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March 06, 2006
Makibie and Kime Construction Bring Home Building and Remodeling Online
Makibie Corporation and Kime Construction have teamed up to develop an online application that allows homeowners to view their home building or remodeling projects as they happen. This comprehensive tool offers customers a live video stream of the construction site with a special password-protected panel that keeps track of proposals, maps out project timelines and will keep other pertinent information available online.
Manchester, NH (PRWEB) March 5, 2006 -- Ever wonder what your contractor is working on while you’re away at your job or when they’ll get around to finishing the job? Many contractors are usually overwhelmed with the work at hand and either don’t have the time or the tools to keep their customers up to speed on the project. With spring just around the corner, many homeowners are going to be facing the challenge of improving their homes during the warmer weather, while still maintaining their own busy lives. Makibie Corporation and Kime Construction have teamed up in a unique partnership that has developed ConstructionWare, an online service that construction companies can use to better manage their projects and communicate with their customers.
ConstructionWare was originally born out of an emphasis on customer service that Kime Construction has been providing for years. Out on the job site, Randy Kime, president of Kime Construction, has met with clients who were worried about the large investments they were making in their homes. They wanted the job done well, but they also wanted to be able to keep up their own busy schedules, and couldn’t be at home to monitor the progress. Working with Makibie to develop ConstructionWare by combining the real world challenges of home building with online innovation, Kime was able to help create and test a unique product that is poised to change the industry forever. ConstructionWare is an easy-to-use, web-based communication tool that shows live video of the work in progress, lists out the construction milestones, and keeps online proposals, along with other useful information, available. Customers can log on at any time, even on PDAs and cell phones with internet access, and view their project to monitor its progress.
“Kime Construction has been using ConstructionWare with great success since last year” says Rob Maille, president of Makibie. “We’ve decided to forge a partnership to fill a need in the marketplace for an easy-to-use solution that construction companies and their customers can communicate. This includes everything from cell phones, to PDAs to computers. If their customer can get on the web, they can see the project being completed”.
Kime Construction has become an industry leader with innovative solutions like ConstructionWare that was developed for their special focus on customer service, a tradition that has helped the business grow rapidly over the past five years. Using the web design services of Makibie, Kime Construction won an New Hampshire Internet Award last year for their website that featured ConstructionWare. Randy Kime is anxious to find the next level of online solutions for the construction business. “Since our customers have found ConstructionWare to be such a success, Kime will be extending ConstructionWare as an application for other construction companies to purchase and use” says Kime. “ConstructionWare makes customers feel involved in their home projects and that gives them a lot of satisfaction - and it also filled a need that we had. Now we’re working on how we can continue to grow this technology.”
Makibie will release ConstructionWare as part its PanelWare technology and as part of the Makibie product line. Kime Construction will consult on the creative direction and expertise for the functionality. “I wouldn’t have put construction and the web in the same sentence a few years ago. And now we’ve developed such an impressive combination of technology and hands-on craftsmanship.” laughed Kime.
“This just proves once again that necessity is the mother of invention” Maille added.
To learn more about Makibie’s award-winning web design/development, business intelligence, custom software applications and strategic marketing services please go to www.makibie.com. Visit Kime Construction at www.kimeconstruction.com to view customer testimonials and see an online demonstration of ConstructionWare.
Makibie Corporation offers a full range of business intelligence solutions, including professional web site design, application development, search engine optimization, hosting, and marketing. Makibie assists companies of all sizes in penetrating the market through innovative branding and strategic placement in traditional media – television, print and radio. Makibie also develops ground-breaking applications to help clients gain entry into new media including interactive television, WaveTouch MediaTM and satellite delivery. Located at 50 Bridge Street in downtown Manchester, Makibie serves clients throughout New England and the United States. For more information, visit us at www.makibie.com or call 1-888-MAKIBIE.
Posted by Industrial-Manufacturing at March 6, 2006 10:58 PM