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15:30Explore advantages contractors gain by using B2W Estimate together, including assigning cost codes, exporting from estimating to operations, reporting, and using production rate actuals.
2:24Upgrading to B2W Estimate has delivered estimating speed, accuracy and efficiency advantages plus a smooth connection with B2W performance tracking and scheduling applications.
38:11Explore 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.
2:46Spreadsheets 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.
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.
2:37With 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
27:47Learn 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.
6:18B2W Estimate delivers standardized data, powerful features and intuitive heavy construction logic to help you win more bids at better margins.
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.
3:56The 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.
18:32Learn 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.