Have you experienced “A Nightmare on Spreadsheet”? Recently, we heard from a chief estimator that just experienced this nightmare. After a team of estimators invested 100s hours in developing a project bid, which included identifying the scope, performing a quantity takeoff, and then doing their bes...

If you’re a major league hitter and you get three hits for every ten at bats, you are considered a big success, and most importantly your team’s success can be directly attributed to your performance. If you’re an estimator for a general contractor, and you’re awarded three jobs for every ten you bi...

What if there was a new tool that could increase the productivity of your estimating department by 25-30%? I know, you’re skeptical, but so were framing crews, before they retired their hammers and replaced them with nail guns.

Maybe a more closely related example are estimators that replaced their...

As a general contractor, you are required to know the price of getting the work done on any given trade, but also knowing the cost puts you in a far better negotiating position. If all you do is manage bids submitted by subcontractors, and you don’t have some level of budgetary estimate to compare t...

The term "eat your own dog food" means that a company uses its own products and services.  And so...

You’ve just acquired a new software application that will provide measurable benefit to your company…now what?

Well, the good news is, you’re a general contractor, so you know ...