Take-off & Estimate: Estimating a complex job quickly & accurately – what no one else is telling you

Here's proof that you really can estimate a complex construction project from a trace – accurately and fast – but you’d have to be using HBXL software. In this video Matthew could have shown a simple job but that wouldn’t have really put PlansXpress and EstimatorXpress through their paces. We wanted to show you the works. While other software tools provide a take-off, they don’t give you a fully costed and itemised quote as well. The HBXL Take-off & Estimate Kit does it all. Watching this video gives you a good indicator of why success is made on your laptop, not on site. Tracing your plan and taking off, to get an automatic estimate, is a powerful option, to help your productivity and profitability. And this is how.

Contents:

00:00 Introduction and Overview

0:00:17 Meet the Hosts and Background

0:02:52 Introduction to HBXL Products, namely PlansXpress & EstimatorXpress

0:07:44 Live Takeoff and Estimating from Building Plan Drawing

0:10:13 PlansXpress Software Demonstration

0:29:49 Estimating Details and Tips

0:32:09 Tracing & Estimating Walls and Foundations

0:48:10 Implementing Roof Structures

1:12:02 Introduction to EstimatorXpress

1:17:18 Customizing Price Books and Resources

1:34:31 Finalising Estimates and Reports

1:44:24 Quoting and Contracts with Customers

1:50:13 Conclusion and Contact Information