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Retrieving data is a big part of bidding, and API connectivity is amplifying the already important benefits that specialized software applications for estimating provide over spreadsheets.

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.

A new API automates connectivity between B2W Estimate and data sources used to generate estimates and it enables a new feature for reviewing actual performance data to inform current bids.

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.

The B2W Estimate and Track combination keeps estimators, project managers and field teams at D.A. Collins/Kubricky construction on the same page, eliminates redundant data entry and provides timely ac

B2W Estimate delivers standardized data, powerful features and intuitive heavy construction logic to help you win more bids at better margins.

B2W Estimate is designed to manage your entire estimating and bidding process. Feature for feature, it is the industry’s most powerful, cost effective estimating and bidding tool. Despite its power an

Click here to register for the webcast on Bid More and Win More – Using Item Databases for DOT and Private Heavy Construction Estimating on August 11, 2022.

Watch this in-depth demo to learn how B2W Estimate helps you bid faster and more accurately to win more jobs at better margins.

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.

Learn how the new production rate actuals feature in B2W Estimate allows estimators to use production history from B2W’s field tracking software to set realistic production rates for current bids.

Learn how the new B2W Estimate API can integrate data from estimates with third-party and proprietary systems with ease.
B2W Estimate, Schedule and Track work together, so teams at this Colorado company can work together to bid accurately, track and analyze jobs daily and operate efficiently.

Understanding how software applications for estimating work and the proven processes for implementing and succeeding with the technology

Software for estimating provides substantial advantages in the estimating process of analyzing and choosing the most appropriate subcontractors and vendors or deciding whether to self-perform.
Operating at an intersection of infrastructure construction and advanced telecommunications technology, InLine turned to B2W for faster, more accurate estimating and daily performance tracking.

Learn why D.A. Collins Companies/Kubricky Construction has sent a large group to the user conference for many years; including new and experienced users of B2W Estimate, Schedule, Track and Maintain.

Chief estimator Jim Madden discusses the key features of B2W Estimate and the flexibility, speed and accuracy advantages that help his team turn out more than 500 bids per year.