Estimating & Bidding: Page 12

Construction Technology
B2W ONE Software Improves Estimating with Integrated Operations Management
B2W Software Inc.
Integrated estimating, bidding and project management help improve the accuracy of future bids, including details in equipment operation and management
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Business Services
The Right Way to be the Lowest Bidder on Construction Projects
Construction Business Coaching
An original bid proposal should be for the bare minimum required by the bid documents to keep pricing lower and help get that first important meeting
Keep your original bid to the bare minimum to help get that first meeting. At the meeting, discuss every option to upgrade the project, improve the quality of materials, add-on additional items, or present prices for things required to fill the gaps and complete the work.
Apps
ForConstructionPros App of the Week: Construction Nearby
Dodge Construction Network
Dodge Maps app combines mobile, social and location-based technologies as well as bid data to help users find bid opportunities based on location
Nearby active construction projects are displayed as “job dots” on a map, and contractors can instantly find out not only where the job is but also when it is, job size, project stage, construction type and bid date.
Sweeping
How to Help Cities Develop Street Sweeping RFPs
California’s Pacific Sweeping works with cities to make sure RFPs are up-to-date and in compliance with regs
Pacific Sweeping's work with cities as an educational effort to assist the client than as a marketing ploy or sales pitch. Among the topics Pacific Sweeping might discuss with a city are new sweeping regulations, changes in equipment, sweeping frequency, routing, air quality management and storm water quality guidelines.
Construction Technology
Survey: 31% of Contractors Will Move Project Management to the Cloud
On Center Software
Data integration, collaboration, communication and error reduction said to be driving takeoff, estimating and project management processes to the cloud by 2017
Estimating & Bidding
BuildingBlok Free Invitation To Bid System Transforms the Bidding Process
BuildingBlok
Web-based, free to use technology allows general contractors to easily manage contacts and send invitations to bid to subcontractors
Business Services
Increase Your Construction Business Bottom Line By Shopping for Quotes
Construction Business Coaching
To stay competitive, construction contractors must continually seek new suppliers and subcontractors to do business with
Over time, if you get a minimum of four to five quotes per trade or supplier, your overall price will significantly go down, and you’ll get awarded more jobs to build.
Construction Technology
Video: How Construction Nearby Mobile App Helps Contractors Find Jobs for Bid in Their Area
Construction Nearby by Dodge Maps is a free app that enables contractors to search active construction projects by location and bid date range, and filter by trades and project types
Video: How Construction Nearby Mobile App Helps Contractors Find Jobs for Bid in Their Area
Construction Toolbox
Why Contractors Should Budget More for Construction Software
Implementing construction software systems - and budgeting for them - is increasingly becoming critical for construction contractors to remain competitive in the industry
Half of respondents to a Software Advice construction software prospective buyers survey are still using the pen and paper method to perform basic processes such as bidding, estimating and more, but that method can also produce less accurate data and be more time consuming than construction software.
Estimating & Bidding
How to Keep From Blowing Construction Bids
The Contractor's Business Coach
Estimators need to take the time to analyze historical job cost data, carefully review the project scope and properly account for all the costs of a project in order to avoid blowing a construction bid
Proper job costing, efficient review of scope and accounting for all project costs are three key elements to making sure your construction estimator does not blow a bid.
Apps
App of the Week: Quick Service Estimates and Invoices
Logical Engine
Get your estimate or invoice into your customers' hands immediately by creating and then sending them in the field with the Quick Service Estimates and Invoices mobile app
The Quick Service Estimates and Invoices mobile app allows the user to quickly and accurately create, email and/or print professional estimates, invoices and receipts .
Construction Technology
Tekla to Present Concrete-focused BIM Solution at World of Concrete and World of Concrete Europe
Tekla, Inc. | Trimble Solutions USA Inc.
Tekla Structures will offer improved processes and performance to concrete fabricators and contractors.
Tekla Structures’ concrete configuration was named a recipient of the first-ever World of Concrete Europe Award, a new category featured as part of the INTERMAT Innovation Awards program.
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