Case Study: Santa Maria Electric achieves streamlined operations and simplified payroll with Foundation Software

Santa Maria Electric Relies on FOUNDATION and McCormick Systems to Operate Efficiently

Santa Maria Electric, a 75‑year electrical contractor serving the Santa Barbara area, needed to replace an aging 35‑year system that imposed hard year‑end job purges, limited flexibility for job closes, and made payroll and field time tracking cumbersome. The company required adaptable, secure software that could handle unique local work conditions, change orders, and more accurate cost tracking.

By adopting McCormick Systems estimating alongside FOUNDATION construction accounting and FOUNDATION mobile for payroll, the transition was seamless and required no changes to existing workflows. The combined solution delivered simpler, more secure estimating with deeper takeoff capability, user‑controlled close dates, robust payroll and mobile time capture, and faster, more accurate financial processing—enabling the team to work independently or together more efficiently and confidently for years to come.

Santa Maria Electric

Andrew Sutton

Project Manager and Estimator