After Chris Curran and Bruce Young launched their company Curran Young Construction, a General Contractor firm in the southwest side of Florida, they drew upon their combined experience of over three decades to provide best-in-class construction services” based on a “passion for continuous improvement, professionalism, and attention to detail.” As the owners lay out in their success story, the company provides general contracting, owner representation, pre-design, and design build services. In order to grow their capabilities, they sought out a business partner that can handle the challenges of a small business in a competitive market. And this partner they found in Acumatica construction software.

Curran Young stands in good company, then, with Superprem, Specified Technologies Inc., Ray Allen Manufacturing, Berthold Technologies, Shoebacca, Tayse Rugs, MiiR, Firewire Surfboards, and Nothing Bundt Cakes. They all have joined with Acumatica, a cloud ERP software vendor with a customer-centric business model. Acumatica offers several different software suites, such as ERP or ecommerce platforms. Curran Young became of on the first to launch the vendor’s upgraded construction accounting software.

Acumatica Construction Edition: The Only Choice

As Chris and Bruce worked on developing their customer base and workload, they knew they had to develop a strong growth plan. As part of that, the plan included implementing a modern and robust cloud-based business management solution. The owners also wanted one that did not mandate a significant investment into large technology infrastructure. 

With the help of Acumatica VAR Alliance Solutions Group LLC, the Curran Young founders embarked on a search that had them looking at Sage and other similar siloed software packages. After being introduced to Acumatica’s end-to-end construction ERP, the pair jumped straight in and did not look back. “Once we made a decision to go cloud, other software couldn’t compare to Acumatica’s Construction Edition. Being cloud-based takes away the necessity of having servers and infrastructure and their associated operating costs. It was a logical choice,” says co-owner Bruce.

For a small company like Curran Young, Acumatica’s cloud ERP solutions offer the advantages of scalability, mobility, and usability. The suite can also fully integreate with with Procore Construction Management Software and other specialized applications. Bruce also mentioned that the suite fulfilled their need for an intuitive and customizable reporting capabilities. The company also launched Acumatica’s Financial Management module to drive their financial operations. The combination offers them greater flexibility in terms of uses, including Job Costing, Project Management, Subcontractor Bidding and Payment, and integration with specialty applications (e.g. Smartsheet, Procore, and Office 365). As Chris discussed, “While many in the construction industry may not have heard of Acumatica, everything in the product is efficient, available at your fingertips, and the flow of information and accessibility is incredibly powerful.” You can also hear from Bruce, in his own words, on how Acumatica has helped him save time and be more efficient, allowing them to focus on their core mission

Proven Success for Construction Software

After Curran Young launched their new cloud-based financial management systems, the company was able to realize the following benefits and successes:

• Record-breaking implementation time, going live with the new system in only five weeks
• Flexible software settings and portals, set to Curran Young’s requirements
• Experienced a seamless integration to main office and site systems with industry-specific applications due to Acumatica’s open system
• Increased efficiency due to ease-of-use and integrated functionality single-button operations
• Mobile access for Curran Young employees, which offers instant communication and problem solving
• Built-in expense report coding, eliminating the need for separate software programs

Curran, the founder, spoke highly of his partnership with Acumatica, saying “We are all about efficiency which is why we compare ourselves to a Formula E car.”

In today’s market place, small businesses face operational and competition challenge. With their new software systems, this would prove not to be the case for Curran Young. The introduction of Acumatica Construction Edition and its growing list of integrated solutions has proven to be a positive and most efficient solution.

If Curran Young’s success story has been an inspiration, we invite you to connect with our team at ASC. You can also discover why Nucleus Research rated Acumatica highest in usability and Gartner highest in customer satisfaction, to answer any questions, or to provide a no-obligation demonstration.

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