AN ESTIMATOR
AN ESTIMATOR
MADE BY AN ESTIMATOR
MADE BY AN ESTIMATOR
AN OCS PRODUCT
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BASIC FEATURES
BASIC FEATURES
BASICS
Estimate Builder — Build estimates using Bid Items → Activities, with quantities, units, production, crews, direct costs, markup, unit pricing, and totals.
Compact Estimate Workspace — Enter pricing while keeping a live view of the estimate visible beside the entry area instead of constantly scrolling.
Live Estimate Summary — See Bid Items, Activities, subtotals, and the running estimate total as the estimate is built.
Quick Edit From Estimate — Select an existing Bid Item or Activity and return directly to editing it.
Categories — Organize Bid Items into logical work categories such as concrete, earthwork, sitework, utilities, general conditions, or custom categories.
Bid Item Quantities — Store Bid Item quantity and unit separately from the detailed Activity calculations underneath it.
Activity Quantities — Build detailed Activities underneath each Bid Item with their own quantities and units.
Production-Based Estimating — Enter production rates and calculate labor/equipment time based on quantity and production.
Automatic Crew-Hour Calculation — Calculate required crew hours from Activity quantity and production rate.
Crew Builder — Create reusable crews for different types of work.
Labor Rates — Add employees or labor classifications, quantities, hourly rates, and labor burden/fringe.
Equipment Rates — Add equipment, hourly rates, quantities, equipment burden, and operating costs.
Fuel Costs — Include equipment fuel consumption and fuel pricing in estimated crew costs.
Crew Cost Calculation — Automatically combine labor, equipment, fuel, and related crew costs.
Reusable Crews — Save commonly used crews and apply them to future Activities.
Materials — Add material quantities, units, and unit costs directly to an Activity.
Subcontractor Costs — Add subcontractor pricing directly to Activities.
Other Costs — Add miscellaneous or specialty costs that do not fit labor, equipment, material, or subcontract categories.
Markup — Apply markup to estimated costs to calculate selling prices.
PRICING DATABASE
Master Pricing Database — Maintain reusable material, subcontractor, specialty, and private bid-item pricing.
Add Your Own Pricing — Create new pricing records as estimates and quotes are developed.
Edit Saved Pricing — Update reusable pricing when vendor or market pricing changes.
Search Pricing — Find saved pricing by description, category, work type, vendor, or other information.
Pricing Categories — Organize pricing into custom construction work types and categories.
Save Quote Pricing to Master Pricing — Take accepted pricing from an imported quote and make it available for future estimates.
Past-Job Pricing — Use pricing from previous estimates/jobs as a reference for new work.
Historical Price Comparison — Compare current Bid Item pricing against pricing from previous jobs.
Unit-Price Comparison — Review differences between current and historical unit prices before submitting a bid.
QUANTITIES & CALCULATORS
Quick Quantity — Rapidly enter multiple quantities for an Activity without repeatedly opening the full estimating form.
Running Quantity Totals — Add multiple takeoff quantities together and automatically update the Activity quantity.
Quantity Notes — Add notes to individual quantity entries.
Sheet References — Record plan sheet/reference information alongside quantity entries.
Concrete Calculator — Calculate concrete quantities for construction scopes.
Concrete/Rebar/Formwork Calculator — Build quantities for concrete, reinforcing steel, and formwork together.
Slab Calculations — Calculate concrete requirements for slab work.
Wall Calculations — Calculate concrete and formwork quantities for walls.
Footing Calculations — Calculate concrete, rebar, and formwork for footing work.
Rebar Calculations — Estimate reinforcing steel quantities based on the entered scope.
Formwork Calculations — Calculate form-contact area and related formwork quantities.
Export Calculator Results Into the Estimate — Turn calculated work into estimate-ready Activities rather than retyping quantities.
Excavation Calculator — Calculate excavation quantities for sitework.
Backfill Calculator — Calculate backfill quantities and related material needs.
Aggregate Tonnage Calculator — Convert aggregate volume into estimated tonnage.
Material Conversion Tools — Convert between common construction quantity and material units.
Trucking Calculator — Estimate truck requirements and hauling costs.
Truck Capacity Inputs — Account for different truck capacities when calculating hauling.
Round-Trip Haul Time — Include travel/cycle time when estimating trucking requirements.
Custom Calculators — Create or save calculations for scopes that do not fit the standard calculators.
PROPOSALS & EXPORTS
Assumptions — Add estimating assumptions to the project or specific bid item.
Inclusions — Clearly document what is included in the proposal or specific bid item..
Exclusions — Clearly document what is excluded from the proposal or specific bid item..
Proposal Notes — Add additional notes that should appear with the estimate (private) or proposal.
Reorder Proposal Statements — Control the order in which assumptions, inclusions, exclusions, and notes appear.
Optional Bid Items — Identify alternate or optional work separately from the base estimate.
Flag Bid Items — Mark Bid Items that still need review, pricing, or additional information.
Complete Status — Mark finished Bid Items complete as the estimate progresses.
Hide Completed Work — Reduce screen clutter by hiding completed Bid Items while continuing to estimate.
Estimate Balancing — Review/edit overall costs/pricing and totals before preparing a proposal.
Professional Reports — Generate organized estimate reports for internal review.
Proposal Generator — Produce customer-facing proposals from the completed estimate.
Proposal Customization — Control what information such as base cost, markup, unit cost, quantities, and optional items appears on reports.
Company Information — Add company name, license information, phone, email, address, and website to reports.
Company Logo — Add company branding to proposal/report output.
Print Reports and Proposals — Produce printable proposal and estimate views.
CSV Estimate Export — Export estimate information for use in spreadsheets or other software.
Project Information — Store project name, project number, customer, location, estimator, and date.
SECURITY
Local Project Storage — Save estimating work locally so the estimate remains available when the app is reopened.
Automatic Saving — Preserve project changes while the estimator works.
Backup — Export the app/project data to a backup file.
Restore — Recover estimating data from a previously saved backup.
Compact/Comfortable Display Modes — Switch between a tighter estimating layout and a more spacious view depending on screen size and preference.
QUOTE HANDLING
PDF Quote Import — Upload supplier or subcontractor PDF quotes for review.
Quote Line-Item Extraction — Extract candidate descriptions, quantities, units, unit prices, and totals from PDF quotes.
OCR Quote Reading — Attempt OCR on scanned/image-based quotes when normal PDF text is unavailable.
Quote Review Screen — Review and correct extracted quote information before anything is added to the estimate.
Manual Quote Lines — Add or correct quote lines when the PDF cannot be read perfectly.
Assign Quote Lines to Bid Items — Choose exactly where each quote line belongs in the estimate.
Assign Quote Lines to Activities — Place imported pricing directly into a specific estimating Activity.
Automatic Quote Contact Extraction — Detect supplier/company name, contact name, phone, email, website, and address information from a quote.
Save Quote Contacts for Future Use — Store detected supplier/subcontractor information in the Contacts database instead of entering it again later.
Quote Source Tracking — Retain information about which supplier quote imported pricing came from.
Excel Estimate Import — Import Bid Items and Activities from spreadsheet files.
CSV Estimate Import — Bring structured estimate data into the app from CSV files.
CONTACT DATABASE
Contacts Database — Build your own supplier and subcontractor contact list from scratch.
Manual Contact Entry — Save company name, contact person, phone, email, website, location, scope, and notes.
Contact Search — Search saved suppliers and subcontractors when estimating or looking for pricing.
Contact Categories and Scopes — Organize companies by the type of work or materials they provide.
Contact Export — Export saved contact information for use outside the app.
OPTIONAL FEATURES
OPTIONAL FEATURES
ODOT
ODOT Bid Item Pricing History — Preloaded historical ODOT bid prices by bid item, with recent awarded unit pricing available as a reference.
Historical Price Comparison — Compare the current estimate price against ODOT historical bid pricing and show the difference by unit price and percentage.
ODOT QPL Materials — Search Qualified Products List materials and approved manufacturers/products associated with applicable work.
ODOT Bid Item Requirements Lookup — Select a bid item and pull together the related Standard Specifications, testing requirements, applicable manuals, material requirements, and other references tied to that item.
ODOT Bid Items — Preloaded for your reference.
Local Code Lookup — Surface applicable plumbing, building, utility, public works, stormwater, concrete, excavation, and other code requirements based on the selected jurisdiction.
NEXT UP
Municipal Standard Drawings — Search and view standard details for things like utilities, sidewalks, curb ramps, manholes, trenching, pavement restoration, water, sewer, and storm work.
Specification Cross-Reference — Follow references from one specification or standard to another without manually hunting through separate documents.
Bid-Item Compliance Summary — Show a single summary of the important requirements tied to a Bid Item: specs, materials, tests, notices, submittals, and jurisdiction requirements.
Project-Specific Specials Integration — Add project special provisions and let those override/generalize the standard references for that project.
Public-Works Report Package — Generate reports showing the specification, material, testing, and code requirements attached to each Bid Item.
Standard Specification Lookup — Search and open relevant specification sections directly from the estimating workflow.
Field Test Procedure Lookup — Pull applicable field testing procedures for the selected work.
Non-Field Test Procedure Lookup — Show applicable laboratory/non-field testing requirements where relevant.
Municipality / Jurisdiction Lookup — Select a city, county, or agency and pull applicable local standards, design requirements, construction specifications, standard drawings, and code references.
App Instructions
App Instructions
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