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Estimate Your Way in STACK

Construction Business Owner

With 4 different ways to estimate, you’ll love using STACK’s cloud-based software. After calculating material quantities with your takeoff, estimating adds costs to all facets of the project, from materials and labor to overhead and markup. Waste and overhead can also be added to arrive at the project cost.

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Monitoring Your Financial Position to Succeed in the Construction Industry

Viewpoint Construction Technology

In fact, there are numerous examples which show that irrespective of the hard work and precision which is put into place for each and every project, failure to pair this with an effective construction accounting and expense control strategy which drives back-end decision making, can be the difference between success and failure.

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Outsourced Marketing vs. Staffing for Construction Companies

Construction Marketing

Outsourced marketing is no different that outsourcing accounting, information technology, and other business functions. Outsourced marketing can be more cost efficient than staffing with multi-discipline skills, lower overhead including salary, benefits, equipment, etc. More cost effective for small or startup companies.

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How to Modernize Construction Management

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Contractors are finding ways to modernize their businesses with software that improves productivity and mitigates risks, while increasing their bottom line. The industry’s slow adoption of construction software has traditionally hindered contracting companies’ productivity. A Call for Modern Construction Software.

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Top ten software for estimating and bidding

Construction Cost Estimating

As soon as the project is procured, estimate details flow automatically into Sage business management software, removing unnecessary tasks and data entry errors. Sage Estimating also facilitates forecasting the labor, raw material and other overhead costs so that the contractors can arrange & deliver correct bids.

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8 essential steps for effective project cost estimation and budgeting

Fieldwire

CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULING SOFTWARE Easy construction project scheduling with Fieldwire Learn more → 2. This task may involve guesstimation, although your life will be easier if you track this information through construction software. Integrating overhead expenses into estimates accurately is simple. On average, remodelers net 4.7%

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The Future Is Building at Viewpoint Collaborate 2017

Viewpoint Construction Technology

As the overheads dimmed, Viewpoint CEO Manolis Kotzabasakis took the stage to welcome the almost 2,000 attendees of the largest construction software conference in the United States, the Viewpoint 2017 Collaborate User Conference , to the official start of the week. The music was pumping and the crowd was ready. What’s in store.

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