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Keep Up With Construction Material Cost Changes

Construction Business Owner

Unveiled at their 2024 RSMeans™ Data Webinar, Gordian’s latest tool empowers organizations to gain more real time insight into shifting cost trends across construction categories and geographies – all within a single, visually digestible dashboard. Staying ahead of cost trends is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity.

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Construction Estimating: Manual Counting Ends with Visual Search

Carol Hagen

Construction Estimators have been spending much of their estimating time counting electrical recepticals, sprinkler heads, and trees. The estimating take-off process has just been revolutionized with Bluebeam Revu 11′s Visual Search. Manual counting has ended for the estimator. Watch the video.

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3 Must-Have Features You Need in Your Estimating Software 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Estimating is one of the most complex parts of the construction process. Thankfully cloud-based software solutions enable teams to create more competitive bids with accurate estimates faster. In it, Troy Simon, Head of Client Services at ProEst discusses the challenges of estimating at length. Connected takeoff and estimate .

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Bluebeam Revu Tips: Estimating Wall Area

Carol Hagen

Painting and wall contractors find estimating take-offs easy when the wall area can be calculated quickly. For more Bluebeam estimating tips you may want to read these previous posts: Estimating and Layers. Manual Counting Ends with Visual Search. Multiple Monitors for Estimating Take-off Productivity.

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7 Mistakes a Seasoned Estimator Knows Not to Make

Autodesk Construction Cloud

It’s important not to overlook the importance of comprehensive budgets and estimates when companies are working under immense pressure to get work done on time and for a profit. As an estimator, there are things you need to be picky about. Working solely or primarily out of spreadsheets leaves your estimates prone to error.

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Construction Estimating: 4 Winning Tips to Improve 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In an era of rising costs and new technology, here’s how to bring more accuracy to construction estimating. . When it comes time to kick off a new construction job, an accurate estimate is the first step toward project success. What is a Construction Estimate? Usually, an accurate estimate is set before you place a bid.

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Visual Building - Editing roof wood construction

Construction Cost Estimating

This tutorial video demonstrates how in Visual Building you can examine and edit the wood construction components within the roof. This video is applicable to: Visual Building Lite, Visual Building Basic, Visual Building Professional, Visual Building Premium and Visual Building Solar Designer.