Construction Management Software Limited (CMS) was formed in October 2002 by two of the leading suppliers of software to the construction industry. One specialised in pre and post contract estimating and valuations software whilst the other specialised in construction industry financial systems.
Recognising an increasing demand in the marketplace for much closer integration between estimating and financial systems the decision was taken to form CMS and to supply from one source, stand alone estimating or financials, or, fully integrated solutions.
The approach chosen has been to base the system, known as CMS Contractor, on the pre and post contract estimating and valuations software. These modules are as follows:
Recognising that the specific industry requirements are met by the above modules it was decided that the best method of completing the overall solution would be to base the non generic financial modules on leading core financial systems.
CMS Contractor links with TAS Books/Sage 50/Twinfield and these solutions are aimed at companies in the 1 to 10+ user range.
CMS Contractor links with Access Accounts/Sage 200/ Exchequer Enterprise/MS Dynamics NAV and these solutions are aimed at companies in the 1 to 100+ user range.
CMS Contractor will link with other leading core financial systems as required.
The original version of the software (Corporate) has been developed using Microsoft VB6 utilising a Microsoft Access database.
The latest version of the software (Enterprise) aimed at the larger user has been developed using Microsoft Visual Studio (VB.NET) utilising Microsoft SQL Server database.
CMS are continuing to develop further industry specific modules such as plant hire, planned/reactive maintenance, document management and drawing register systems. In addition there are comprehensive links with ASTA Powerproject project planning.
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