As a staff writer for Forbes Advisor, SMB, Kristy helps small business owners find the tools they need to keep their businesses running. She uses the experience of managing her own writing and editing ...

Estimators have never had it easy in the rough-and-tumble world of construction cost estimating—especially when using traditional 2D files or drawings for quantity takeoffs and cost estimates. More ...

Accurate estimates are key to a construction firm’s success. If you overprice a bid, you’ll likely lose the project. But if you underprice it, you’ll lose money and create problems with your partners ...

Controls Estimate 2.0 is a cost estimating software for HVAC controls (energy management) companies. It allows users to quickly and accurately create cost estimates and customized proposals to be ...

Maintaining cost-efficient information technology infrastructure is a key operational task of small and large companies. Frequent survey of a firm's IT infrastructure can help a business avoid ...

The construction industry is undergoing a digital revolution, with advanced tools transforming the way projects are planned, budgeted and executed. Estimating software is one such innovation, offering ...

As more consumers shoulder a greater proportion of their healthcare costs, they are becoming savvier shoppers when selecting healthcare services. Many people rely on online cost estimation tools to ...

Although the firm's investment in model-based estimating has been complex, Wright says Hoar's estimating team saw the value right away, as the team was at that time working on a hard-bid project, ...