Spreadsheets are great tools. Spreadsheet programs have been around for over 25 years and many contractors have built some pretty respectable spreadsheets over the years for their estimating.

Accurate estimates are essential to a construction firm’s success. Overprice a bid and you’ll likely lose the project. Underprice it and you risk losing money and damaging relationships with partners ...

October 7, 2011 -- As part of a dramatic revamp of estimating systems it offers to contractors, McCormick Systems has rolled out the new WIN 1000 system – a great place to start for the small to ...

The program’s commercial service estimator fits any HVAC estimating process for either cost plus or gross profit margin pricing. An estimate can be turned into a professional proposal in just a few ...

There are many vital components to successful estimating, but consistency is certainly one of them. Establishing an estimating process is a great way to standardize the steps required to produce ...

Most of us see our family doctor for an annual checkup — a visit aimed at detecting potential problems that hopefully can be corrected before becoming a serious health issue. The doctor assesses our ...