How can you increase your output when your estimators are already short on time? There’s an app for that.
How much time does your preconstruction team spend searching for information from ITBs, measuring, and estimating, only to not win the job? It is time to speed up and strategize.
No matter what your bid-hit ratio is, your chances of winning go up with the number of bids you submit.
STACK offers shortcuts to make takeoffs faster like:
Autocount
Hyperlinking
Search
Copy & paste
Measurement rotation
Plan overlay
& so much more
STACK also does the math for your team. Our items and assemblies save you hours – just attach them to your takeoff before or after you measure, and material amounts are automatically calculated for you. You can use out-of-the-box quick assemblies, or customize for your business.
With STACK, you can access BNi’s regional pricing data so you can make the best estimating decisions based on the average material cost in your geographic area, or you can input your own price list from your suppliers for accurate estimates every time.
To save more time, you need a repeatable process, and STACK makes it easy.
Pre-built takeoffs include items, assemblies, and measurement types.
You can build labor into your assemblies.
Attach your legal documents with any proposals you export.
& Customize proposals with a simple click.
So – we've talked about bidding FASTER. Let’s talk about bidding BETTER.
Now that you’ve sped up your processes so you can get more bids out the door, you’re at a huge advantage, and it’s time to step back – before you start increasing your volume. More bids don’t mean more winning projects unless they’re submitted with a strategy.
Start by taking a close look at your ITBs; examine your successes and failures. Think about:
Which types of work your crew is best and fastest at performing.
Which GCs pay promptly vs which delay payment.
Any location limits that make a project cost prohibitive.
If a job has red flags, don’t waste your time bidding. Pass on it and save your time and energy for better opportunities.
With clear insight into what’s upcoming and what everyone is working on, it’s much easier to get bids out more quickly and take on the projects that will work best for you.
With an effective bid calendar, teams can quickly calibrate who to assign projects to based on availability, and when someone is unexpectedly absent, everyone has easy visibility into project statuses to pick up the work without missing deadlines.
At the end of the day, the best way to meet the demands of a competitive bidding landscape is by playing to your team’s strengths rather than bogging them down with unnecessary tasks. That’s where STACK comes in: let us do the calculations so your team can use their brains for bigger things. Visit us at stackct.com to learn more.
