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How iPads and Android tablets are utilized to smooth the construction process

2012-05-24T18:30:00.002+05:30

Now-a-days technology has brought a sea change in construction sectors. The third-generation iPad and improving Android tablets are playing a vital role for every construction industry.

The contractors can utilize iPads for gathering information form project blueprints and architect’s drawings to schedule and material inventory. The contractor can just open up his blueprints application, markup the issue and email it to the architect. With iPad the contractors can snap panoramic photographs during the construction phases tagged with the location wherever the image was located.

After the completion of the project iPad facilitate building owner to view what’s located behind the walls and present the view of the photographs previously snapped of the same location.

iPad can generate a x-ray vision to the contractors and worker for viewing through wall, 3D walk-throughs of a blueprints and instant amendment of specifications all through theconstruction process.

The contractors can walk around the job site with reorganized documents in a electronic tablet.

iPads are connected with the other computer systems that conveys minute information from project blueprints, architect’s drawings, schedules and material inventory.

The contractors can get a clear view of the site and deliver it to the design and get design solution within a second.

By applying iPads, contractors can show up to the job site prepared prior to meet with other team members of the project and having different set of drawings. The construction professionals can also receive a constantly updated version of blueprints at their fingertips.

The contractors can take a sequence of photos with a wide-angle photographic lens before the drywall goes on and stitch them with iPano which provide a total pan of the room to maintain record. As for instance, if a leak is detected, the contractor can locate the area prior to splitting the wall apart by using the iPad to view accurately where the pipes in question are located.

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Small home builders and contractors can improve their estimating process with Job Simplicity, a product suite from HomeFront Software

2012-05-23T13:41:00.000+05:30

Small home builders and contractors can improve their estimating process with Job Simplicity, a product suite from HomeFront Software.

Job Simplicity is a product suite from HomeFront Software, intended for small home builders and contractors.

Job Simplicity is a complete building & construction management software utilized to control the full phase from bid management, job costing, estimating, purchasing, scheduling, service coordination to building. Job Simplicity can easily reduce expensive errors and get better bottom line for you.

Job Simplicity is directly integrated with QuickBooks® & Simply Accounting by Sage without replacing the financial reporting and accounting system.

By applying Job Simplicity, the users will be able to get job cost reports on the fly and keep control on their projects and productivity.

With Job Simplicity, one entry goes through the entire system and runs effortlessly to your Simply Accounting software. The users can easily take control of profits as the software contains real time variance & cost‐to‐complete reporting, cash flow forecasting and profit analysis.

Top notch features of Job Simplicity :-

Accurate job costing containing flexible work‐break down structures.
Availability of tools for controlling various schedules per job as well as conflict control and trade notifications
Get the Web to Work: distribute information, documents & drawings amid your customers & trades. Handle your schedules and request POs from the field on any handheld device
AP invoice workflow with scanning optimized for PO and Subcontract authorization
Estimating tools for unit take‐off and bid management
Produce POs and subcontracts from an estimate
“What If” pricing/profit developments for jobs, models, and options derived from real or forecasted costs.

Job Simplicity can be accessed in both Commercial & Residential versions.
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Some advance application useful for electrical engineers

2012-05-21T16:04:00.001+05:30

Electrical Pro

Electrical Pro includes 4 in 1 app useful for electricalengineers, technicians and master electricians. Electrical Pro can easily work out several crucial electrical and technical calculations.

Electrical Calc Elite™

Electrical Calc Elite™ is compatible with both Android and iPhone. Electrical Calc Elite™ is designated for electrical professional designers, electrical engineers, master electricians, electrical maintenance managers, electrical inspectors and lighting specialists. Electrical Calc Elite™ is derived from National Electric Codes (US) and can rapidly and precisely solve code-related issues.

ElectroDroid

ElectroDroid is very useful for electronic engineers and hobbyists. ElectroDroid contains an user-friendly interface and compilation of electronics tools and reference. This app covers resistor colour code decoder, Ohm’s law calculator, voltage divider and a number of more applications. It is available with both free and pro version.

Voltage Drop Calculator

Voltage Drop Calculator is another useful tool for electrical engineer being utilized for computing voltage drop for a particular conductor, mode to output percent volt drop for a certain circuit length, wire gauge, and current. This crucial application can also find out wire size to fulfill particular voltage drop limits.

Fault Calculator pro

Electrical engineers/technicians are benefitted with this application as it can determine fault through a transformer and over a line and invigorating de-rate calculations. It is available with free and Pro version. Free version is restricted to fault during a transformer calculation.

Element14 Everywhere

This application is well matched with iPhone and facilitates users to get in touched with electrical mechanical engineers all over the world. One can get recent news, explore well-liked forum discussions and be in touch with other engineers on the fly. It’s a vast network discussion application.

EE Basics

It is a great Android application for both profession electrical engineers and master electricians that consist of a huge selection of electrical engineering calculations and essential data as well as Ohms law, motor equations, tables and reference materials.

EngCalc

It is an unique Android application for electrical engineers. It intended for electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, structural, machine design, fluid and mechanical, heat and mass transfer and HVAC, thermodynamics, pulp and paper, pipe flow and automotive engineers, EngCalc includes more than 500 different engineering formulas and 100 reference tables.

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Enhance your estimating process with Sage 100 Contractor

2012-05-19T13:27:00.000+05:30

Sage, a trust worthy supplier of accounting and business management software, launched Sage 100 Contractor. Sage 100 Contractor contains more improved service management, vendor, reporting and other capacities to augment the effectiveness of the users. The software provides a unique construction system amalgamating accounting, project management, estimating and service management under one roof. The building contractor will get faster and precise way for bidding and achieve more projects by creating more estimates in quickest possible time.

Sage 100 Contractor consists of various takeoff options, industry-specific pricing databases and incorporation with Sage 100 Contractor accounting modules. The contractor can automate and reorganize their estimating procedures as every factor associated with estimating process is accounted for resulting precise cost projections.

With Sage 100 Contractor, the contractors will be in a position to keep track on subcontractors' tasks (supervise subcontractor billings & retention, get rid of overpaying and overbilling, alleviate the risk of expired subcontractor workers' compensation, liability insurance, and safety certification) and appropriately document all subcontractor work, budgets, changes, payment information, lien waivers, and more. The information for subcontractor can easily be accessed from within one centralized system and totally incorporated with the accounting procedures.

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Construction specifications - vital for suppliers, purchasers, and users of materials, products, or services in engineering, manufacturing, and business

2012-02-22T15:56:00.000+05:30

A specification (often abbreviated as spec) can be termed as a type of a technical standard to be referenced by a contract or procurement document. It contains the necessary details concerning the specific requirements to be persuaded by a material, product, or service.

The specifications are considered very important for suppliers, purchasers, and users of materials, products, or services in engineering, manufacturing, and business as these specifications cover up a extensive collection of general issues like definitions, bidding requirements, legal responsibilities, claims & payments; with details on specific items with respect to all constructionproject.

CSI (Construction Specifications Institute) is a renowned association that provides the standardization of construction language related with building specifications. CSI offers prearranged instructions for composing specification in their Project Resource Manual.

CSI published MasterFormat, an indexing system for categorizing construction data as well as construction specifications. It consists of 50 Divisions, to be applied for integrating facility life cycle and maintenance information into the building knowledge base.

Almost the entire CSI approved sections contain performance and safety obligations produced by agencies like the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and several other federal and professional organizations.

CSI also publish GreenFormat, an online database that includes sustainable product attributes. Manufacturers associated with the construction industry will be able to register product information based on 5 categories in a widespread online questionnaire. All kinds of product information referenced by MasterFormat divisions and titles will be available to designers, specifiers, and building constructors.

Given below the detailed lists of construction specifications :-

General Requirements - Division 01

This specification will includeparticular administrative and procedural requisites that belong to all of the Technical Specification sections. The General Requirements consist of specifics relevant directly to a particular project and written independently for each project. These will develop the expansive administrative and procedural conditions inscripted in the General and Supplementary Conditions documents. These will be applicable to the work of ALL Technical Specification sections. This document also sum ups the scope of work, exercise of the site, owner occupancy of building throughout construction, Phased construction activities, numerous prime contract requisites and eliminations and additions to be connected with the Plans. The General Requirements narrate the Contractor's administrative, procedural and other activities which should be submitted by the Contractor. In General Requirements section the following categories will be available.

Administrative

01010 Summary

01020 Allowances

01030 Alternates

01040 Coordination

01060 Regulatory Requirements

01080 Identification Systems

01090 References

Procedural

01025 Measurement and Payment

01035 Modification Procedures

01050 Field Engineering

01100 Special Project Procedures

01200 Project Meetings

01300 Submittals such as Construction Schedule, Logs

01400 Quality Control

01600 Material and Equipment

01650 Facility Startup/Commissioning

01700 Contract Closeout

01800 Maintenance

Temporary Activities

01500 Temporary Facilities

The Contractor’s Responsibility is to comprise these items in Overhead.

Technical Specifications

Divisions 02 - 16 is known as the Technical Specifications. These construction specifications consist of the written description of the specific requirements regarding with a specific product or system. The specification provisions characterize and set up the quality level processes, standards of work and material standards. Each subsection will describe the scope, technical requirements, performance requirements, material suppliers, and quality requirements. The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) has build up the following standard MasterFormat numbering system that includes the following

Technical Specification Divisions.

CSI Technical Specification Division Numbers

Division 2 - Site Work

Division 3 - Concrete

Division 4 - Masonry

Division 5 - Metals

Division 6 - Wood and Plastics

Division 7 - Thermal and Moisture Protection

Division 8 - Doors and Windows

Division 9 - Finishes

Division 10 - Specialties

Division 11 - Equipment

Division 12 - Furnishings

Division 13 - Special Constriction

Division 14 - Conveying Systems

Division 15 - Mechanical

Division 16 - Electrical

The Construction Specification Institute (CSI) dissects each Division into Section Numbers by means of three digits and a Standard Format. The following demonstrates a portion of the section numbers for Division 02.

DIVISION 02 - SITE WORK

SECTION 02200 Earthwork

SECTION 02210 Grading

SECTION 02220 Excavating, Backfilling and Compacting

SECTION 02300 Tunneling

The CSI Technical Specification Part Numbers are included in each Specification Section

inside a Division. Each Specification Section have three PARTS in the following order.

SECTION 02210 GRADING

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.01 SECTIONS INCLUDES

A. Subsoil and Topsoil materials

1.02 RELATED SECTIONS

A. Section 02050 - Demolition

B. Section 02100 - Site Preparation

C. Section 02140 - Dewatering

1.03 REFERENCES

A. ANSI/ASTM C136 - Method for Sieve Analysis of Aggregates.

B. ASTM D2487 - Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes.

1.04 SUBMITTALS

A. Submit Cofferdam Design Drawings with engineer’s seal.

B. Submit 10 pound sample of each type of soil in an air-tight container to test lab.

1.05 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING

A. Store and protect materials under

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.01 MATERIALS

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.01 INSTALLATION

END OF SECTION

The Contractor has to find out whether there are any unexpected or nonstandard characteristics that may affect the cost. Supply a copy to subcontractors and suppliers if requesting price quotations.

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Construction Project Management & accounting software plays a vital role for construction companies

2012-02-21T18:18:00.004+05:30

Construction Project Management can be termed as overall planning, coordination and control of a project from commencement to completion intended for fulfilling the need of the client for generating a functionally and financially feasible project.

Now-a-days industry-specific project management software plays an important role for expanding integrated project management modules to participate with the leading stand-alone project management systems.

Construction companies can reap huge benefits by applying the Project management software in their projects. The most important benefits may range from Process Standardisation (manage job by reorganizing every step of project execution, standardising project management forms like RFIs, submittals, transmittals, change requests and business letters) , Document Control (generating a single data storage source for all project documents, creating a systematic process for documenting, tracking and following up on significant issues) and Cost Control (providing synchronized cost data to administer costs and take profitable decisions on project, providing information on budgets, contracts, change orders etc for making prompt evaluation of project, tracking & solving the issues like cost overruns and scheduling snags early in the project). Besides the project management software also generates executive level reporting for a single job or across all projects, field administration like punch list tracking and daily report logs, change order management and purchase order management.

Given below some exclusive project management softwares :-

Project Administrator

It is a unique project management tool intended for administration and management of building projects. This Construction Project Management software compiles all the project related information into a solitary project management software tool. The users are able to set up their own project stages and tasks, project team details, planning and legal issues, cost plans, tender, contractor and consultant data and much more. It is like a schedule tool that contains integrated schedule of rates to facilitate the calculation of project cost.

The software is compatible with Microsoft Project and can monitor issues, risks, action items, glossary, benefits, scope changes, budget and expenditure, benefits, roles and responsibilities, phases, and even diary notes into one database.

This software is useful for all businesses, independent contractors, and corporations and can be utilized for Engineering project management, Construction project management and IT project management.

This software can perform with Microsoft Access and SQL Server database.

The most updated version is Project Administrator Version 6 that contains some exclusive features like New security process, Gantt chart, Able to track changes to the program, One button linking of database, the total number and completed actions for issues, risks etc, Easier management of project access.

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Construction Suite

Construction Suite is a powerful & comprehensive multi-project construction management system designated for advanced Estimating, Job Costing / Accounting Scheduling & Calendars, Contracts, Specs, and Document Management, Insurance Tracking, Company Management etc.

The software combines estimating and project management with a construction specific CRM system to bring the most complete management system for small to medium construction firms, real Estate Developers and professional Contractors alongwith Residential and Commercial Covenants to handle with multiple projects and developments.

The software also provides wide-ranging documentation for property development for example Covenants, Standards, and Specifications to save the time required for planning stage and increase your property values and lot marketability.

The software can also predict the company's financial inflows and outflows with Cash Flow Reporting combining construction estimating and scheduling data to compute profitability across single or multiple projects.

There are five versions of ConstructionSuite software -- Standard, Pro, Premier, Corporate and Network.

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Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project (MSP, MSOP or WinProj) is a project management software program from Microsoft ideal for scheduling as well as developing a plan, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analyzing workloads.

This estimating software focuses on Timesheets, budget and expenditure, risk management, issues, action items, documents, variations, roles and responsibilities, quality activities etc.

This estimating software is utilized for managing and recognizing project schedules and finances, providing and exchanging project information, systematizing people and work to ensure that project is finished on schedule, empowering project manager to penetrate the tasks of a project (work breakdown structure or WBS) and allocate workers (resources) to those tasks, with cost information.

The application generates critical path schedules, and critical chain and event chain methodology. Schedules can be resource leveled, and chains are envisaged in a Gantt chart.

MS Project is available in 3 different versions i.e. Microsoft Project Professional, Microsoft Project Standard and Microsoft Project Server.

This estimating software contains some exclusive features like SharePoint synchronization, Manual scheduling, Placeholder text, Active and inactive tasks, Timeline view, Team Planner, Task Inspector etc.

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PROSTART DATABASE

This construction management and accounting software from BuilderMT is designated for home builders to manage and streamline internal processes. The software consists of General Ledger, Job Cost Accounting, Purchasing and Scheduling data to make the home building process smooth.

ProStart Database modules are compatible with the Workflow Management Suite, Sage Timberline and Explorer Contract Manager home builder accounting software.

The software contains some unique features like General Ledger Module, Job Cost Module, Accounts Payable Module, 1500 Bill of Material Detail level items, Cash Management Module, Ten Standard Models, 100 Standard Options per Model, Generic Options, Material Classes (Purchase Order).

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StarBuilder

AMSI develops StarBuilder, a windows-based construction management and accounting software to deal with construction payroll, construction job contract, job cost, job reporting, cash flow management, cost coding and project management.

The software contains the information for each job contract’s labor and material costs, subcontractor’s performance and cash position.

The software consists of some incorporated modules that includes equipment costing, inventory, document control, and AIA and T&M Billings.

This construction management software also contains huge range of optional add-on modules. Click the following links to get the add on.

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Some exclusive software for construction cost estimating

2012-02-18T17:31:00.003+05:30

D4COST
D4COST is a professional preliminary cost estimating system useful for preliminary, conceptual design development square foot cost estimates as well as cost feasibility, valuation study, or budget.

The software is designated for thousands of building professionals ranging from Architects, General Contractors, Design Build Firms, Sub-Contractors, Estimating Firms, Appraisers, Engineering Firms, Valuation Companies, Insurance Companies, Consulting, Government Agencies, and Universities.

This estimating software contains a database of 1,100 historical projects, cost escalators and regional modifiers. These historical projects are broken down in the CSI MasterFormat™. The users can also effortlessly import their own proprietary company building cost data to generate own historical project library. This estimating software also consists of integral cost escalators.

The software is available in three different versioins :-
D4COST (full system)
D4COST Express Pro
D4COST Express

Free downloadable link
http://www.d4cost.com/down.html

Estimate Master
This unique estimating software can provide a great benefit to general contractors as well as trade-subcontractors. The software includes some excellent features like simple navigation and installation process, admirable help documentation etc.

The software contains a huge built-in database that accumulates all of your project details on materials, parts, labor work units, estimates and bid information to produce assemblies. By applying this estimating software one can also replicate cloned estimates.

This application empowers user to generate a new estimate, with related specifications as a previous estimate, by altering the estimate names and items rapidly to outline the new estimate.
This estimating software can create an annotated work orders to and formal bid / proposal documents from your estimates to split the estimate down into individual sections for smooth allocation to workers and subcontractors Estimate. Master is compatible with QuickBooks as an incorporated application.

The software comes up with in-built backup and restoration utility to take regular backup against data loss and synchronizes multiple databases.
Estimate Master's reporting capabilities are limited to one bid document having the final costs demonstrating markups, taxes, shipping and other costs. The bid document is customizable with incorporating the company logo and defining the bid body text.

Downloadable link
http://download.cnet.com/3001-2064_4-10207070.html?spi=a6de99e6a4d7185c37b9ed704aa2e0bc

CBD Estimating
CBD estimating software can be termed as a functional program especially for home builder program intended for small residential general contractors. It is a pre-programmed spreadsheet for Microsoft Excel This estimating software contains some unique feature like ease in navigation and installation and excellent help documentation.

In order to start quickly the users can apply the predefined categories and line items within the program.

This estimating software contains an open cell for special entries and pricing to be applied in the final calculations of the project. The program also come up with pre-defined formulas to compute lumber, roofs, sheetrock, foundations, stucco, brick, countertops and many other items mechanically with minimal input.

At the bottom of each screen there exist navigational tabs which direct you in carrying out numbering of cost codes, printing schedules and analyses, tracking all costs, and printing costs to complete and summary analyses.

Downloadable link
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Estimaster2
Estimaster2 is a very basic construction estimating program beneficial for fulfilling the requirements of small construction and sub-contracting companies from all of the various trades.
This estimating software is utilized for simple estimate or a very detailed estimate and puts in various mark-ups, tax situations and waste allocations. The users can copy previous proposals from other projects to edit and make a new proposal promptly.

The software includes a library containing parts seamlessly combining labour and contract information to produce complex Quotes and proposals for detailed projects. The users is also able to create a small and simple part library to establish an estimate by simply summing basic item costs. This will help you to submit bids accurately and easily.

The first step in the estimation procedure is defining the materials database, categories and sub-categories. This estimating software allows users to provide great detail while defining categories. After the categories are defined, the software facilitates you to put in individual items concerned with each category. For every individual item, one is able to identify the quantities for which calculations for unit, material, labor, subcontract and equipment costs are calculated. At this time, the software let you to supply job information and monitor the estimate total. The next step to be followed is the actual building of the estimate. Initially, go through the estimate screen and calculate each item in the categories. Then choose each desirable category to be comprised in the bid. Once the estimate is built, this program hosts a builder's calculator which can compute quantities of specific items to be transferred to the estimate. When the estimate is completed, the program offers a choice of five report formats. These are pre-defined reports which can be selected to display your information.

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TeamLink Portal will facilitate contractors and home builders to distribute project information with their external team members

2012-02-16T18:47:00.003+05:30

Corecon Technologies, Inc., a leader in web-based construction software, just launched new TeamLink Portal along with its flagship product Corecon V7. This new solution is free to Corecon V7 subscribers and others involved in the project. This new product is intended for contractors to distribute project information with their external team members. The project owner, consultants, subcontractors and suppliers will get secure, real-time access to project information. This will enhance the project execution and communication system alongwith all parties involved in the project.

This Web-based service plays an important role in growing productivity, mitigating risk and realizes project success in an industry where volumes of information are exchanged and communicated among project team members during the course of a project.

The Portal is compatible with all browsers ranging from Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Internet Explorer and Firefox) and no additional plug-ins are needed to be installed. After log in to the portal any external or in-house team member can get access to project information related to all stages of the project from preconstruction and bidding through project completion.

As for instance at some stage in preconstruction and bidding, the TeamLink Portal is applied to capture project drawings, accumulate RFPs and facilitates subcontractors and suppliers to present pricing remotely. Throughout construction, team members will be able to access and make comment on information they are given permission to observe together with Journals, RFIs, Submittals, Punchlist items and Schedules. Besides, Corecon's Project Calendar and Alerts features track time-sensitive material and alert staff to overdue items or team member responses. Team members will get the ability to upload and distribute project files on the TeamLink Portal as well as drawings, CAD and BIM files and photographs. Building owner can easily download project documentation like as-built drawings and product manuals from the portal.

Benefits :-
o Totally scalable
o Free unlimited logins for customers, consultants and vendors! For example, if you have 100 active customers/projects going on with 300 participating vendors then 400 logins could be added, one for each contact!
o TeamLink Security Roles provide granular access rights for each project and company. Thus, a company can have different security roles for each specific project.
o Most portals on the market are basically a glorified FTP site where the user creates some sort of file (i.e. pdf, jpeg, doc, xls etc.), uploads it to a shared site and then grants access permissions

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Latest software for estimating & designing architectural projects

2012-02-15T17:20:00.006+05:30

Estimating for architect is required to find out the price of projects before the commencement of bidding process. If the price surpass the budget then the architect have to make redesign until it come up with the budget.

At the time of design phase, accurate estimation can help architect to cut costs, remove RFI's, potential change orders and other supplementary costs that may arise throughout the actual building stage. Thus the architect get benefitted as they can solve the complexities before the drawing are sent to the General contractors. The owner will get an ideal of overall cost before general contractors even send in bids.

IMSI TurboFLOORPLAN Instant Architect
This software is ideal for generating floor plans, cost estimates, landscape designs, and masterful 3D illustrations. This software empowers architect to simply choose a general building shape, put up building dimensions, and set up your floors and foundations. It can precisely calculate square footage, costs and material requirements in familiar spreadsheet format.
The software can easily customize your design with basic floor plan. Just add paint, furniture, appliances, electrical, lighting, plumbing and more. Opt from hundreds of color and material combinations to apply to every surface to make the design your own. The software can quickly transfer 2D floor plan view in realistic 3D. The architect can look at every detail by walking through their design. One can also fly around or look around at everything up close.

Chief Architect Home Designer Suite
This sophisticated tool is intended for designing and remodeling houses, kitchens, baths, decks, landscapes, and interiors. It also includes calculators for estimating the cost of your project. The software can automatically produce a complete spreadsheet for your project costs, broken down by category. compute the amount of lumber for your deck or concrete required for that new patio. The software consists of more than 1,500 Sample Plans for design inspiration. Also includes powerful building tools like automatic roof generation, dormers, stairs, framing and foundations.

IMSI TurboFLOORPLAN Home & Landscape Pro
It is a souped-up version of their Instant Architect software. It comes up with powerful CAD tools and many extra features for advanced users. The ease and adaptability of Home & Landscape Pro make it an especially good buy. The users can select from 2,000 plants to form beautiful landscapes with lush gardens, fences, pathways and more. The software is ideal for outlining your dream home to exact specifications.

DesignWorkshop Lite (FREE)
By applying this cost-free DesignWorkshop Lite software program, the architect can create their own 3D models of buildings, landscapes, exhibits, or any kind of spatial design. The software contains standard material and 3D object library. The complete documentation, tutorials, and additional example building models are also available. The software has a dual platform for both Macintosh and Windows operating systems.

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Latest electrical estimating software can smooth the work process of electrical engineers and electrical estimators

2012-02-09T13:13:00.004+05:30

Before the commencement of any construction work, electricians and construction managers should estimate the amount and cost of electricity essential for a specific location. Now-a-days technological innovations have forced electrical contractors to adopt innovative methods to estimate the amount and cost of electricity in a better, faster and accurate way. This leads to the development of new and advanced electrical estimation software in different version for electricians, electrical engineers and electrical contractors.

These new software increase the speed, accuracy and consistency of electrical estimation. The software also makes the electrical contractors bidding process faster as it can easily find out labor costs, material costs, equipment and subcontract expense precisely equal to the particular system to appear at a bidding amount and make faster electrical pricing and estimating calculation of the job cost.

These electrical estimating software are proved to be very helpful for project manager also to establish labor resources, equipment and subcontractor requirements and schedule and track job progress.

The software also provides some great benefits to electrical estimators also to fine-tune labor units mechanically by calculating the installation difficulty factor for each item. The software is also capable of amending conduit sizes, and fix installations according to laid down format.

Benefits of electrical estimation software :-

Includes a huge database of electrical-specific items for electrical contractors and estimators
Availability of Pre-built electrical assemblies
Detailed lists of electrical pricing of the items
National Electrical code tables to enable the electrical contractors tools automatically reconfigure requirements

Different kinds of electrical estimating software :-

Other useful electrical estimating softwares

Electrical Takeoff

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Seminar on construction project risk and control

2012-02-08T13:58:00.006+05:30

An exclusive event on construction project risk and control will be held on 12th & 13th February 2012 in Sheraton Abu Dhabi Hotel & Resort, Abu Dhabi, UAE. The event will focus on how to defend your construction project’s success with the help of key strategic risk management control and methodologies.

The attendee will gain the following knowledge:-

Can control their projects within interdepartmental risk management standards to gain transparency with one another
Can control their project’s development and reduce risks
Manage assets for the inferior outcome of project’s lifecycle with help of recognized and predictable risks
Become expert on risk-based documents to care for your project’s reliability
Make better budget control strategies to enhance project control intensity
Anticipate alternate risk responses to make stronger project continuity
Meet alternative methods to keep your budget

The following renowned personnel will held the chair :-

Dr Firas A. Zaki
Projects Controls Department Manager for Aljaber Engineering & Senior Vice President Membership/CoP (Elected)
PMI Arabian Gulf Chapter, Qatar

Stephen Hibbert Partner
Patton Boggs LLP, UAE
Head of Arbitration and Major Projects - Middle East for Patton Boggs, and specializes in project risk analysis

Also featuring international presentations by:
Dr. David Hancock
Head of Risk and Value
Transport for London, United Kingdom

Dr. Yasser Abdelghany
Construction Standards and Contracts Engineer - Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Government of British Columbia, Canada

Paper to be presented was co-authored with:

Adel R. Zaki (M.Sc., P.Eng.)
Adjunct Professor
McGill and Concordia University
Vice President, Engineering
SNC Lavalin Inc., Canada

Dr. David Hancock
Head of Risk and Value
Transport for London, United Kingdom

Dr. Yasser Abdelghany
Construction Standards and Contracts Engineer - Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Government of British Columbia, Canada

Paper to be presented was co-authored with:

Adel R. Zaki (M.Sc., P.Eng.), Adjunct Professor
McGill and Concordia University
Vice President, Engineering
SNC Lavalin Inc., Canada

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Software cost estimation with Construction Cost Model

2012-02-07T17:04:00.002+05:30

Dr. Barry Boehm developed the Construction Cost Model to be applied with the large majority of software projects. It originates from the spiral model for project planning that defines four quadrants in each turn only one to three for the progress and project management.

The construction cost model includes calibration data, formulas and details of the definitions. This model is utilized to estimate the costs and planning of software projects applying existing components.

Construction Cost Model can be termed as standard for detailed cost estimates and particularly the breakdown of costs in relation to the phases of projects.
Construction Cost Model estimates is more consistent, that the project settings become well known.

This model is intended for creating a precise model of software project cost estimating the number of man months necessary for the development.

For very large projects or detail specific projects, this model performs an Alpha revision. This model is applied for rough order of magnitude estimates of software costs.

This model estimates cost applying one of three different development modes like internal, structured and restricted.

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Home Construction professional for Estimating Software

2011-11-22T10:54:00.006+05:30

Construction Cost Estimate (Takeoff) is the heart of your financial plan. It is what your cost control is based upon. Cost Estimate should incorporate all the items to be included in the general contractor’s bid. A standard format is applied to break down the items for preparing the cost estimate. The cost of each item is established from a database of up to date construction cost information.

Accurate cost estimation plays a key role in construction projects that leads to better decision making. There are several methods available to prepare the estimate of a project. These methods are based on the project’s scope, estimating purpose and estimating resources.

Construction estimating software was designed to help you save time, win more bids and make bigger profits. Most construction estimating software takes months to get up-to-speed. Construction estimating software comes complete with a powerful cost database that’s a snap to update. Estimating construction costs has never been easier. If you can use Microsoft Office, you can use our templates for everything from standard floor plans to sub-contractor.

In developing your home construction cost estimate, you will discover that what your home will cost to build will depend on several things:

- The design and specifications: The kind amount, and quality of the things to be included in your home.

- The prices you are able to negotiate for the labor and materials to be used in the construction.

- How long it takes to build the home.

- How successful you are in ordering the correct amounts of materials and in controlling waste and theft.

Estimating Software then allows you to set up your List of sub-contractors and to assign any item in the un-priced Bill of Quantities to a Sub-Contractor ending up with unique Sub-Contract Bills of Quantities to form sub-contract packages to sublet. Construction cost estimating software can prepare and reports, schedules, outgoing tender as well as many other tasks that constitute the daily business functions of a busy contractor.

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Estimating and Costing in Civil Engineering Software

2011-11-21T10:35:00.000+05:30

Estimator is a Civil Engineering Cost Estimation and Rate Analysis software for Architects, Builders, Contractors, Engineers, etc. With Estimator 2.0 you can prepare various estimates and rate analysis of residential and commercial buildings. You can also prepare Detailed Estimate, Abstract Estimate, Tenders, Measurement Book, Cost Abstract, Labour and Contractor’s Bill, Purchase Order and other site management documents.

Estimating Software serving customers doing highway, utility, tunnel, earthwork, bridges, environmental, paving, dams, wastewater, and pipeline and railroad construction. Estimator is available for the Windows operating environments. This is fast moving software with low cost and high performance.

Free Civil Engineering Software for Estimating:-

NomitechCost Estimating Software for construction management.

ExpertEstimation by Pronamics is elemental estimating software for engineering and construction that allows you full control over your estimates to produce better estimates quicker.

CivilEngineering Software - This is the links to software's which are useful for civil engineers.

Carlson2012 - The industries served by Carlson Software technology include: land surveying, civil engineering, construction/machine control, mining, accident reconstruction & agriculture.

CivilCalculator - Civil Engineering calculation software, performs calculations for hydrology, open channels, culverts, gravity sewer, pressure pipe, traffic, road geometry, Topo surveying, earthwork, pavement, concrete floors and unit conversions.

CostOSEstimating enables Cost Estimators to build cost estimates quickly and accurately. It catches the experience gained from previous estimates and enables the user to quickly build new ones based on previous already estimated items.

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Material Takeoff Sheet for Excel Sheet

2011-11-19T11:04:00.000+05:30

Material takeoff or estimating sheet is the general form of listing and taking off types, sizes and quantities of material required in a bidding process of any construction work. This material takeoff sheet is already complete and ready for printing or entering your information directly into the excel document.

Material Takeoff is a term used in engineering and construction, and refers to a list of materials with quantities and types that are required to build a designed structure or item. This list is generated by analysis of a blueprint or other design document. The list of required materials for construction is sometimes referred to as the Material Takeoff List.

Material Takeoff is the process of analyzing the drawings and determining all the materials required to accomplish the design. We then use the material takeoff to create a bill of materials.

List of Excel sheet for material take off:-

Recover Excel Sheet: MS Excel provides so many features to manage records in that manner, a novice user can easily understand at the very first time. That's why most of the user uses MS Excel for managing records.

Excel Sheet Recovery: Are you unable to use damage MS Excel file? Due to file damage, file can restrict you to open normally or showing partial data inside file. Don't worry! If you are facing this kind of issues.

Repair Excel Sheet: SysTools Excel Recovery Tool is an Excel Record Repair Solution to repair any kind of records like journal records, income and expenditure records, workers attendance sheet etc.

Excel Sheet Reader: Try Excel Sheet Reader if you want to read corrupt Excel file without losing the original format. Software filters the data from corruption and gives you the fresh copy of Excel file. It is completely safe solution. If your Excel file gets damage, you can try this utility.

Recover Excel Sheet Protection Password: Most powerful Excel Password recovery tool quickly & securely recover excel file password and unlock xls protection. In some conditions you were lost or forget your excel protection password and unable to open the file, so you need to get your XLS file password to open it, then try PDS Excel Password Remover program and recover excel sheet protection password.

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Portable Document Format (PDF) Estimate Software

2011-11-18T11:14:00.001+05:30

Portable Document Format (PDF) files are a common way files are shared around the industry because they are easy to produce, create a small file size and are readable on most systems. Use Estimating software to calculate takeoffs for PDF files fast and simple. You have one of two choices:-

Do the takeoff by hand looking at the picture. This was slow and often inaccurate. You could easily spend hours doing a simple takeoff, and still have errors that cost you money.

You could buy multiple software programs. First, to convert the PDF to TIF, Then another program to calculate distances and possibly a third program to integrate the answers with Excel.

Portable Document Format (PDF) Estimates can take a lot of time to do by hand, hours lose. Download and begin today PDF Estimates can take a lot of time to do by hand, hours lost.

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Estimating and Takeoff Tools for Contractors

2011-11-17T11:03:00.001+05:30

Estimating takeoff tools to convert printed or digital plans, or on-site measurements, to an accurate BOM based on your products pricing and construction methods. Estimating Takeoff Tools uses cutting edge technology to generate takeoffs directly from your PC screen. Using common digital image file formats, such as .TIF, .CAL, and most CAD files you can see your blue prints directly on your computer screen and use your mouse to quantify lengths, areas, volumes and counts.

Estimating Takeoff communicates with a digitizer for a truly competitive takeoff advantage. Any construction trade can use this program and is well suited for General Contractors, Subcontractors and Project Managers. You can purchase Estimating Takeoff Tool products and continue to develop new features and enhancements on a continuing basis.

Scale Master Pro XE - Advanced digital takeoff tool with dual LCD displays

Scale Master Pro - Affordable digital takeoff tool with dual LCD displays

Scale Master Pro XE with PC Cable - Advanced Digital Plan Measure with PC Interface

Scale Master Classic - Digital takeoff tool with 72 built-in scales

Scale Master Pro XE PC Interface - Interface your Scale Master Pro XE with your PC

USMP with Smart Takeoff - Complete area takeoff tool and graphic digitizing system with software

Ultra Scale Master Pro - Affordable, versatile and powerful takeoff tool and digitizing system

Smart Takeoff! For USMP - Graphic program for Ultra Scale Master Pro

These Estimating Takeoff tools from Calculated Industries plan measuring tools also know as plan scalars will help you get fast, accurate takeoffs for estimating bidding and layouts.

Takeoff and Estimating software tools are used worldwide and are industry. Some contractors simply need quantity takeoff tools to estimate the volumes and cost of the project. Other contractors will require advanced, non-takeoff related features, such as global positioning system interface, blade control, and site layout and design tools.

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Quantity Takeoff Tutorial

2011-11-16T11:21:00.001+05:30

Quantity Takeoff Tutorial videos are designed to use as a guide for estimating with Microsoft Excel, including the formulas and functions for creating your own estimating templates. Some videos offer training for the use of powerful 3D Building Information Modeling tools for precision estimating, such as Cadsoft Envisioneer and VisionREZ by Ameri-CAD.

Simple Material and Quantity Takeoffs - Check this site for Revit Architecture Video Revit Tutorial Tips and tricks.

This is a short clip on single-click auto takeoff in Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2011.

Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2010 - Tutorial 7/7 - Quantity Takeoff

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Cost Estimating Software in General Contractor and Builder

2011-11-15T11:16:00.001+05:30

Cost Estimating Software is designed for General Contractor and Builder that need to provide faster and more accurate cost estimates. Cost estimating software has lead to more efficient computations, leaving estimators more time to visit and analyze projects. Estimating enables manufacturers, including fabricating and machining shops, to quickly and accurately estimate cycle times and costs based on your equipment and shop rates.

Cost estimating software for Microsoft Excel The world's best way to create office productivity is now the easiest way to build accurate painting cost estimates. You can now work in a single MS Excel environment to quickly create, build, and manage your estimates. Experience the built-in area calculator. Utilize built-in reporting or use Excel's reporting functions. It's all in one complete, integrated solution - Paint Cost Estimator for Excel.

Most construction cost estimating software programs allow you to compare bids from multiple trades and suppliers, and select the best bid in terms of price, quality, and past trade and supplier performance.

Cost estimation Software involves the determination of one or more of the following estimates:

- Effort (usually in person-months)

- Project duration (in calendar time)

- Cost (in dollars)

General Cost Estimator comes with an extensive general construction cost database in the industry-standard, covering all cost categories of construction estimating. You can easily customize the database to suit your cost estimating style - add New Cost Data or Edit Existing Data, apply Your Own Overhead and Profit Factors, and make Changes to Suit the Way You Do Business. General COST Estimator is so simple that with a step-by-step wizard-like interface, you will generate a complete cost estimate within minutes.

There are five rules of successful estimating for general contractor and builder-

A good estimate must start with a complete understanding of scope of work followed by an accurate quantity takeoff. It's all too easy to miss out identifying items of work in the project.
Understand your resources and their cost to you – material suppliers, labor force, subcontractors, construction equipment, indirect costs, and management.
Evaluate your strength and weakness and establish comparative advantage.
Determine appropriate Overhead and Profit rates.
Use sound estimator’s Judgement and keeps an open mind and ear.

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Roof Estimating Software for Contractors

2011-11-14T11:14:00.000+05:30

Roof contractors to help them sell more, build happier customers, estimate faster, generate more accurate proposals and bring more to their bottom line profits. Roof contractors, re modelers, architects can create accurate flooring estimates and save time and money by utilizing this software. The software includes roofing cost database in CSI format with cost items and current unit prices. Add or edit items to suit your business. Use cost indexes to adjust for local prices.

Have you ever needed estimating software for roofing? I just search this fantastic software designed just for roofers e.g. AppliCad. While there are programs out there for general contractors, this roofing estimate software is tailored specifically for roofing contractors. Print out a clean proposal rather than a sloppy hand-written estimate and put yourself above your competitors.

Roof Estimate Pro software is complete with roofing materials, and photos your own photos that can be customize with your choice of roofing products. This program will automatically produce estimates after you enter a couple of measurements, and you can format the program to your own specialized products, and pricing.

Roof Cost Estimator allows for user entries such as job and billing information, progress payment schedule. Additionally, all cost data is user modifiable, too. Roof Cost Estimator generates instant, on-screen reports including estimate summary and bid quotation which is a formal document suitable for sending to customer for signup.

Most measurements are obtained from ground observations. There is no need to measure ridges or valleys; they are computer derived. Complex roofs are computed in sections, with a Job Summary Tabulation showing the job squares, and total feet for ridges and valleys.

Roof Contractor contains industry standard user-modifiable unit cost data for all cost categories covering roofing installation as well as local city indexes that automatically adjust costs for local geographic area. Roof Contractor instantly creates user-modifiable, on-screen or printed estimate reports including price quotation. Use Roof Contractor as an estimating and sales tool to maximize accuracy, increase productivity while saving your valuable time.

Based on MS Excel, the program that you already know how to use; Roof Contractor will automatically improve accuracy and eliminate errors while saving time.

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Electrical Estimating Takeoff Sheet

2011-11-10T11:06:00.001+05:30

Electrical Takeoff will provide the most accurate takeoff specifically designed for your company. We can do this by using the best estimator and database, which is continually updated. Make note of building feeders when doing your take-off and preparing an electrical estimate. Prepare your take-off sheet by listing feeders in top boxes above vertical columns. Then leverage your electrical estimating software to add these to your project costs.

Electrical takeoffs Sheet consist of eight basic sections: lighting, distribution, devices, branch circuits, equipment circuits, feeder circuits, site work, and special systems. Although other sections on a project may include emergency generators, cable trays, or fiber-optic systems, the procedure stays the same.

Electrical estimating, allow 10 to 25% additional MC Cable in your take off for trim off or waste. It is one of the most important activities of any mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) project. In spite of this, material and labour take-off sheets are one of the most neglected parts of the projects.

Electrical Estimating Software provides high quality electrical estimating software for Commercial and Residential Electrical Contractors at a price they can afford. Our electrical estimating programs will connect you to the advantages of computer estimating by offering you intelligent solutions to your electrical estimating needs.

Electrical Takeoff spreadsheets for residential electrical plus electrician's informational offer that includes many spreadsheets for estimating assistance. In an electrical estimation sheet you will find the total costs for materials, labours, overhead and profit and with it there is a list of work included in the price.

Electrical estimating software allows users to: organize electronic plans, calculate complex areas and volumes and measure curved or straight lengths. Miles ahead of just being an ordinary electronic plan viewer, on-screen Takeoff professional sets the industry standard in plan viewing and advanced takeoff software.

Estimating Takeoff can help you - concrete, framing, drywall, flooring, electrical, painting, plumbing, mechanical, lumber, carpet, masonry, roofing, tile, piping, brick, or any other construction or contractor trade, let Cost Estimating Takeoff help you do it the easy way.

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Materials Estimator in Builder Estimating Software

2011-11-09T11:58:00.002+05:30

Materials estimators come in many different shapes and sizes, everything from the old salty hand to six-figure software programs. However, right in the middle is one of the best options, construction Takeoff and Estimating Software. Material takeoffs can be done with software in one-tenth the time it takes to do the same work by hand with highlighter and calculator.

Construction Estimating Techniques and Procedures applied in construction estimating materials, labor, plant and time is immensely useful in planning and execution of any work. The following are formulas to calculate the amount of material you all need for a variety of building projects.

Concrete: Width x Length x Height, divided by 27 = number of yards of concrete needed

Foundation Masonry Block: 8" high / 16" long / 3/8" mortar normal joint height.

Roofing: Width x length, divided by 100 = number of squares of shingles needed

Siding: Width x Height, divided by 100 Square Feet = number of squares of siding needed

Wood Siding: Width of board minus distance of lapping = coverage of wood siding per board

Brick: 7 bricks = one square feet of coverage Width of area to be covered x height of area to be covered, divided by 7 = number of bricks needed.

Builder Estimating Software creates estimates and bill of quantities. Construction estimating, bill of quantities, takeoff and digitizing requirements.

Cost of materials is probably the most obvious item you have to consider in your production costs which are the materials you use to make your products. Estimating software is a simple user-friendly program for residential construction building cost estimating software helps make material costing faster, easier, and more accurate.

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Spreadsheet based Quantity Takeoffs Sheets

2011-11-08T11:59:00.000+05:30

Cost Estimating Software’s built in Quantity Takeoff feature allows you to perform detailed Item quantity calculations in spreadsheet based Quantity Takeoff Sheets. The QTO Sheet to the right is a simple example of how the total volume for a number of trenches within a Project can be quickly and accurately calculated.

The Quantity Takeoff sheet is a general form for taking off and listing types, sizes, quantities, etc. of the various items required in a bid other then ductwork or piping, for extending the material amounts, labor, costs, etc. and summations.

There are two kinds of digitizing software applications- 1) simple digitizer software that calculates quantities and often sends the quantities to spreadsheet programs, such as Microsoft Excel or 2) digitizing software that is integrated with a database, assembly driven estimating program. Once you decide to implement a digitizer, you’ll then need to evaluate which type of estimating software is best for applying costs to the digitized quantities.

Building Information Modeling automatically generates the quantity takeoff sheet. Interestingly, any changes in design updates the quantity take-off sheet and construction schedule automatically making the construction estimation and take-off effortless.

The Takeoff sheet to the right shows a very simple example of how this function can be used to work out the total area of multiple walls. Example of Estimating Takeoffs Sheets-

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Construction Estimating Tool for General Contractors

2011-11-07T12:22:00.000+05:30

General Contractors know the key to profitability is having accurate estimates for everything from electrical to concrete work. Contractors Software Group develops fully integrated and affordable general contractor software solutions to choose from based upon your size and needs of your contracting business. Estimating Software along with our Digital Takeoff solution, digitizes your construction plans or photos, generates fully detailed bids, cost estimates, and professional reports quickly and accurately so you can win more work, more often, more profitably!

General Contractors are benefited with reduced costs while hiring or employing a full time Surveyor or Estimator. Cost Estimating is a powerful and innovative construction estimating solution; you can create estimates, perform digital takeoffs and manage the bid day process using a single solution. A comprehensive materials database allows you to refine each bid to take full advantage of project opportunities, and accurately calculate the cost of any size project – quickly and easily.

Construction Estimating for General Contractor Software Features Include:

Fully integrated general contractor accounting, job costing, change order and subcontract management software
General contractor-specific functionality such as estimating/takeoff software and real-time accrual of job costs
Change order management to track potential changes at the field level, ensure that approved changes are invoiced profitably and automatically update the job estimate/budget
Equipment Management to track profitability by unit and maximize ROI on both equipment and fleet vehicles
Certified Payroll reporting for union and prevailing wage jobs
Vital project close-out processes with tracking of deficiencies
Powerful financial reporting that includes flexible WIP scheduling and detailed project views
Executive Dashboard reports that provide project costs, revenue and key performance indicators in real time

Construction estimating tools help to save general contractors time and money. Instead of general contractors looking up costs on materials, these tools do the grunt work.

We have been engaged in many changeable projects over the years offer QTO services for the following project categories:

- Hospitals

- Schools

- Highways

- Industrial Units

- Offices

- Residential, both housing and apartments

As a general contractor, you need tools that can help you estimate everything from plumbing to roofing. Whether you are working on new construction or remodels, On-Screen Takeoff and Quick Bid can help you quickly and accurately estimate and prepare your next bid.

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Civil 3D Quantity Takeoff

2011-11-05T11:12:00.001+05:30

Quantity takeoff is an activity performed by General Contractors, Subcontractors, Cost Consultants, and Quantity Surveyors as part of the construction process. It involves counting the number of items associated with a particular construction project, determining the associated materials and labor costs, and formulating a bid as part of the bidding process. Quantity takeoff is also applied to the pricing process.

Civil 3D included new quantity takeoff capabilities. Quantity takeoffs within civil 3D allow the designer to easily create quantity takeoffs based on the design model. Design changes to the model are reflected when the quantity takeoff report is run at any point in the design. This provides the capability of conducting accurate quantity takeoffs throughout the design.

BIM solution for civil engineering helps project teams create, predict, and deliver transportation, land development, and environmental projects more efficiently. AutoCAD Civil 3D helps civil engineers explore more what-if scenarios and optimize project performance with visualization and analysis tools such as geospatial and storm water analysis, quantity-takeoff, and interactive 3D simulations.

The Civil 3D quantity takeoff capabilities make it possible to easily perform quantity takeoffs of the design without taking the design into another quantity takeoff program. By performing quantity takeoffs on the model errors may be reduced. By creating a custom application within Success Estimator it is possible to import data from an external source. This ability could reduce errors caused by manual entry of information.

Features of Project Estimating:

- Automatic and Manual Takeoff Methods

- Document Types Supported include DWG Sheet, 2D DWF, 3D DWF, Image Files and pdf

- Count, Area, Volume and Linear measuring options

- Data Validation

- Reporting

- Export, Print and Publish QTO data

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