Kahua

Pros: Easy to use, user friendly, require little to no prior knowledge of the app. The app is very flexible.

Cons: The app version freezes sometimes especially when you have the Microsoft teams app running or excel files.

Pros: Very impressed with the roadmap and vision of the company’s leaders to innovate new technology. Each year’s Enabling Innovation conference brings out new features and capabilities that continue to bring value to companies and industries. Additionally the company is comprised of truly good people, folks who work hard and play hard, all with the genuine goal to bring value to their clients while maintaining an enjoyable and nurtured work environment.

Cons: I do wish Kahua was more open to integrating and collaborating across other systems that may be considered competitors. Some clients are still on legacy systems and may want some Kahua apps while keeping other modules with other systems. Not the ideal scenario but Kahua needs to understand some client situations may require two systems to work together in the same space.

Pros: I like the capability of being able to customize the app to suit your needs. The new AI features are a guge game changer in app development! I created an app in less than 5 mins.

Cons: I don't like thay its not as intuitive as it could be and an example will be the absence of a task after the review workflow to tell the user to send for approval.

Pros: Very intuitive software while agile and flexible. Easy to navigate and user friendly. Enjoy having all information in Kahua so that analytics can be used to make data driven decisions.

Cons: Sometimes I take issue with the speed of use. There have also been a few instances where the system ‘freezes’.

Pros: It'a easy to use and has prebuilt options you can customize or build a custom app! They have multiple options for implementation too

Cons: Cam be a little overwhelming at times as you onboard and the training environments can be a little slow and buggy

Pros: Flexible platform with great workflows and the ability to manage the flow of data across processes and phases of the asset's lifecycle.

Cons: The platform is very configurable. You need to really spend time defining your processes to ensure you configure Kahua for the results you want.

Pros: I love how the multi-edit function allows me to streamline workflow, especially when processing large amounts of items per project.

Cons: There are common lags in Kahua processing times for tasks. These lags can last up to a minute or more in duration, causing stress since I work on many projects daily.

Pros: Nothing. Everything about this software is frustrating.

Cons: Constant problems with loading the platform each day and loading information. Constantly having to stop what we are doing to write an email and attach screen shots. The person that's supposed to help doesn't understand what we try to tell him. There may be a language barrier.

Pros: This software being an app makes this the ideal collaboration tool for 21st century construction project management!

Cons: In app applications require buying additional licences, which whilst not uncommon still feels a bit mean...

Pros: Kahua provides a configurable and customizable platform at various levels including the enterprise level, a division level as well as the project. It is very intuitive requiring little detailed training for end-users. Additionally, it supports an effective collaboration model where project stakeholders at all levels can participate in a digital fashion. The features and functionality provided have allowed us to start eliminating "point solutions" and focus our delivery teams on one key application.

Cons: Growing pains as the platform matures, but the Kahua team handles them maturely and promptly to ensure that we, the customer, get a solid solution where we can drive consistency and efficiency across the enterprise while still addressing project specific requirements.

Pros: We have just gone through a quick-start implementation... it's our first time using Kahua on a project, and users continue to be highly enthusiastic about the capabilities, and ease of use. We have configured and implemented the software to fit project needs in about 30 days. This has take several months with other products.

Cons: Like similar products, out of the box reporting is fair, but incomplete for our purposes. However, we like that we can create reports and dashboard on our own.

Pros: The transparency and openness in regards to development of the software. The responsiveness of the entire team. The ability to customize and configure the software to our specific work style.

Cons: The flexibility can also create complication and deviation from established 'standards.' The software is sluggish, load times and delay are a common complaint from staff - although this seems to have improved with latest update. It would also be nice if the software came with a better suite of built-in reports that could be used "day-1" lack of even basic list-style reports has limited adoption. Lastly, there have been a few bugs which. Especially when these affect the work breakdown structure, these undermine confidence in the system and have further hampered adoption efforts.

Pros: The platform allows the capacity to adapt workflows and processes specific to each company and to integrate with other stakeholders.

Cons: To create specific apps it is required special training and a large man-hour investment. Ideally efforts should be focused into simplifying the design, test and deployment of new solutions.

Pros: The user interface is easy to understand and navigate, even has dark mode! Kahua provides the ability to align with industry standards and support company specific processes with configuration and not customization. As a platform, integration and migration with other systems is easily supported. The configurable hierarchical structure provides the ability for Kahua to align with how each company is organized and how programs and projects are managed. The built in kbuilder tool allows companies to support extending the product in house.

Cons: As Kahua provides an easier way to extend the product it is easy to try to implement too much. It is important to focus on what is important to the organization and project teams.

Pros: We liked this software due to its flexibility. You are able to configure so many options to make it your own right out of the box. The company has people with construction background and you can tell with the layout and design of each app.

Cons: As with any software that is this complex there is a learning curve, but Kahua has been very response when we run into an issue.

Pros: The easy navigation and the ability to build in so much configuration. I also like that others (owners, AE's, GC's) can share data within the network functionality.

Cons: I wish there were more options to integrate with BIM.

Pros: The power of Kahua lies in it's ability to conform to the way not only your company works, but how your PROJECT works. Every company is different and every project is different. Everyone will agree that collaborative systems have the potential to make the overall team most efficient, but only if EVERYONE participates. Since every member of the team typically brings their own systems to the table, the first hurdle to overcome on a new project is whose system will we use? As a GC, we have the ability to influence the system our subcontractors use, but much less influence over what the client and design team will use. The flexibility of Kahua has enabled us to take feedback from our clients and design partners and build those features into the Kahua system so that it's not just a system built around the GC's perspective, but addresses the needs of every team member and when implemented correctly, makes the entire team more efficient.

Cons: The licensing model. Per-user licensing models are counter-productive. They deter companies from getting everyone on the system and often the users who get vetoed (due to cost) are the ones that either need the info the most are would potentially be some of the best contributors to the collaborative process. Licensing needs to be a simple unlimited user per project model.

Pros: Provides out of the box capabilities for quick deployment. However, the software is easily customized to your business and can be extended without the need of the vendor's development cycle. The k-builder platform is easy to learn for any tech savvy individual.

Cons: There is room for more out of the box delivery of features around certain areas in the software such as contract management and unit price pay types.

Pros: Ease of use, ability to configure what is needed for each role, reporting, integration and overall ease to configure the solution to meet the particular needs of the customers.

Cons: Grants Management - entire process end to end. Records Management.