The world's best way to create office productivity is now the easiest way to build accurate construction cost estimates. You can now work in a single MS Excel environment to quickly create, build, and manage your estimates. As a contractor, improving estimating efficiency translates to increasing profits.

• Point and click cost item selection

• Industry-standard CSI format cost data

• Flexible, user-modifiable data worksheets

• Built-in reporting or use Excel's reporting functions

• All in one complete, integrated solution

                                                                

Customizable Cost Data to Suit Local Conditions

For most of us time is money. For builders and contractors it means a lot more. Your survival in today's competitive construction market may very well depend on it. Imagine saving time in creating accurate general construction cost estimates based on standard unit prices reflecting your way of doing business. That's a sure way of gaining advantage over the competition and enjoying it, too.

GeneralCOST Estimator comes with a built-in general construction cost database in the industry-standard, 16 division CSI format (MasterFormat) covering all cost categories of construction. You can easily customize the database to suit your cost estimating style:

• add new cost data or edit existing data

• apply your own overhead and profit factors

• make changes to suit the way you do business

GeneralCOST Estimator is so simple that with a step-by-step wizard-like interface, you will generate a complete cost estimate within minutes.

Easy to use, yet comprehensive

Designed for Microsoft Excel and improving on its capabilities, GeneralCOST Estimator is contained completely within an Excel file with several worksheets. All you have to do is open your MS Excel program, then open the GeneralCOST Estimator Excel file. Create your estimate and print reports. All tied to a convenient menu. It's that easy.

GeneralCOST Estimator generates instant, on-screen reports. Click a button to print or format as you would format any MS Excel spreadsheet file. You can use Excel's powerful data saving and exporting tools for managing and distributing your estimates in electronic format and as email attachment.

Guaranteed Free Software Updates

Because costs change in time, we research and update our databases quarterly. GeneralCOST Estimator comes with our guarantee of free software updates. No additional charges, no recurring costs. Your estimating software and built-in data is always up to date. That's a promise!

Key Benefits

• Convenient MS Excel based estimating

• Product of our expertise in cost estimating since 1986

• Customizable, flexible, built-in unit cost data in industry-standard CSI format (MasterFormat)

• Local cost data updated quarterly

• Start-up wizard for creating fast estimates

• Cost data includes all standard construction cost categories

• Flexibility to create your own cost category to replace supplied ones

• Modifiable overhead and profit applications

• Accurate construction cost estimates in minutes

• No initial training necessary... you already know how to use it

• Comprehensive Online Help system

• Free software updates... no recurring costs... ever

System Requirements

• Personal computer running under Windows

• Microsoft Excel 97-2000 or above

• Laser or inkjet compatible printer