Dexter + Chaney Opens Registration for its 14th Annual Users Conference

 

April 22-23 event will focus on new features in Version 13 of Spectrum Construction Software

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SEATTLE,  January 27, 2010:   Dexter + Chaney www.dexterchaney.com has opened registration for its 14th annual users’ conference, scheduled for April 22-23 at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center on the Seattle waterfront.  More than 500 representatives of construction companies throughout the United States will learn about new features in Version 13 of Dexter + Chaney’s Spectrum® Construction Software, while networking with other users and Dexter + Chaney personnel.

“Each of the new features in Version 13 was designed with one goal in mind:  to help construction companies efficiently manage their jobs and businesses,” said John Chaney, Dexter + Chaney co-founder and president.  “Many clients have transitioned to Spectrum Version 13, and others are awaiting their upgrades.  Accordingly, we look forward to offering nearly 40 individual classes at the conference, most of which have been designed to help our users get the most out of Version 13.”

To register for the users’ conference, visit the Dexter + Chaney web site (www.dexterchaney.com), go to http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=805817, or contact Robin Conner, Dexter + Chaney marketing manager, at 800-875-1400 (rconner@dexterchaney.com).

Version 13
Conference-goers will learn new and better ways to utilize the new features in Version 13, whether they’ve recently upgraded to that version or are planning to do so.  Those new features include a Service Request center that provides access to all of the information required to handle a customer’s service request on a single screen and a Resource Scheduling module that ensures that employees and equipment are available when and where they’re needed.
 
Spectrum Version 13 also features updates to Spectrum’s Work Order and Service Contract modules that provide contractors with more flexible, fully integrated construction management and service management systems in a single package.  Changes to Spectrum’s popular Document Imaging module cover report archiving, batch scanning, job cost and equipment control modifications and other features.

Conference-goers also will learn about the new Spectrum™ Equipment Service System that electronically collects asset-management data for a construction company’s heavy equipment, including equipment hours, fuel usage and maintenance.  Spectrum Equipment Service System eliminates the time and hassle of manual data collection that results in inaccurate and unreliable asset-management information.

Networking, Fun
Attendees will take advantage of networking opportunities and information-sharing with other Spectrum users and Dexter + Chaney personnel.  They’ll experience the great food, beverage and fun for which Seattle is well-known, with an evening dinner-and-entertainment event at The Garage bar and restaurant in Seattle’s eclectic Capitol Hill neighborhood.  The conference also offers an optional “Spirits and Spectres” wine-tasting and ghost tour at the world-famous Pike Place Market.   

About Dexter + Chaney

More than 1,000 construction companies throughout the United States use Dexter + Chaney’s Spectrum® Construction Software.  Spectrum includes 28 integrated modules that handle project management, construction accounting, service management, human resources, document imaging, equipment management, remote connectivity and data sharing tasks.  Contractors who use Spectrum report they have improved profitability and have grown their businesses more than 300 percent without adding financial staff.

More than 10,000 total users make use of Spectrum’s Document Imaging software, which addresses a typically painful problem for construction contractors:  giving management, office staff and project managers the fast, electronic access they need to important documents like contracts, change orders, time cards, invoices and others.

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