An effective cost code structure drives synergy and efficiency across workflows. Based on experiences of an expansive range of contractors using B2W Software, this whitepaper presents valuable tips for developing a strategy, structure and level of detail to meet the requirements of any company.
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Colorado contractor Fiore & Sons, Inc. switched to B2W for high-performance estimating and field tracking capabilities that are also easy to use.
6:16B2W Estimate delivers standardized data, powerful features and intuitive heavy construction logic to help you win more bids at better margins.
EPCOR is bidding significantly faster and more accurately and has linked its estimates with field operations since switching from spreadsheets to B2W Estimate.
2:27Estimators and executives at several North American companies comment on how the speed, accuracy, efficiency and ease-of-use provide by B2W Estimate allow them to win more bids at better margins.
3:24Hear from M.A. Mortenson Co. about how B2W Estimate and Track helped drive collaboration and business intelligence across the company's heavy construction and field management workflows.
50:48Watch this in-depth demo to learn how B2W Estimate helps you bid faster and more accurately to win more jobs at better margins.
3:47B2W Software offers three editions of its estimating software to meet the specific needs of each contractor. Product Manager, Pat Reitz explains the differences.
Win more jobs at better margins by bidding faster and more accurately with the B2W solution for heavy construction estimating.
55:33Learn why spreadsheets put contractors at a disadvantage and how competitors with specialized software win more jobs at the right margins by bidding faster and bidding more accurately.
4:09See how the Change Order Feature within B2W Estimate streamlines the process, making it easy for contractors to create and store change orders directly within the original project estimate.
2:01Querino Pacella says B2W Estimate allows him to complete bids in a fraction of the time it would take with spreadsheets, spend more time on bidding strategy and unify estimating with B2W Track
Pinto Construction Services president James Panepinto says moving B2W Estimate and Track to the B2W Cloud made sense from performance, access, security and cost perspectives.
B2W Estimate product manager Patrick Reitz along with CFMA chairman Kevin Booth comment on what makes bidding so challenging and how specialized software adds accuracy and speed.
New B2W Estimate functionality now makes it easier and faster for estimators to add, modify and track change orders directly within an original estimate.
How heavy construction estimating tools have evolved to meet the speed and accuracy requirements of the heavy civil sector.
With B2W Estimate, EPCOR improved bidding speed and accuracy and built a process to give crews a level of detail previously unavailable.
Industry expert Herb Brownett says accurate bids are essential and that there are many pitfalls to trying to produce them with spreadsheets.
TLS spent a year assessing software options. President Larry Butler says the unified B2W approach made the difference and the experience with Estimate made adding Track and Maintain a "slam dunk"
25:05Explore how to move job and organizational information from B2W Estimate to B2W Track to align how jobs are bid with how they are scheduled, preformed and tracked in the field.
Accurate and effective construction cost estimating is more difficult and more critical than ever. This article explores some of the best practices that help industry leaders achieve it.
