JLC ??JULY 1991
Contractors
and Computers
EARLIER SURVEYS INDICATE THAT
ABOUT HALF OUR READERS USE
COMPUTERS IN THEIR BUSINESSES.
HERE ARE THEIR LIKES AND DISLIKES.
Contractors have
some strong opinions about their computers
and the ways they use them. Comments
gleaned from the 448 responses to a recent
JLC computer survey show builders, remodelers,
and designers, as well as subcontractors,
home inspectors, and architects, do
their work and run their businesses more
efficiently because of their computers.
Said one remodeler who uses his IBMcompatible
system for estimating, job costing,
accounting, word processing, and CAD:
"Since we got the computer, my records are
up to date and my billing gets out right away,
giving me a good cash flow. Also, the computer
lets