Atlanta-based ProNovos launched in 2012 after veteran data analytics professional Bruce Orr heard a construction CFO recount the frustration at her company, which was running 40 different solutions, none of which could talk to each other.

Orr knew there was a better way. In subsequent conversations with construction stakeholders, he learned more about contractors’ ever-increasing—but underused—data flows. Those conversations also revealed that self-performing contractors, in particular, were dissatisfied with the high costs and burdensome logistics associated with the market-dominant construction data solutions coming out of Silicon Valley.

Today, contractors nationwide use ProNovos to make decisions based on data rather than guesstimates. That could mean running a report that shows exactly what crew resources are available for a specific job, or crunching the numbers to get a better sense of which project to target with a bid.