients

Small tweaks such as being able to move the plan selection pane to not block the tabs of open plans. Also, a better clouding edit that allows for free-form shapes and that stays where placed when exporting or printing.

Avantages

Cloud-based estimating is very efficient, particularly with remote employees. Despite the fact that our previous software was linked to a cloud-based drive, it just didn't have the same speed and agility that a true web-based program has. The learning curve was pretty easy. I love that suggestions are taken right through the program and are seriously considered in future updates. It's nice to see the improvements that Stack is working on.

Inconvénients

My biggest issue is that sometimes it can run a bit sluggish when working with huge document sets. This is a dream, but I wish somehow there could be an "off-line" mode that downloads then uploads the data to enable working from areas with no internet (project sites, airplanes, meetings, etc.).

Avantages

STACK essentially eliminated a step in my takeoff and pricing process. Having a takeoff software with a well-integrated "spread sheet" has drastically reduced the time needed for bidding. STACK seems to truly value customer feedback, and routinely releases new features. I was able to build out a completely custom library of items and assemblies within the first week of use, and have been quite satisfied with the takeoff process ever since.

Inconvénients

There is still room for improvement:Once items or assemblies are created, there is no ability to move them to a new location. I currently use the "linear with drop" takeoff as a means to count corners/miters for linear foot takeoffs, which is not it's intended use. I have to enter a "drop length" every time, which is not applicable for these takeoffs. A "linear with point count" takeoff would be great.

Avantages

Highlighting for takeoffs is fairly simply and straightforward to use. Feature updates are becoming more consistent. Don't use it for much else at this stage.

Inconvénients

Too many variables in our trade for the estimate generating side to be any better than the system we already use; would need a higher degree of customization to get there.

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Avantages

Ease of use of take off feature. We use STACK solely for taking off jobs.

Inconvénients

Not user friendly on cell phone. Wish there was an app so I could look up take off quantities and take something off in the field on my phone. Also, I wish the estimating feature was easier to use. I probably just don't understand it very well yet.

Avantages

STACK frequently rolls out new features and appears to genuinely value user feedback. Within the first week of use, I was able to develop a totally unique library of components and assemblies, and I've been happy with the takeoff procedure

Inconvénients

It does not have as many integration options as some other services.

Avantages

Stack was a user friendly software. It only took me helping one time when time was a crunch to become good at it, and from there I became the company expert. Developing and re-developing assemblies until we had a system that works and is easily understood. We went from taking upwards of 8-10 hours per estimate, to 2-4. That is more than worth it for time saved

Inconvénients

Not being able to change numbers on a project level without going into the excel type worksheets or affecting the database. And not having an audit trail of when something was changed in the database. both have caused us problems with numbers needing to be changed for one project because we deal with highly customized scenarios, and then it changed all projects going back. And because we rely so heavily on assemblies, we cant just plug a new custom item in every time.

Avantages

I love the ease of navigation. Everything is clearly labeled and easy to access.

Inconvénients

Stack seems to be a little out dated as far as how it operates. It seems like more features could be automated.

Avantages

It's easy to figure quantities. Very similar to AutoCAD with layers and calculating areas, volumes, lengths, etc. I frequently take screen shots of my measurements to give to the foreman to see how I've calculated materials.

Inconvénients

I come from an AutoCAD background in landscape architecture, so I wish it had more drafting features, i.e. offess, align, midpoint, etc. My company installs a lot artificial turf and I have to configure the layout. Having more drafting options would really help with the takeoffs. It's great for measuring areas, but configuring layout from a landscape architect's drawing can be cumbersome.

Avantages

Very easy to access anywhere - which is very convenient. Takeoff features are super handy and also easy to use. Legend and colour coding, ability to hide takeoffs, and the undo feature!

Inconvénients

Home screen listing all projects, which has since been marginally improved. You need to search for a project each time.Renaming plans/pages is tricky, you need to rename in the side bar rather than by directly clicking on the visual page.Transferring takeoffs to a new version of the same plan works well when they are the same scale and dimensions, but this doesn't work well when you have a different size/scale, and you can't resize the overall new version to match.I wish there were a few more markup options - ability to draw basic shapes and lines without being linked to a takeoff.

Avantages

I like that no matter where I am I am able to use the product with the plans I used. Makes it easy to be out in the field and in the office.

Inconvénients

I feel like one area that could be improved on is if you hover over a measurement it should give me the details. I can get them but it is not easy to get to.

Avantages

The ability to upload large projects and have the pages sorted and name automatically, The ease of use of the takeoff controls and there flexibility, The assembly tools and customizable databases.

Inconvénients

If there is no internet connection there offline backup.

Avantages

A great part of this program is how easy it is to upload drawings from STACK into SmartUse so that our construction crew can access them in the field. Having multiple viewpoints for the company calendar is also very useful, so that everyone can keep up with what others in the company are doing.

Inconvénients

It can be slow to load when other programs run perfectly fine.

Avantages

The pros of Stack are that it was very easy to understand and I learned how to use it very quickly. There are also plenty of resources for you to receive help if needed. I use it everyday.

Inconvénients

Cons are very minimal if any. For me, I would say maybe is making organizing the takeoff a little bit simpler. Possibly reduce the steps it takes to group takeoffs together.

Avantages

Take-offs are excellent. The customization options are also great when it comes to building the system.

Inconvénients

The item and assembly folder management isn't great. If you put something in the wrong folder it's very difficult to move.

Avantages

Stack is very easy to use when doing takeoffs and also very accurate.

Inconvénients

The mobile site could be easier to use and a little more robust in its abilities.

Avantages

I like being able to share my take-off's with clients

Inconvénients

I wish I could add textboxes on the drawings like bluebeam or adobe

Avantages

Stack is extremely customizable when it comes to what it's features are vs. what you actually need to use.

Inconvénients

The only thing I don't like about Stack is that occasionally you have to refresh your page in order to sign in on the initial launch. Otherwise, everything I have done and used to far in Stack is great.