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Visual Cost Estimating

Visual estimating can improve productivity, accuracy, and collaboration. eTakeoff ™ stands head and shoulders above all software others and includes the following exclusive features: Extensions – Extended Measurement Calculations Extensions allow user input and calculations to be added to individual measurements. For example, a “Wall Area” extension would allow the user to enter the wall [...]

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What estimating procedures do you use to help you?

“Does anyone have a list or checklist of some sort that you use to make sure you do not miss anything on the drawings? “ “What estimating procedures do you use to help you?” While 4Clickers’ know the answer is, “Use e4Clicks Project Estimator!”, here are a few more thoughts. 1. Everything starts with process [...]

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Reminder on RSMeans Equipment 01-54-33

Last week a national general contractor using 4Clicks noticed that while using the RSMeans Rental Equipment O&P rates that the supplied equipment costs were not including the 10% markup. We quickly ran this by our parters at RSMeans and got clarification that while data is delivered in bare cost only, that is is a correct practice [...]

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The Cloud

I started developing software back in 1988; there was really no electronic estimating software at that time that did everything I needed it to do. So I found a development tool RBase and started learning how to design, develop and enhance cost estimating software. That was then this is now, we are about to launch [...]

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My First Blog…

Here we go, this is my first blog.  I really should have my daughter here coaching me she is great with blogging. Me, I’m just a plumber with bad handwriting. So let’s get started. I wanted to start by sharing who I am – past and present, why I’m blogging, what we’ll be blogging on and how can you [...]

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