“Cost accounting is the reason we picked PubWorks. Being able to see how much an asset is costing us, where it is and then being able to create reports and annual budgets from that information is amazing!”

"As you know we had a Bridge State Audit which required the detail report for bridge work in PubWorks. We got a huge compliment being the only county so far out of a dozen or so that had specific detail (TASKS) for individual bridges (LOCATION FEATURE). I told them that …

"Our work crew manager tells us what the project is for the day. Our workers only have to tell us where they were, what equipment they are in, and what they are doing. We made it real simple for them."

"It was a huge benefit to us, It was much easier than having to monitor two systems, and ensured that none of those requests was going to fall through the cracks."

"Now we are creating histories for when calls come in, and when work orders are fulfilled. This helps us keep track of our employees, as well as flagging frequent problems at the same address. It also helps us with tracking reports, so we can say what it costs to do …

"The customer support is great, you can get their help by simply visiting the support feature on the PubWorks desktop, you get a call within an hour and it's someone there to help you. The training was a huge benefit, both to help employees use PubWorks and for computer-illiterate employees …

“PubWorks is easy to learn, easy to use and the reports are wonderful. Our commissioners are much happier with our reporting ability.”

“The greatest value I see with PubWorks is the accountability that the department brings to the County and the ability to easily and effectively manage all our assets.”

“PubWorks is a program that I was able to use effectively within the first 2 weeks. It does not take a lot of training time to use the system on a daily basis.”

“PubWorks broke down each task that was done during the disaster, and then our FEMA reps chose which of those tasks could be reimbursed, Before (PubWorks) that would have been really difficult, if they’d even have been able to do it.”

"PubWorks is one of the greatest tools we purchased for Road & Bridge. Because of our cost accounting capabilities in PubWorks, we are able to pinpoint and keep better track of our actual costs."

“Is that stop sign getting hit all the time? Maybe we need to move it, Do we need a guardrail on that road? If we’re seeing a lot of accidents in a certain place, then maybe we ought to cut down a few trees there for sight distance.”

"PubWorks allows us to be completely transparent and accountable to the taxpayers of Edgar County, because we can justify, demonstrate and illustrate everything we’re doing, where we’re going and how the dollars are being spent."

“At the end of each day, the crew foreman gives us a job report for his entire crew: what they did, equipment used, materials used, anything like that. So we enter it by the whole crew, not separated by employee. It’s faster that way.”

“You know ahead of time what you’re going to need, so you’re not running back and forth to the shop for materials and equipment, You can look back and see what was done last year on a similar job or the same job.”