[Customer Focus 2026] Updated Agenda & Early-Bird Discounts
We’re excited to share that preparations for our upcoming Customer Focus 2026 User Conference are well underway, and we’d love for you to join us. 👨💻📚Our team and partners have already begun developing session content, and we’ve recently updated the agenda with additional details and speakers. We will continue refining the schedule and expect to have the majority of sessions finalized by the end of next week. ☁️🌐We’re also pleased to announce several confirmed partners, including IBM, GlassHouse Systems, Corpay, Onware, and HCSS—with more being added as we continue to grow the lineup. 🌵🧳This year’s event will be hosted at a beautiful new venue—Four Seasons at Troon—widely regarded as one of the top luxury resorts in Arizona, offering a remote, high-end setting designed to create an exceptional and focused experience for all attendees. 💰🐦As a reminder, our Early Bird registration discount is available for a limited time and will expire on April 30, just about a month away. We encourage you to take advantage of this pricing while it’s still available. We look forward to welcoming you and sharing more updates soon. Customer Focus 2026 User Conference Four Seasons at Troon 10600 E Crescent Moon Dr, Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ 85262, United States |
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Computer Guidance’s eCMS v4.2 Earns 2026 Top Product Recognition from Constructech
Scottsdale, Arizona—March 31, 2026—Computer Guidance Corporation, the leading developer of cloud-based ERP solutions for the construction industry, today announced that Computer Guidance’s eCMS v.4.2 ERP solution was selected as a 2026 Top Product by Constructech.
Constructech unveiled the winners of the Constructech Top Products 2026 Awards, honoring the most innovative, influential, and future shaping technologies in commercial residential, and infrastructure construction, and the broader AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) ecosystem. This year’s winners reflect a marketplace undergoing rapid transformation—where AI (artificial intelligence), robotics, automation, digital twins, and connected platforms are no longer emerging trends but essential tools for building smarter, safer, and more sustainably.
The Constructech Top Products program recognizes solutions that demonstrate exceptional innovation, strong customer adoption, and measurable impact on real world construction workflows. Each product is evaluated for its ability to solve industry challenges, improve productivity, enhance safety, and advance digital maturity across commercial, industrial, heavy civil, and residential sectors.
“Data is the key to successful construction projects, but often information isn’t easily accessible,” says Peggy Smedley, editorial director, Constructech. “Computer Guidance Corp., solves this with eCMS v4.2, which helps turn data into insights and delivers it to the right people at the right time. Congrats to Computer Guidance on the 2026 Constructech Top Products win.”
Computer Guidance Corporation’s eCMS v.4.2 is a comprehensive, cloud-based ERP platform purpose-built for the construction industry. Designed to unify financials, project management, and operational workflows in a single system, eCMS centralizes vast amounts of critical business data and transforms it into actionable insights. Through advanced reporting, business intelligence, and mobile capabilities, users can easily leverage real-time and historical data to support daily decision-making, improve forecasting, and drive strategic planning—whether in the field or in the office.
“We are proud to be recognized as a 2026 Top Product by Constructech,” said Steven Gross, VP of Client Solutions at Computer Guidance Corporation. “This honor underscores our commitment to innovation and to helping our customers harness the full power of their data.”
About Computer Guidance Corporation
With over 20% of their clients represented on top ENR lists, Computer Guidance Corporation delivers the leading construction enterprise resource planning solution including financial and project management, #1 business intelligence, mobile, and enterprise content management. Scalable, customizable, and cloud hosted, CGC serves thousands throughout North America. Computer Guidance Corporation is part of the JDM Technology Group, a global construction-specific software conglomerate that serves more than 500,000+ in 40 countries and 6 continents. https://computerguidance.com
About the Constructech Top Products Awards
For more than two decades, the Constructech Top Products Awards have recognized the most forward-thinking solutions in construction technology. Winners are selected based on innovation, adoption, user experience, and the ability to solve critical industry challenges. A panel of industry experts judge and determine the winners. Learn more at connectedworld.com
About Constructech
Constructech is the leading authority on the intersection of construction and technology, connecting people, equipment, technology, and data. It delivers award programs, research, editorial analysis, and thought leadership that empowers industry professionals to embrace innovation and drive transformation.
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[Podcast] Introducing Our New Podcast: Hard Hats & Data Chats
| Introducing Our New Podcast: Hard Hats & Data Chats We’re excited to share something new with you! Computer Guidance has officially launched our podcast, Hard Hats & Data Chats — a series dedicated to real conversations at the intersection of construction, technology, and data-driven decision making. 🎙 Episode 1 is now live! In our first episode of Hard Hats and Data Chats, Fraser Gallop and Steve Gross introduce the series and dive into one of construction’s biggest challenges: turning everyday operational data into timely, actionable insights. They discuss how ERPs capture essential information, why accessing it is often harder than collecting it, and how spreadsheet‑based workflows create delays, version issues, and reporting headaches. They also share real client stories—from month‑end WIP struggles to the impact of moving from nightly to twice‑daily data refreshes—showing how better data flow can transform project oversight and decision‑making. Join Fraser and Steve as they lay the foundation for becoming a truly data‑driven construction organization. Listen to Episode 1 |
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Customer Focus 2026 Registrations Open
Welcome to Customer Focus 2026 – Where Innovation Rides Tall!
Register today for Customer Focus 2026, happening July 13-15, 2026, at the Four Seasons Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Join construction business leaders, technology innovators, and CGC experts for over two and a half dynamic days of:
🌵High-impact training programs and interactive discussions
🤠Live demos and forward-thinking presentations
👢Hands-on workshops highlighting eCMS applications, dashboards, BI, analytics, workflow, project costing, and more
Explore our next-generation eCMS One ERP solution, our new IBM Cloud platform, and powerful new software capabilities, helping you ride tall, operate efficiently, and stay ahead of the competition.
Set in a vibrant Southwest desert-inspired theme, Customer Focus 2026 blends meaningful education with unforgettable experiences. Attendees will enjoy western-style group activities and Southwest cuisine, along with countless opportunities to network, share expertise, and learn from peers shaping the future of construction.
Don’t miss your chance to learn, connect, and gain the insights you need to build smarter and cross the finish line in the lead saddle.
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Customer Focus 2026
Dear CGC Customers:
Customer Focus 2026 is your opportunity to gather with construction industry leaders, technology innovators, and CGC software and services experts for an energizing and collaborative experience focused on advancing Smarter Construction.
Across two and a half impactful days, you’ll take part in comprehensive training sessions, collaborative discussions, live product demonstrations, and strategic presentations—all designed to help you work smarter, move faster, and outpace the competition by fully harnessing the power of your eCMS data.
This year, we’re highlighting exciting technology advancements, our new secure and future-ready cloud platform and managed services offerings, and enhanced software innovations, including our next-generation eCMS One ERP solution.
You’ll gain valuable insights into how our Web2 apps, IDIs, dashboards, reporting tools, business intelligence and analytics, content management, workflow automation, alerts, project costing, and field operations capabilities can help your organization increase visibility, drive efficiency, and elevate performance across every department.
With a dynamic WestWorld-inspired Southwest desert theme, Customer Focus 2026 combines meaningful learning with memorable experiences. From western-style networking events to Southwest cuisine, this conference is designed to foster connection, knowledge-sharing, and practical takeaways you can immediately apply to your business.
We look forward to welcoming you for an unforgettable experience of learning, collaboration, and forward momentum.
Conference registration and hotel room reservations will open within the next few weeks, please keep an eye out for additional details and important announcements coming soon.
Don’t miss your opportunity to learn, network, and gain the insights you need to build smarter and cross the finish line in the lead saddle.
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W2 Error
Dear Valued Customer,
It has come to our attention that the states of Arizona and Kansas are rejecting the W2 electronic file for the following error message:
Error Code#: 4200 Line or Position#: 1406 Record: RS Field Position: 320-330. Incorrect field
The field length is incorrect in position 320-330 of the RS record. Positions 328-330 are coming in as blank, and they need to be zero if there is not another value that populates in that field.
This error message may not be limited to Arizona and Kansas. You need to receive updated program PRP440. This will be installed as Quick Fix 552 (QF552).
This program fix will be installed automatically for hosted customer. If you are enterprise customers, please create an on-line ticket to request the install of QF552.
The majority of the states have state specific programs and will not be affected. A handful of states use the “generic” PRP440 program which include Arizona and Kansas.
Thank you!
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[YE2025 Update] 1099 Misc electronic filing
| Dear Valued Customer, An additional change for Year-End Processing was needed for electronic filing under the FIRE system for 1099 electronic filing. The Golden Parachute is no longer reported on Form 1099-MISC. Program APP140 was changed so that the “A” record no longer includes the “B” value in positions 26–45.Quick Fix Q551 (QFQ551) will be installed automatically for hosted customers. For Enterprise/On-Premise customers, please create an online ticket to request the updated program APP140. Customer Support Website Online Ticket This updated program is only needed if you report 1099-MISC forms. If you only have 1099-NEC forms, then you should not experience this problem.Here is an example of the error message you may receive from the IRS if you do not have the updated program APP140 and you process 1099-MISC forms. |
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The 2025 Year End Update # 2 (Q55) is now available for all Production and Test environments.
Dear CGC Customers:
The 2025 Year End Update # 2 (Q55) is now available for all Production and Test environments.
The Q55 Update contains changes for 2025 ACA and W2 fixes for Michigan and Alabama.
The minimum eCMS Release level for (Q55) is 4.2 Fix Pack 3 – Hot Fix 311.
This is the same minimum release level required for the 2025 Year End Update (Q54).
The (Q55) update does not require users to be logged out of eCMS. All changes will take effect immediately.
The eCMS v.4.2 F03 2025 Year End Update #2 (Q55) Release Notes document is located on the CGC Portal/Knowledge Center.
Please review the documentation and schedule installation as soon as possible.
For hosted customers:
Since the (Q55) update can be installed while your users are logged into eCMS.
The Software Delivery Team will be logging onto systems, in the days to come to install the (Q55) update.
For those customers who have already informed us to notify them before updating their production environment, you will be contacted by Software Delivery soon.
If you prefer a specific date/time for these updates or have any questions.
Please submit a ticket, requesting to be contacted by Software Delivery.
For non-hosted customers:
Please submit a ticket requesting the installation of 2025 Year End Update (Q54) into your Production / Test environments.
Following the install of updates and after nightly processing, the updated eCMS Release Level will display in the lower right hand corner of the eCMS menu. Thank you!
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December’s CGCU Live Webinar Recording is Now Available
December’s CGCU Webinar Recording on Web2 Overview is now available on the CGC University Members Page at CGC Portal >>CGC University Members Page
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