Electrical contractors can quickly pinpoint information that addresses both their construction operations and accounting needs

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Dexter + Chaney’s New Web Site Provides Easy Access To Customer-Specific Information About Spectrum Construction Software

SEATTLE, August 26, 2010: Dexter + Chaney’s (www.dexterchaney.com, NECA Show booth #819) new web site offers easy access to information about Spectrum® Construction Software’s capabilities that applies to the individual user’s specific interests. An electrical contractor can quickly pinpoint the relevant information that addresses both the operations and financial needs of the company, within a single construction ERP (enterprise resource planning) software package. 

Dexter + Chaney has tailored the web site to electrical contractors and the other primary industries that Spectrum serves. Within those industries, the web site categorizes the information by specific areas of a contractor’s business.  Those include operational functions like service and project management, as well as financial areas and business intelligence. 

“We’ve designed the new web site as a critical tool to help us communicate the full range of Spectrum’s ERP capabilities for the construction industry,” said John Chaney, Dexter + Chaney co-founder and president. “If, for example, the user is seeking information about service or project management, the web site combines it in one place with Spectrum’s accounting and finance capabilities. 

“We  have a tremendous amount of information to share,” Chaney added. “Our task was to simplify the search for the individual user. The site really is a reflection of Spectrum’s role as a fully-integrated construction ERP system.”

The home page of the new web site features in-the-field images depicting electrical, heavy/highway/utility, general construction and mechanical/HVACR contracting. When the user points the mouse to one of the images, information about Spectrum that applies to that industry rolls onto the screen. When the user clicks on the image, they arrive at a “landing page” that describes in detail how Spectrum helps construction companies in that industry and provides links to products and services designed for them.

The tailored sections of the site also include quotes from Dexter + Chaney clients about the benefits of using Spectrum in their industries and a description of Spectrum’s technology. Spectrum is built on what Dexter + Chaney calls “the best available technology”: the Microsoft SQL Server database, Microsoft Server operating system and a software development framework that includes software development tools like PRO-IV, Crystal Reports, Java and Microsoft.net. 

“We made the site to be as ‘clean’ and simple as possible, so that it’s easy for contractors to get just the information they need,” Chaney said. “Our mantra was to keep it simple-yet-informative for the individual visitor.”

About Dexter + Chaney

More than 1,000 construction companies throughout the United States use Dexter + Chaney’s Spectrum® Construction Software. Contractors who use Spectrum report they have improved profitability and have grown their businesses more than 300 percent without adding financial staff.

Spectrum is built on the best available technology. That includes the Microsoft SQL Server database, Microsoft Server operating system and a software development framework that uses the best software development tools available. Those tools include Crystal Reports, Java, Microsoft.net and Northgate Information Solutions’ PRO-IV Rapid Application Development Framework.

Dexter + Chaney designed the business processes in Spectrum using PRO-IV. That enables the company to respond quickly to customer needs and thus rank as the technology leader among construction ERP (enterprise resource planning) software developers. For example, Spectrum in 1999 was the first construction management software program to offer integrated document imaging; today, Dexter + Chaney has more customers using its Document Imaging capability than any other construction ERP software company. 

For more information about Dexter + Chaney or Spectrum, contact Brad Mathews, Vice President of Marketing, Dexter + Chaney, 9700 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-2347; phone: 800-875-1400 or 206-364-1400; fax: 206-367-9613; e-mail: info@dexterchaney.com; http://www.dexterchaney.com.

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