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Estimating & Bidding
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
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.
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Construction Technology
Sage, eTakeoff, Autodesk to Launch 5D BIM Solution
Sage North America
Vendors collaborated to automate key takeoff and estimating processes using 3D building information models and 2D digital plans
Apps
[APP] Web-based Electronic Quoting Tool Allows for Real-time Field Quoting
FieldConnect
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
Eliminate paper-based quotes and get quick estimates and approval from the field with FieldQuotes web-based application.
Estimating & Bidding
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
Sage's takeoff software is designed to sync directly with BIM products such as Autodesk Navisworks for a more seamless estimating process.
Estimating & Bidding
New eBook Outlines How BIM Improves Construction Estimates
Sage North America
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
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Estimating & Bidding
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
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.
Business Services
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.
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Apps
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
The Stevens Construction Project Overhead Sizing Calculator uses current banking data of the behavior of costs in construction contracting to help contractors size overhead.
Asphalt
How to Fix a Struggling Company
Survival for Petra Paving depended on learning and implementing what it didn’t know.
Chris Tammany not only enjoys being in the field but he knows Petra Paving is a better company when he’s guiding the crew. “My forte is out in the field,” he says. “Our square-foot-per-hour is much higher when I’m out there on the job than when I’m not on the job so I need to be out there.”
Asphalt
6 Steps Every Contractor Needs to Take for Growth
When scheduling jobs ACI Asphalt provides foremen with as much detail as possible on their iPad including location, job components, which employees will be working, and what equipment and traffic control is needed among other specifics. The information is accessible through the foreman’s app.
Apps
ForConstructionPros App of the Week: Contractor Estimating and Invoicing Tool
Joist Inc.
Construction contractors can estimate, invoice, record payments and manage projects from their mobile devices with Joist's Contractor Estimating and Invoicing mobile app
Customize estimates and invoices with a company logo, info, etc.
Construction Technology
Data Drives Down Construction Costs
Using the past as a teacher, Vernox Labs helps contractors mine unstructured data to reduce costs on projects.
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