Cost Savings
With the following features an estimator will substantially reduce the setup, takeoff and pricing time:
- Diversified and flexible to be profitable
- Ready to use in 4 to 8 hours, startup material, labor and library included
- Easy navigation of the computer screens for input of information
- Copy to and from allows building your takeoff quickly
- Instantaneous pricing of standard items when inputted
- Easy to build a large capacity standard library, casework, counters, frames, trim to paneling
- Special item pricing on the fly
- Procedure driven and data producing
- Not a spreadsheet but formatted procedures and databases
- Access from anywhere with online version
- Easy multi level reporting
- Export all info to Excel or PDF file for further use
Initial Global Setup Savings:(Based on an average estimators cost @ $45.00/hr)
- Ready to use "Out of the Box" in 4 to 8 hours verses 4 to 8 weeks from similar programs.
- Potential Savings would be 156 to 312 hours @ $45.00 = $7,020 to $14,040
Online Hosted Application Savings: (if selected over download version)(based on IT technician @ $100.00/hour)
- Installation savings 4 to 8 hours depending upon type of installation and number of users,
2 to 8 hours = $200.00 to $800.00 - Remote access installation of remote access on local system or network,
8 to 16 hours plus software, $800.00 to $1600.00 plus $3,500.00
or $4,300 to $5,100.00 - Installation of upgrades when received, 1 to 4 hours, $100.00 to $400.00
Actual Estimating Time** Savings: (Based on an average estimators cost @ $45.00/hr)
- Single location entry for multiple items per location*
- Copy to/Merge takeoff locations*
- Multiple pricing for SpecialItems***
- Easy reviewing by Chief Estimator or Owner
- Prepare a Schedule of Values or pre-bid breakdown
with Mobilization, Shop Drawings, General
Conditions, Bond, area by area breakdown,
subtrades with all figure adjusted appropriately
to suite your specific requirements - Print multiple Scope Letters with different/specific prices
Average time savings for $300,000 project is approx. 4-12 hours, $180.00 to $540.00
Now multiple this savings by say 60 projects per year, $10,800.00 to $32,400.00
"*" No copy and paste as in Excel
"**" Based on a hospital type project valued approx. $300,000 consisting of
Admin. area, nurses stations, admitting area, typical patient rooms and
utility areas
"***" No find and replace required - completed automatically
Priceless!
- Unknow savings, how many projects could be bid during this setup down time? Priceless.
- Convenience of remote access from office, home office, travelling, clients office or any hi speed internet connection. Priceless!
- Accumulation of data specifically for each area to allow exact data for sorting, separate pricing, scheduling, schedule of values. Priceless!
- Develop more data for quantities, material, most expensive items to buy better, price lower and win to bid. Priceless!
Sample Projects vs Time
Estimating time**** includes rough takeoff, takeoff, sourcing special materials, pricing and reporting:
- Trade Show Display - Estimating time = 1.5 hours (18 pg report)
- Hospital Project - Estimating time = 6.0 hours (28 pg report)
"****"Estimating time is based on an estimator with a minimum 3 years AWI/AWMAC experience using the Prime6400 system
Benefits to User:
- Designed to estimate quickly to be prepared for the bid that is due for 2:00pm tomorrow with the ability to expand or export information to other manufacturing technology programs once the contract is awarded
- Start and stop takeoff at anytime, then pickup where you left off
- Easy review process by Owner or Chief Estimator
- Export all reports to assigned printer or to PDF file
- Export takeoff to Excel spreadsheet
- Auto error checking
- Competitively reasonable software costs
- Free seamless upgrades and tech support (online version only)
- Incorporate custom items in little time
- Multi price feature allows all like items to be price updated at the same time
- Ongoing upgrades to further enhance to the system
- Quick implementation of user suggestion or custom programming