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**Read the article in Voltage magazine - November 2019**

Wave Broadband Gets Vital Data and Insight from B2W Estimate Reporting

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Redundant data entry eliminated
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Switch from Excel spreadsheets paid for itself immediately

“I’ve used a couple of other software systems, and B2W Estimate stood out for its estimating features and ease of use,” Ihlen concludes. “However, for us, the custom reporting features were the real differentiator. We need to make data-driven decisions, and B2W Estimate supports that.”

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Explore advantages contractors gain by using B2W Estimate together, including assigning cost codes, exporting from estimating to operations, reporting, and using production rate actuals.

Upgrading to B2W Estimate has delivered estimating speed, accuracy and efficiency advantages plus a smooth connection with B2W performance tracking and scheduling applications.

Explore the basics behind how applications like B2W Estimate work and how scalability, construction logic and ease-of-use features make switching easier than you think.

A unified approach with B2W Estimate, B2W Track and the Vista accounting/ERP program from Viewpoint pays off for this western Massachusetts contractor.

Spreadsheets were slow, clunky, and everything felt more like a guess, says lead estimator Jeff Sparkowich. With B2W, he says S.J. Cantwell bids twice as fast and is 30% more accurate.

Founder Billy Copeland speaks from experience when he calls B2W Estimate the industry’s top estimating tool and a driving force for both large and small heavy civil contractors.

Immediate performance data at the production account level, more accurate bidding, and field teams motivated to track job profitability are the benefits for Utah contractor Feller Enterprises

B2W Estimate and Track work together to help this NY contractor win demolition and environmental services work across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest and manage it more efficiently

Picking the right subs and vendors can be critical to profitability, and specialized software for estimating gives contractors big advantages over competitors using spreadsheets or manual processes.

Owner and experienced estimator Billy Copeland says Estimate is a driving force and that ease of use differentiates B2W from competitive estimating programs he has used.

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With just a few mouse clicks, estimators can search and filter actual production rates achieved on any range of active and past jobs and use the data to increase the accuracy of current bids.

Explore the basic principles of estimating software and how they allow estimators to work faster, stay accurate and devote more time to bidding strategy

Learn how contractors use the change order management features in B2W Estimate to keep variations linked to the base bid and manage the change order process in an efficient, organized manner.

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After using B2W Estimate as chief estimator for a $200 million contractor, Don Pearson insisted on the software when he started his own company in 2021.

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The B2W Estimate and Track combination keeps estimators, project managers and field teams on the same page, eliminates redundant data entry and provides timely actual-versus-plan data.

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**Read the article in Voltage magazine - November 2019**