Estimating is the backbone of a construction project, and it’s essential to get it right to win bids. After calculating material quantities with your takeoff, estimating adds costs to all facets of the project, from materials and labor to overhead and markup.  

Like any process in construction, the estimating process is individualized to the company, but being siloed into one method of estimating can be burdensome. As you think through your estimating workflow, decide if it’s still serving you best, or if it might be worth exploring new options. For example, many companies find that they’re manually transferring data that could be easily automated to save time and reduce human error, and they might choose to keep their estimates within one platform with their takeoffs and items and assemblies for a single source of truth.

Other estimating departments have a detailed system within Excel or another estimating tool and have their process down to a science, with no need to change what’s working great for them.  

At STACK, although our recommended best practice is to keep your data in the STACK platform and create detailed estimates and proposals directly from your takeoff information, we recognize that not every estimator works the same way. We’ve incorporated multiple options for you to customize your estimating process while still taking advantage of our best-in-class takeoff tools. STACK works the way you need it to work for your business, whether you estimate in our platform or export to work in your current systems. We want you to succeed, and however your estimates need to be executed we are here with choices!

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