Twenty years ago electrical contractors had no alternative but to run their businesses the old-fashioned way using their heads, hands, hearts and calculators. While the personal computer stood in the ...

After an hour or two of training, most estimators are ready to go on their own. AN EASY-TO-USE Windowsbased estimating program for commercial, industrial and heavy-gauge HVAC ductwork is Quote-Express ...

Notwithstanding the tremendous upheaval in the construction industry due to COVID, you still need to bid work. While the advent of BIM and the many, many computer-based estimating programs now ...

Pride Electric, a Denver-based family owned and operated electrical contractor, only needs one full-time estimator. Owner Sam Harrison said for the past 16 years, Pride Electric has used the same ...

Spreadsheets are great tools. Spreadsheet programs have been around for over 25 years and many contractors have built some pretty respectable spreadsheets over the years for their estimating.

The program’s commercial service estimator fits any HVAC estimating process for either cost plus or gross profit margin pricing. An estimate can be turned into a professional proposal in just a few ...

October 7, 2011 -- As part of a dramatic revamp of estimating systems it offers to contractors, McCormick Systems has rolled out the new WIN 1000 system – a great place to start for the small to ...

NASA has a long history of groundbreaking accomplishments but has struggled to establish credible cost estimates for some major acquisitions; particularly, human space flight missions, which are ...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has named David E. Ricci corporate director of Pricing, Estimating and Program Control, reporting to Susan Cote, ...