I think this says it all

As a complete Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution, the knowledge base can quickly be provisioned to address all construction related activities with complete transparency and accountability.  Public works projects, rebuilding the Grid, schools, parks, etc.

The user friendly web based SaaS approach makes it an extremely scalable tool that has a built in system of on going improvement.  When local communities can coordinate all stimulus activities with one ERP system, they can target areas for greater impact.  Rebuilding Management is a community wide blight remediation program designed to stimulate post disaster skilled job creation with trade contractor incubation programs that would foster a long term economic stimulus.  Post disaster enviroments are a haven for "storm chasers" who victomize property owners.  Developing a professional locally owned cadre of contractors leaves a lasting legacy of quality small business for generations to come.

Our proprietary assessment tool collects all of the quantative data required to integrate existing energy modeling software technologies for increased efficiency as well as equipment sizing loads which could then be used tohelp balance electrical grid requirments and even be used to pre-fit homes for future solar/wind retrofits.

The data stream helps to even-flow material manufacturing requirements for total nation wide supply chain efficiency, reducing our demand on imports by forcasting domestic manufacturing opportunities.  The structured work environment is the perfect fit for returning soldiers.

With even flow production, jobs training programs can seamlessly be integrated in to the small business development programs. Our trade contracting incubator works with start ups to develope their business management skills and comply with complex issues such as Davis-Bacon wage reporting.

The benefit of the Rebuilding Management Program is certainly an asset in disaster remediation areas such as those found along the Gulf Coast, but the real beauty of this ERP as it is applied to residential construction is the fact that it is 100% Internet-based allowing it to be deployed rapidly and with complete reporting transparency anywhere in the United States. 

The weatherization program will do so much more than just reduce our dependency on oil by reducing the costs associated with heating and cooling our homes.  The program will create much needed jobs in an industry that has suffered greatly over the past two years. 

The problem is how to best manage these weatherization jobs.  It is my understanding that the Federal government has or intends to fund the states with the money to launch this nationwide weatherization program.  The states apparently delegate to local communities who are not prepared to administer these jobs without risking mismanagement and deliberate fraud.  So apparently the money just sits there and nothing gets done.  Gridlock occurs because the CDCs or local units in charge of implementing the weatherization program are afraid to do so.

A ERP such as this could give these CDCs the important management tool to coordinate this work.   I know because I've checked their product out thoroughly and it is readily apparent that not only will the program provide complete transparency, it is also apparent that the management team behind this ERP is construction savvy.  In other words, I came away with the impression these guys know what they are doing.  But, I'm also biased.  Let me explain.

I was approached by Rebuilding Management a couple of years ago to develop a business incubation program that would target the average trade contractor.  The goal was to provide training, support and additional business managment tools that would not only keep these contractors honest, it would also keep them productive. 

My program, TradeCubate, does just that.  We focus on educating the trade contractor on the best way to run a construction business and we use third party vendors that make sure things that normally get a business in trouble doesn't happen here.  Correct payroll processing, paying payroll taxes, and obtaining business insurance are just some areas where the typical trade contractor is lax. HRM and HRMD are other areas that are important. Davis-Bacon compliance is just another area where our expertise can benefit the trade contractor and the local community.  I will stop with the hype now and make my point.

If Recovery.gov is looking for an ERP program that is efficient, fraud proof and delivers 100% transparency AND is already coupled with a business incubation program that targets the construction industry and provides back office administration that is also transparent, Internet-based and offers real time reporting on the largest expense of any construction project (labor), then this is it.  In baseball terms, this is a Grand Slam!

This looks like the answer the CDC's have been looking for all along.  Just watching the informational video on your website really sums it up.  I don't know why someone hasn't came up with an idea like this sooner!  Lets hope our nation's leaders realize the consequences of not implementing a construction management system in to the local CDC's.  Just think of all the construction jobs we could create by industrializing and streamlining to a system that promotes transparency and accountability while rebuilding American cities!  Well done Rebuilding Management!

Transparency and accountability are the foundation of the Obama Administration and this looks to be the solution needed for monitoring the spending of the stimulus money recently set aside for the CDC's.

If you think about it, the world of construction has been plagued with three huge problems:  1) The construction industry is mired in the same decades-old management, tracking, and reporting processes and doesn't seem to have an incentive to move out of them, 2) the industry is known for poor and slow communications of solutions, ideas, methods, new products, and problems (i.e. defective drywall) across the industry, and 3) there has been absolutely NO focus on restoring homes versus building new construction... all critical issues for the projects this administration is targetting.

Since the system presented here is Internet based AND seems to have the ability to handle restoration/remodeling jobs as easily as new construction (is there more info on this?), the system, as presented, COULD solve all three issues at once.  And, besides, before BILLIONS of my tax dollars are sent out to be spent on weatherization, or blight remediation, or building/retrofiting green, I would want these three issues solidly addressed.

Adding cetralized communications, monitoring, and transparency to the residential and commercial construction projects is essential before spending our hard earned tax dollars.  To do otherwise is to ask for, NO, to ASSURE, a complete waste of time and (my) money.

Another, less obvious benefit for deploying communitee wide ERP solutions would be to the struggling US Auto industry.  The aggregate work load forcasting would provide valuable equipment needs forcasting.  These small growing businesses will need trucks, vans, insulation equipment as well as ladders and other small tools.

By empowering CDCs to provide construction management and oversight and using online direct deposit contractor payments, cash strapped small contractors may be able to avoid the need for an operating line of credit.  This will relieve the pressure on banking system and allow stimulus dollars to flow directly to the workers.  Manufacturers at all levels would be able to scale their inventories to meet actual market demand.

Big "connected" general contractors would be at a disadvantage which allows more stimulus dollars to get into the hands of the working mans hands rather the corporate bonuses.  The CDCs become the dispersers of the funds which would lessen the power that the banking industry has held over this capital intensive industry.

Neighborhood Stabilization Funds (NSP) couldbe quantified and used more effectvely.  Horror stories are all over thenews about forclosed that are in such disrepair that they need to be bulldozed although there's no quantitive data to support such claims by banks.  Retrofitting structurally sound homes with the latest energy technology is the "greenest" solution to affordable housing issues.  Banks that have recieved TARP funds should be required to assess their "troubled" real-estate assets with a quantative reporting system such as Rebuilding Management by qualified CDCs before they're permited to destroy anyhome.  What's more those same banks should make FHA 203k purchase rehab loans to CDCs to restore those homes to commerce.  That would be true Neighborhood Stabilization, immediate and quantifiable.

Demolishing overbuilt housing just so greedy land developers and home builders can start lining their pockets again will just perpetuate an already "fee gloated" top heavy new construction industry. It's time to "gut" the housing industry and build it back using the bones that are already there while strenghening the back-bone of the American economy, the Small Artisan Contractor.

The question was asked about whether this system could be applied to other areas regarding stimulus money aside from residential construction.  An example was given concerning if this could be applied to a commercial construction environment.

By education and trade, I'm considered a business strategist.  What this means is that I'm always looking at business models in an effort to identify the core principles with the goal of applying successful principles to other businesses.

One of the first things I observed at this specific ERP was how well it addressed commonalities between business.  For example, if any business no matter what industry, can break their process down into tasks, then this system is applicable.  If any industry is concerned about where the money is being spent, then this ERP is applicable.  In a typical ERP, the problems are usually found in taking realtime data and generating meaningful interpretations of that data. 

This is not the case with the engine behind Rebuilding Management.  Using open source coding, Jobsite Ontime allows any business model to interface seamlessly with their suppliers, their customers, their bankers and whomever else needs to monitor the data.  More importantly, the management system is task based and easily modified, including field modification.

If I can the owner of Rebuilding Management to chime in, I think he will recall that during our initial meetings, I suggested that he might consider repurposing his ERP to apply to other industries because at the time, I saw where his transparent model could make any industry more profitable and more productive.  Just my two cents worth!

One of the many things critical to the success of any company is the employees and the handling of the various things provided to them.  At the top of that list is their payroll and the worker's compensation insurance covering them in event of an accident.

Strategic partnering between TradeCubate and AMS Staff Leasing has brought in an industry leader into the fold to provide these services as part of the TradeCubate package(coupled with Rebuilding Management).  Not only does TradeCubate offer a variety of ways to advise/train/instruct/etc the trade contractor, but brings responsibility and accountability to taking care of the employees.  No more will an employee finish his or her work week only to find his employer skipped town with the paycheck.  Staff Leasing will not allow it.  Same is to be said for payroll reporting and the handling of worker's compensation claims.  The employee comes first in the staff leasing model.  Something that is often lacking in areas after a disaster.

The level of accountability in a Staff Leasing scenario is tremendous.  When 100% of the payroll is visible and reported, that means one of the largest single portions of a construction project is visible, which has a tendency to keep everyone using the program honest.  Honesty, again something often lacking in post-disaster areas.

The alliance between Rebuilding Management and TradeCubate is ideal.  One complimenting the other.  TradeCubate brings many facets of contractor management as well as incubation to the table, and by partnering with AMS Staff Leasing, completely handles the employees ranging from individuals on a work site, to entire contracting companies working on these projects.