In this Acumatica Construction Success Story: Curran Young Construction, makes running a highly efficient company a top priority.

Rather than installing a traditional suite of siloed construction software packages, they implemented Acumatica Construction Edition, a modern construction solution with the mobility, scalability and flexibility they wanted for their innovative firm.

With 35 years of experience and $2 billion in combined construction project experience, Chris Curran and Bruce Young began their General Contractor firm, Curran Young Construction, located in southwest Florida, offering services including general contracting, owner representation, predesign and design build. The firm plans to capitalize on Florida’s construction boom where industrial vacancy rates hover at just 1 percent, and where healthcare firms of all types are building freestanding emergency rooms, urgent-care centers, and new hospitals to support growing and aging populations.

Curran Young’s goal is to build a modern, innovative company, one that allows them to quickly scale and support operations without needing constant upgrades or huge investments in technology infrastructure, and to provide excellent customer service, says Chris Curran, Chief Executive Officer.

As they began to look at the core business systems and software that construction firms typically use, Curran and Young recognized the industry was quick to invest in new technologies that aim to reduce the cost or time of their projects – like BIM, virtual reality, thermal imaging, 3D printing, engineered living materials, and remote surveillance. Often this technology becomes more of a marketing and sales strategy with limited return on investment for the client. They discovered that most of the industry was not making investments to drive efficiencies or modernize back office systems.

Acumatica’s ease of use, affordability and cloud-based offering made it a no- brainer, Young says. “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.” Acumatica’s unlimited user pricing structure allows Curran Young to grow without worrying about additional costs per user, he adds. “Conservatively, we could grow to 60 people in five years. When we do that, it’s great to know Acumatica is not pay-to-play software, but that it’s scalable with unlimited users, which gives us one less thing to worry about when forecasting our future costs.”