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Simple Estimating Software for Smaller Contractors

Build Estimates and Proposals in Minutes!

Simple Estimating gives smaller builders and contractors a faster, easier way to create accurate estimates, write professional proposals, generate material takeoffs, and build reliable budgets — all without the complexity of big, expensive systems.

It’s the streamlined estimating solution designed to help you bid more jobs, win more work, and eliminate the headaches of spreadsheets and manual calculations.

Modular. Scalable. Built for growing Builders & Contractors.

Simple Estimating is available as a stand‑alone estimating tool or as part of the Simple Series, our complete single‑entry construction management system that simplifies and accelerates the proven processes of running a successful construction business.

Choose the deployment that fits your business:

  • Cloud‑hosted for low upfront cost and instant access from anywhere
  • Self‑hosted for companies that want total control and ownership

Schedule a demonstration today. You’ll be glad you did!

SIMPLE ESTIMATING SOFTWARE FEATURES:

Estimate Your Way with the following Estimating Methods

  • Stick
  • Unit price
  • Assembly
  • And/or by lump sum bids

Estimate Faster with Assemblies (also called work packages)

  • Estimate multiple items with one takeoff unit of measure

  • Includes many pre-built assemblies to speed the estimating process

  • Easy to add other assemblies as needed

     

Maintain Unlimited Items, Assemblies and More!

  • There’s no limit to the number of cost items, assemblies or other catalog data you can maintain

Build Specifications (Scope of Work) as you Build the Estimate

  • Attach detailed specifications to assemblies and items so as you’re building your scope of work you’re building your estimate at the same time

Estimate more Accurately with Bid Sheet Templates

  • Standardize your estimating process by building bid sheet templates of cost items, assemblies and specifications broken down by category of work and or by location

Create Professional Looking Proposals/Specifications

  • Produce professional looking proposals/specifications for the customer to sign

Change Orders

  • Estimate, print or e-mail customer’s change orders

  • Track pending, approved and/or rejected change orders along with changes to the vendor’s contract

Printing Pictures in Proposal/Specification and or Change Orders (NEW!)

Allows the ability to:

  • Attach pictures to items and assemblies in the database
  • View pictures of items/assemblies while estimating
  • Change pictures assigned to those items/assemblies within a bid so they’re bid specific
  • Print those pictures within the proposal/specification and or change orders bids.

Create More Accurate Estimates with Automatic Price Updates

  • Can accommodate price updates electronically via Excel (.csv) or text (.txt) file from vendors

Bid Markups

  • Markup a bid by percentage, cost type, total costs or flat dollar amount.

  • Use different markup percentages for each bid.

Estimate Faster with Key Measurements

  • Enter key measurements of a blue print and automatically update takeoff quantities for multiple items and assemblies. For instance, SF of Interior or LF of Perimeter

Bid Specific Pricing

  • TakeOff Plus allows you to modify the price of an item for a specific bid while maintaining the standard item price in the catalog

Electronic Price Updates from Vendors

  • Handles price updates electronically from vendors via Excel or .csv file. This is an easy way to keep your catalog prices up-to-date.

Digital Takeoff Integration

  • Interfaces with Digitizers and Digital Takeoff software

Sales to Estimating Integration

  • Simple SalesBuilder client/job information is available in Simple Estimating

Estimating to Sales Integration

  • Bid information is available back in SalesBuilder Professional

Estimating to Scheduling Integration

  • Integrates with Simple Scheduling to setup project’s tasks and vendors associated with those tasks

Estimating to Job Cost Accounting Integration

  • Transfers bid information including: bid code, bid description, contract price and budgeted costs and budgeted hours by cost category
  • Transfers all subsequent client change orders and their dollar amounts, along with budgeted costs and budgeted hours by cost category

Why invest in stand-alone estimating software when you can invest in one platform from Contractors Software Group!