Video: Getting Started with Estimate Rocket App

Increase your sales and save time by creating professional estimates and invoices on your mobile device

July 25, 2014

The conveyor pit started at 12 in. concrete and ended up to be 18-in. thick, with No. 8 rebar on 10-in. centers.

Three-Person Team Demos Concrete Plant Lean and Mean

Gopher Specialty Rentals demolishes a former concrete batch plant with lots of equipment and very few people in harm’s way, for an ‘impeccable’ safety performance

Choosing the Right Trencher for the Job

Trencher manufacturers discuss how to select a trencher and what’s new in features and technologies.

John Deere's new E-II Series ADTs are built for the long haul

John Deere's new E-II Series ADTs are built for the long haul

See the improvements first-hand in a video walkaround highlighting the new features that enhance the customers' overall experience

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TraceAir Site Work Estimating Tool

Tool for grading contractors helps users run takeoffs faster and more accurately, bid on more jobs and seamlessly pass bids won to the field teams for execution.

Procore Breaks into Preconstruction with Esticom Capability Assimilated into Project Management

Big changes at the cloud construction-management leader include improved collaboration, muscular financial capability and a very short lead time for more-interactive AI

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Basketball Legend Bill Walton Delivers Keynote Speech at B2W Software's 20th Annual User Conference

B2W Software announces an online education and collaborative program for the 20th Annual User Conference, where Basketball Legend Bill Walton will deliver a keynote speech on teamwork, leadership, and winning.

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AGTEK Development Co. Offers Underground Software for Takeoff, Production Control

Software combines intuitive data entry with flexible reporting to speed up takeoffs and tracks production of storm, sewer, water and other underground utilities.

Construction Management

Bid to Punchlist: Managing the Concrete Slab Package

Defining the RFP with a clear vision of the scope of work, job site conditions and work restrictions will go far in minimizing confusion and potential conflict.

John Deere's new E-II Series ADTs are built for the long haul

John Deere's new E-II Series ADTs are built for the long haul

See the improvements first-hand in a video walkaround highlighting the new features that enhance the customers' overall experience

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InSite Elevation Brings Cost-effective Speed and Accuracy to Earthwork Take-offs

Earthwork estimating tool is redesigned to help make users more productive in a Lite version and a Pro version, for when CAD import, utility take-off, and GPS grade control modeling is needed

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New TraceAir Site Work Estimating Tool to Debut at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020

TraceAir's tool will help grading contractors run more accurate takeoffs and get precise quantities based on bid documents.

A screenshot of a SiteWork 3D rendering of an excavation project. Estimators can enter existing and proposed contours, spot elevations and sloping lines to define the existing and proposed surfaces.

Fast, Accurate Earthwork Take-Off for Construction Estimators

InSite Software provides cost-effective estimating solution for owner-operator

On Center’s On-Screen Takeoff (OST) and Quick Bid software efficiently creates more accurate bids and take-offs that are synced with one another.

Takeoff and Bid Software Efficiency Drives Nearly 25 Years of Use for Contractor

On Center’s Quick Bid and OST software simplifies and syncs bidding and OST operations for PML Construction

On-Center Software's on-screen takeoff software shows a color-coded digital takeoff of an elementary school construction project with the building materials quantities listed.

Construction Estimating Takeoff On-Screen Saves Time and Makes Changes Easy

Estimating with On Center Software slashes the cost and time of using blueprints and creates the cornerstone of an entrepreneur’s construction startup

[APP] Complete Takeoffs and Estimates Anytime, Anywhere with STACK

Eliminate bid inconsistencies, incorporate materials to ensure no pieces are missed and easily analyze estimates with detailed cost reports.

Takeoffs are essential to a professional bid. Determining necessary quantities is a painstaking process repeated with each design change, but it can be done with ease using model-based estimating software.

Estimating Software is a Saving Bet

One wrong calculation in an estimate can doom a project before it starts and contractors who want to cut estimating costs in half are dumping the spreadsheets

'What really sold me on InSite is that they have dirtmoving experience and understand exactly what a contractor needs. They understand earthwork and subgrade cubic quantities,' said Jim Hammond, Hammond Estimating & Consulting.

Firm Digs In with an Accurate Quantity Estimating Software Solution

Hammond Estimating & Consulting gets accurate calculations supported by graphics from InSite's SiteWork so the dirt mover can visualize cut and fill requirements before they start

Pepper Construction management uses Trimble modeling software in the early stages of a construction project, easy recalculating estimates to give owners cost context for design changes.

Model-Based Estimates Delight Project Owners and Halve Pepper’s Costs

Estimating software integrated with BIM slashes take-off and re-estimate time for design revisions, simplifies formatting estimates to suit owner needs

The Repeat feature of On Center Software’s On-Screen Takeoff module allows the end-user to capture quantity results on one drawing and then replicate those results with the click of a button (sample project shown). A materials list and model are to the left; to the right is a PDF of information pertaining to the project’s typical groups and repeating floors.

Spreadsheets Alone are Not Professional Construction Bids

Contractor KHS&S bids more jobs, more accurately and responds more quickly to changes with project takeoff and bidding software united over a database of materials, labor and pricing

The key to today’s takeoff is the ability to quickly gauge the scope of work required for a trade, and adjust volumes automatically using the software's takeoff functions when plans change.

Top 5 Must-Have Technologies for Estimators

As the days of paper plans piling up on desks fade, here are the Top 5 digital tools that can help make today's estimators the keepers of construction profitability

Sage, eTakeoff, Autodesk to Launch 5D BIM Solution

Vendors collaborated to automate key takeoff and estimating processes using 3D building information models and 2D digital plans

Eliminate paper-based quotes and get quick estimates and approval from the field with FieldQuotes web-based application.

[APP] Web-based Electronic Quoting Tool Allows for Real-time Field Quoting

Simple electronic quoting tool allows field and sales staff to quickly create a quote, get management review and get customer’s approval in real time while in the field

Sage's takeoff software is designed to sync directly with BIM products such as Autodesk Navisworks for a more seamless estimating process.

Understanding the Estimating Advantages of 5D BIM with Sage

With over 32% of contractors planning to buy BIM-related software in coming months, contractors who overcome challenges to gain the estimating advantages will be steps ahead

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New eBook Outlines How BIM Improves Construction Estimates

Software provider Sage offers a treatise on rising contractor adoption of building information modeling, ways models can improve estimates and how to overcome model challenges

It’s valuable to look not only at how quickly the company will gain back the initial investment in terms of cost-savings, but also at the number of man-hours the estimating team will save.

Free Tool Calculates Estimating Software ROI

Software Advice offers a free calculator to approximate the number of hours your business can save each year by using estimating and takeoff software, as well as how long it will take to recoup the investment

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NPE 2017 to Offer 40 New Conference Topics

Registration is now “live” and details of the 2017 National Pavement Expo and its 54-session conference program are now available on the NPE website, www.nationalpavementexpo.com.

The Stevens Construction Project Overhead Sizing Calculator uses current banking data of the behavior of costs in construction contracting to help contractors size overhead.

ForConstructionPros App of the Week: Construction Project Overhead Sizing Calculator

Construction contractors can create highly accurate and current job and project sizing information with this app to keep bids accurate and increase the chance to win good projects