Construction estimating in less time
Sage Timberline Office offers estimators several ways to take off estimates in less time. With quick takeoff, you simply drag individual or groups of items from the cost database directly into the spreadsheet on the screen. Enter dimensions, and the software calculates all quantities for you. Or, if you prefer, you can use item takeoff to work with items prior to pulling them into the spreadsheet. For ultimate time-savings, Smart Assemblies or Model Takeoff is your tool, letting you take off all items in a wall, door, concrete slab or an entire building core and shell all at once. Takeoff Quantities, generated in can also be imported directly in to an Estimate. Again ensuring accuracy and saving time. A takeoff audit trail is also included in Estimating Extended, so you can double check your work at any time. Whether it’s during analysis or at the last minute, making adjustments to an estimate is a snap in Estimating. The software’s adjust columns feature lets you revise all, or a portion of, the quantities, amounts, and prices contained within a column at once. Calculate by a percentage, by multiplying or dividing and amount, by replacing an amount, or by spreading an amount proportionally over the selection.On bid day, when time is everything, adjustments can be easily made through Estimating totals page. Log in last-minute cuts and adds, and the software automatically generates the change throughout all the affected areas of the estimate. Or use the adjust job totals feature to match a pre-defined job total or cost per unit, or to play with the final numbers.
Data Integration
Once a job has been won the data used to generate the estimate transfers to Sage Timberline Office Job Costing, to produce the opening budgets for the job. This integration removes the need for the same data to be entered more than once and ensures accuracy.Presentation Quality Reports
Timberline Estimating is supplied with many reports that can be customised to meet individual needs. Add colour, logos, headers and footers and also change fonts etc.Price Updating
Prices updates received from your suppliers via electronic files can be applied to Item prices within the database to ensure that you are quoting with the latest prices available. Material prices for items such as Bricks can be updated in seconds when an overall ‘percentage by type’ increase occurs.See it all from a new angle
With Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) codes, you can organize estimates a variety of ways by project phase, drawing detail or location, like Floor 1 or 2. Just define and assign your wn WBS codes to any estimate item, either in the database or during takeoff. With the ability to attach up to 40 WBS codes to each item, your analysis and reporting possibilities are endless.Keep bids and quotes within reach
The software’s subcontractor bid grid offers a simple way to store, analyze, and select subcontractor bids and quotes by item. Log each subcontractor’s name, bid quantity, unit price, total bid amount, and any notes in the pop-up grid. Then just click on the bid you’d like to use, and the estimate instantly calculates the item based on your decision. What if you change your mind? Simply check a replacement bid, and the substitution is made instantly. Not only can you work with an estimate in any order you choose, you can change the order instantly using the sequencing tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Timberline Estimating forms an integral part of the Sage Timberline Office fully integrated suite of software, bringing 30 years of unrivalled experience to the Construction Industry.