Construction Information Systems, Inc.
| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Construction project leads |
| Founded 📆 | 1991 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Kinnelon, New Jersey |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Don Colabella, Founder; Chris Colabella, Founder & CEO |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 48 |
| 🌐 Website | cisleads |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Construction Information Systems, Inc.[edit]
Construction Information Systems, Inc., also known as CIS or CISLeads (often mistakenly called CSI or CIA), is an American construction project leads company headquartered in New Jersey. The company is a data warehouse of construction projects, general contractors, architects, engineers, subcontractors, material suppliers, equipment dealers and professional companies that work within the construction industry. The company was founded in 1991 by Don Colabella and his daughter Chris.[1]
CIS researches and compiles business information about construction projects being planned, out to bid, and in progress in the public and private sectors throughout the New York metropolitan area, including Philadelphia. The company is an active member in many industry associations including the General Building Contractors, Utility and Transportation Contractors Association, Association of Construction Contractors, Subcontractors Association, Surety Association, Concrete and Aggregate Association, Professional Women in Construction, as well as other specialized trade associations.
History[edit]
Prior to starting CIS, Don Colabella had a long history in construction. He received a Civil Engineering degree from Newark College of Engineering in NJ, now known as New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), and upon graduating began as a project manager at his father’s masonry company. He quickly moved on to work as an estimator, project manager and eventually vice president at several prominent New York City heavy construction companies. He headed up very large projects like the renovation of the original Yankee Stadium (1975) in the Bronx, the renovation of Grand Central Station in Manhattan, and the renovation of the 59th Street Bridge, which connects Queens and Manhattan, now known as the Queensboro Bridge.
Colabella opened his own general contracting company called DMC Associates in 1985, building new homes and small commercial buildings in New Jersey. It was during this time that he had the idea for CIS. Prior to the introduction of the internet and very early in the history of desktop computers, project information was reported in a newspaper format and received by mail. That process, taking several days to print and arrive, reduced the amount of time contractors had to submit a bid. It also required contractors weed through every project to find those of interest.
Colabella had the idea for an electronic version of the service, that could be customized and accessed through a computer Bulletin Board System, using a modem, which was cutting-edge technology at that time (clients were offered internet access beginning 1994). He recruited his daughter Chris Colabella[2], then only 23 years old, to partner with him, overseeing the operations and accounting while he handled IT and sales. She took over sales and was promoted to President in 2000.
CIS began by reporting public construction projects in New Jersey, New York City, Long Island and Rockland and Orange counties in New York, which border northern New Jersey. The company later expanded to Philadelphia, Delaware, and Westchester county New York. Private construction projects were added in the early 2000s which included new buildings and additions and major renovations being planned, in progress and followed through to completion.
CIS sells its service as a subscription, making it one of the first companies to adapt the SaaS model.
References[edit]
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