Earlier the construction industry, though one among the most happening verticals, which steer the economic and infrastructural development in the world, followed traditional ways of operation. Many core processes in the industry such as invoicing, submittals and pre-qualification, were performed manually. But when the industry moved towards technology adoption, there were little or no software built specifically for construction. And what was built typically did not suit the nature of a project and how contractors worked.

Textura Corporation, headquartered in Deerfield, IL, since its founding in 2004, has been at the forefront of developing collaborative solutions built for the construction industry. The company’s software provides a value proposition for every user, automating traditional manual processes and mitigating the risk inherent in them. The benefits of the solutions include dramatic efficiency improvements across organizations and functions; and, better effectiveness through improved communication and greater visibility. With the award winning SaaS technology, world-class customer support and incredible growth year-after-year, Textura is leading the construction industry's technology transformation.

Keeping up with the latest trend in the construction industry, which is about adoption of mobile technology; where Smartphones and tablets are becoming prevalent on job sites everywhere, Textura recently has acquired LATISTA. With this acquisition, the company is offering mobile applications, including quality management, punchlists, safety, electronic commissioning, and document management to construction engineers.

Anyone involved with the construction industry knows how much paper is used in conventional manual processes. By converting invoices, paper checks, lien wavers, compliance documents, and a host of other documents into emails and electronic files, Textura’s solutions embarks strongly on a ‘go-green’ policy minimizing paper and ink consumption, eliminating mailing costs and CO2 emissions and costs from driving from one location to the next. Hence Textura’s solutions help to eliminate dramatic amount of greenhouse gases and saves a substantial amount of energy by automating and putting on-line all the processes involved in the construction lifecycle—from concept through to construction.