Baribeau Construction started using Sitemax in 2022. We interviewed key team members of their team to uncover the transformative impact SiteMax had on Baribeaus’ day-to-day activities.

Challenge

According to Elias Baribeau, the VP of Operations, Baribeau is a rapidly expanding company with a constantly growing number of employees and projects. With an increasing workforce and multiple sites, maintaining the connection between the field and the office had become very challenging. It became clear that their existing methods of running the business were no longer sufficient, prompting them to explore technological solutions on the market. They needed to find the one that would fit best for where the company was at that moment and where it was going to be in 10 years. After evaluating various options, they chose SiteMax for its centralized approach and seamless accessibility in the field. SiteMax enabled them to streamline operations and pave the way for future growth by consolidating disparate processes, apps, and systems into a single, cohesive hub.

How Baribeau team benefit from utilizing SiteMax in their daily operations

SiteMax has positively impacted the daily operations of the Baribeau team, from pre-construction activities to site supervision and productivity tracking. The software’s features have streamlined processes and improved overall efficiency in project management and overall construction operations. Our technology solution offers Baribeau a centralized platform for company reports, eliminating the need for external Word documents and providing a reliable backup system.

Projects Supervision 

SiteMax is the primary tool for Baribeau’s daily activities, including RFIs, submittals, and shop drawing reviews. Reid Bayliff, the Project Manager at Baribeau Construction, underscores the significance of starting his day with a swift examination of the site reports from the previous day, diligently submitted by the site supervisors. This ritual provides him with comprehensive insights into the day’s activities, safety reports, and near-miss incidents, facilitating seamless communication with the office concerning on-site incidents.

Field Team Management and Productivity Tracking

The field team uses SiteMax for time tracking, productivity tracking, and uploading pictures, providing valuable insights into project progress, resource utilization, and ensuring accurate time card management.

Streamlined Document Management Processes

Baribeau Construction has improved efficiency in the document management process by leveraging SiteMax’s RFIs and submittal modules. Through the pre-construction and active project management phase of their projects, they have leveraged SiteMax’s workflow automation to distribute RFIs to project stakeholders who can easily responded through their email provider. 

Similarly, SiteMax’s submittal module allows for the collection of Shop Drawings and other submittal documents to be collected through an automated workflow and organized within SiteMax on a centralized dashboard.

Smooth Project Closeout

Reid Bayliff also mentions that SiteMax’s Punch List feature is highly beneficial for the successful management of project completion as it provides real-time accessibility, comprehensive project tracking, in-depth reporting, and efficient project management tools.

Results that SiteMax software helped Baribeau to achieve

Maintaining the company’s growth trajectory

As per Elias Baribeau, the use of SiteMax construction software has been instrumental for Baribeau’s scaling and sustaining its growth trajectory. Our solution enables them to keep up with the growing amount of documentation and information to move seamlessly between the office and the field. 

Enhancing efficiency and project coordination

SiteMax has easily integrated with the Baribeau team, ensuring that their site supervisors consistently have access to the latest drawings and project details. This level of accessibility allows them to swiftly retrieve crucial information and streamline their operations. By consolidating various tools and processes into SiteMax, a single and user-friendly platform, Baribeau enhanced their ability to manage construction projects, marking a substantial improvement in overall operational efficiency.

Streamlining Construction Photo Management and Communication

SiteMax’s photo management feature has been an invaluable asset for managing Baribeua’s construction projects, particularly in their current school project. Sending a monthly photo drop of a hundred photos to their stakeholders has become a seamless and efficient process, thanks to SiteMax. This level of photo management would have been impractical using traditional methods that highlight the exceptional capabilities of SiteMax in streamlining their construction photo documentation and communication processes.

Reducing manual efforts

Elias Baribeau also emphasizes the seamless integration of popular tools such as Excel, and email services, and how this led to the reduction of manual entry. SiteMax enhances existing processes while centralizing statuses and threads, ensuring everyone is in the loop.

Centralizing operations

Our construction technology solution facilitates easy interaction between SiteMax users and people outside of the software. Non-users can engage with RFIs and submittals without requiring a SiteMax account while Baribeau can keep RFIs and submittals within the system. It significantly maximizes accessibility, and project efficiency and speeds up delivery.

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