One of its products is a stand-alone punch-list tool that can integrate wirelessly with SQL databases for continuous 2-way synchronization. Pocket Punch 1.5, for Windows CE handheld devices, organizes items by the Construction Specifications Institute's MasterFormat divisions for report generation and automatic e-mail notification. Pocket Punch, as well as the larger set of communication management products, is sold by Aktera Development Systems, a division of Neighborhood America Inc., Naples, Fla.
David Bankston, senior vice president of technology and product development, says the move to construction tools began a year ago. "We offer a communication platform," he says. "This is just different communication.