DEXTER + CHANEY CLIENTS LEARN ABOUT SPECTRUM CONSTRUCTION SOFTWARE’S NEW FEATURES AT 14TH ANNUAL USERS’ CONFERENCE

 

Conference-goers attend more than 40 individual sessions devoted to Spectrum

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SEATTLE,  August 19 , 2010:   Dexter + Chaney www.dexterchaney.com clients throughout the United States learned about new and planned features for Spectrum® Construction Software at the company’s 14th annual users’ conference recently at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center on the Seattle waterfront. The 317 attendees took advantage of networking opportunities with fellow Spectrum users and Dexter + Chaney personnel, and enjoyed the natural beauty and world-class food and beverage in one of America’s favorite cities.

“Conference-goers attended more than 40 individual sessions devoted to Spectrum. They learned about Spectrum’s new equipment and service functions, including the reworked Work Order, Service Contract, Equipment Control and Preventive Maintenance modules and the new Spectrum™ Equipment Service System. They also heard Dexter + Chaney’s plans for Spectrum Version 14, scheduled for launch in early 2011.

Spectrum users displayed an optimistic, resilient attitude about the U.S. economy and its effect on their businesses, according to John Chaney, Dexter + Chaney co-founder and president.

“A consistent comment from our users was that they were not spending time worrying about the economy,” said Chaney. “Instead, each company had a definite plan in place to help them succeed in difficult times like this. Clients told us, for example, that they’d focused on a particular kind of work, or opened a new division, or aggressively attacked new opportunities. They displayed an attitude of resiliency, optimism and hard work, and wanted to learn new ways for Spectrum to help them meet their business goals.”

The users’ conference is an annual opportunity for Dexter + Chaney clients and employees to meet face-to-face and address how Spectrum can help clients grow their businesses. “Many client suggestions result directly in new capabilities in Spectrum, which we’re proud to unveil at future conferences,” Chaney explained.

The company’s 15th annual users’ conference is planned for April 21-22, 2011, also at Bell Harbor International Conference Center. Conference registration will open in late 2010.

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