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You have lots of tools at your disposal in the Global Estimating Package that perhaps you are not aware of.

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Your estimating program can help, if you can just figure out how to use it. But, by the time you have got to his price it's probably too late to do anything about it.

So the answer is to send it to the subcontractors and let him figure it out, perhaps! After all he is the expert, right? If he gets it wrong, how on earth would you know! Well, not unless his price is extremely high or extremely low, will you get an indication that something might be wrong. We can often read an item description in a 'Builders BOQ' and often wonder how we would price it if we were the subcontractor!. So too, we need to have a logical sequence for pricing the project. However, having said that, if that's what builders want, which, in my opinion, puts extra pressure on the estimators, subbies and supplies (because of the lack of sometimes detailed descriptions), then so be it! It's a great pity that Quantity Surveyors are mostly asked, 'by builders', to provide a 'Builders BOQ', which is an abridged version of what is set out in the 'Standard Method of Measurement'. So what can we do to ensure that mistakes are minimised either in the way the tender is calculated within the programs or how it has been structured.Д«y Example -The 'Standard Method of Measurement' sets out rules for laying out trades in a logical sequence, which aids to the accuracy of the finished Bill of Quantities, by providing a checklist of items to be measured.

Most estimators get the correct information into the program, but don't always get the correct information out. The old adage of 'garbage in, garbage out' is often quoted, but never really understood in the context of specifically design construction software. How then can companies complain, when lack of training and knowledge of being able to use the program effectively can sometimes lead to mistakes in tenders.

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With no thought given to training, and an attitude of 'the estimator can learn as he or she goes', it's no wonder that lots of estimators stick with the basics of the programs, as they usually have very little or no time to explore its full potential due to workload.

Lots of Companies purchase software estimating programs without really considering the full benefits that they can provide. How to get more out of the Buildsofts Global Estimating Program

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