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You’ve got a slick cost estimating system that generates bids quickly and accurately, complete with line item quantities, costs, and “what-if” scenarios. Meanwhile, accounting upgraded from QuickBooks a couple years ago and is generating detailed job...
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So I went to Las Vegas last week for the Autodesk University 2007 show. It was awesome. Some really cool technology was unveiled by Autodesk that allows for really advanced visualization (3D) of buildings/developments/parts. Go to http://labs.autodesk...
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So I've been reviewing a couple of estimating and takeoff packages just so I understand them a little better and I wanted to mention two packages that I thought were pretty cool. Winestimator ( www.winest.com ) was demo'd to me and really played...
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The following are links to sites where you can subscribe to construction magazines for free: http://www.yourtradepubs.com/cgi-bin/QMagik.cgi?cat=120&AFID=overconstructionpublications072406-LOGGED http://www.smartbrief.com/index.jsp http://www.freetrademagazinesource...
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CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 is coming up in Las Vegas, NV on March 11-15, 2008. It is said to be the largest construction show in the world for 2008, and is only held every 3 years. Find more information at the show website, http://www.conexpoconagg.com/. CommercialEstimators...
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Check out http://au.autodesk.com/2007/ for information on the Autodesk conference going on the week after Thanksgiving in Las Vegas. One of the more important items being discussed here for estimators is the use of Revit to calculate quantities and in...
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There are a wide varitey of software user conferences going on this quarter. On Center software just held their user conference on the last weekend of October in Houston, Texas, and Sage Timberline is holding their conference the first weekend of November...