Hinutech

CFS Construction wanted a site that was visually compelling, introduced new customers to their capabilities of delivering amazing results through construction projects while being a resource for subcontractors to obtain project drawings in order to place bids on projects. 

We began the redesign with the intent of having a home page that made a visual statement without falling prey to a common problem in with construction company web sites -- visual clutter.  When someone first visits cfsoh.com, they know what the company is all about without needing to read a word of text.  The home page has button images that are visually interesting and useful for conveying the story of CFS Construction.

CFS Construction needed a way to tell its story to prospective customers in a compelling manner.  We worked with them to obtain images from some of their more recent projects and fashioned their site around those photographs.  We assisted them in developing a site that delivered a message consistent with their existing marketing materials while using the power of the web to dynamically showcase their work.

We broke the Project area of their site into subcategories such as Restaurant Construction and Hospitality/Senior Living Construction. 

 

Each sub-page is consistent in layout and lets them highlight a project in that area.

 

We created an image gallery for each project that expands images when visitors hover their mouse over an image -- reducing the number of clicks that visitors need to perform in order to see details on CFS projects.

The relationship with subcontractors is at the core of CFS Construction's business, and they needed a way to work effectively with them.  We have been a partner of CFS for several years now and have developed an Internet Plan Room for their subcontractors which allowed for them to have easy access to construction project plans. 

With the new redesign for CFS Construction, we took that a step further and made several improvements to their mechanism of working with subcontractors.

When subcontractors login to the system, they are immediately greeted with announcements from CFS Construction.  These announcements tell subs when bids are due for projects and other important information from CFS.

CFS staff have the ability to manage their annoucements in the system.  The screenshot above shows all announcements in the system coupled with when they will begin displaying and stop displaying.

CFS staff can enter their annoucements in the system and set their display dates and expiration dates.  This allows them to enter information well in advance of when the annoucements will need to be seen by subcontractors....and the staff doesn't have to worry about removing the annoucements from the system since they can be set to automatically expire on a pre-defined date and time.

The CFS Internet Plan Room is freely available to subcontractors who work with CFS.  Subcontractors must create an account in the system in order to see plans, and once they do, they have the ability to scan folders and download plans for jobs on which they wish to place bids.

The CFS Plan Room is an intuitive interface for subcontractors, allowing them to have easy access to project plans.

The CFS Bidding Calendar lets subcontractors see when project bids are due.  Additionally, the page shows them the most recently added plans in the system.

We created a message board system for CFS Construction with the intent of decreasing the number of phone calls they receive from subcontractors and to develop a community around their company.  As time progresses, we anticipate the CFS Forums becoming a great resource for CFS subcontractors to obtain and share information while reducing the workload on CFS staff.