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Get to Know WinEst Estimating
For General and Specialty Contractors
Check out our recent webinar where we cover the basics of WinEst estimating. Discover the powerful features available in WinEst that can help save time, minimize errors and streamline your workflows so you can focus on winning more projects.
Streamline Cross-Platform Communication with Job Cost Exports
One way that WinEst Essentials streamlines cross-platform communication is through Job-Cost exports. Watch this video to learn more about exporting Job-Cost Phase Codes and to discover how WinEst fits into the broader Trimble ecosystem via connection to Trimble Accounting software, Vista and Spectrum and to Trimble Connect.
Eliminate Manual Data Entry with Integrated Takeoff
WinEst Essentials comes with an integrated takeoff tool to eliminate manual data entry. Learn how WinEst’s integration with 2D Takeoff leverages a shared database to provide a faster, more accurate takeoff process and how assemblies can be used to further streamline the estimating process.
Use Templates and Assemblies for Efficient Estimate Creation
This video demonstrates how to create new estimates, utilize pre-existing templates through the Enterprise Data Manager (EDM) and leverage fully customizable Assemblies within WinEst Essentials to begin estimating with greater efficiency.
Simplify Your Job with Material Price Links and Cost Indexes
This video highlights how material price-link tables in WinEst Essentials can simplify the process of updating materials costs. In addition, you’ll discover how to re-price estimates to accommodate changes in costs based on geography through the city cost-index, provided as part of Trimble’s RS Means Databases of Items and Assemblies. Trimble also offers a BNI Database that is updated annually to accommodate changes in material costs.
How to Avoid the Pitfalls that Can Derail Your Construction Estimates
When you’re in charge of estimating, your teammates—plus your boss and your vendors—are all relying on you to ensure profitability, control risk and rack up wins. But estimating isn’t easy. The bids are complex. The deadlines are tight. The competition is intense. The margins are thin.
Read on to discover three sneaky pitfalls that can derail your construction estimates and cost you—and your company—success. Plus, get the winning strategies to overcome them and help you gain a competitive advantage.
Get a competitive edge in your construction projects with value engineering
Over the past half-century, value engineering (VE) has proven to be an effective tool to manage time, costs, and quality with an aim to maximize value.
Win More Work: How WinEst Essentials can help you create construction estimates in less time AND with fewer errors
Check out our recent webinar where we delve into the power of WinEst Essentials and how it can enhance your estimating process. Discover how to streamline your workflow, reduce errors, and win more projects in less time.
In this webinar, you will:
- Explore features designed to enhance accuracy and precision
- Gain insights into strategies for winning more work
- Learn how to use estimating tools to effectively create watertight estimates your clients can rely on
7 Reasons Construction Estimators Need to Use WinEst Today
There is a better way: WinEst Essentials is a cloud-hosted Trimble solution that provides general trade contractor estimators with essential tools to build profitable estimates and to better collaborate throughout their pre-construction workflows.
Top Tips for Error Proofing Your Construction Estimates
Creating accurate construction estimates is crucial, but it's easy to overlook small details that can lead to big mistakes. Whether you're a seasoned estimator or just starting out, this webinar will help you identify and avoid common - and potentially costly - mistakes that can derail your estimates and your projects.
Watch this info-packed webinar recording and you'll learn:
- Common estimating pitfalls and their impact on project success
- Strategies to mitigate risks when building your estimate
- How to use estimating tools effectively to create watertight estimates your clients can rely on
- How to improve decision-making and win more profitable jobs
- And much more...
Better together…Elevate your estimating with connected digital takeoff
Doing takeoff is the most time consuming and error-prone part of construction cost estimating. And deadlines are always looming…and have you noticed they’re getting shorter and shorter? But if you take shortcuts to save time, errors can creep in, which can put you and your company at risk. If you need a way to get more estimates done with fewer mistakes, look no further.
