estimate IT

SMART Scaffolder will help you to quote more jobs faster and more accurately than before! It will also improve your company’s image with more professional looking quotations that will impress even the biggest contractors with TG20:08 compliant drawings. Users also gain a winning competitive advantage by pricing jobs sooner than their rivals.
The built-in ‘Address Book’ saves time and puts all your customer contacts at your finger tips. Save Engineer's fees with TG20:08 compliance check reports and drawings and improve efficiency with better Scaffolder instructions and automatic load lists! New users quickly learn how to use estimate IT straight ‘out-of-the-box’. It is user-friendly and comes with an on-screen user manual, help and unlimited ‘Hot Line’ support by phone and email and formal training is rarely required.

estimate IT has an intuitive user interface which means that scaffolds can be entered quickly with minimum effort. Its so fast you can even work out a price whilst the customer is still on the telephone!

There is no limit to the job size or the number of scaffold items. Sheeting, brick guards, netting, hopup brackets, bridges, rubbish chutes, cantilever fans and other additional items can all be included by selecting from on screen menus. There is even a tie calculator to help users comply with the new TG20:08 tie patterns including the new Appendix H for tiying to permeable buildings, including RC Frames. Like all scaffolding components the ties are included in the load list automatically.

SMART Scaffolder software can help users to win more new business with more professional looking quotations. estimate IT also creates a ‘user defined’ introductory letter automatically complete with the customer’s name and address. The entire quotation can easily be customised to match your company’s style, including logo letterhead and even job photos and illustrations.  Detailed item descriptions are generated automatically or a ‘summary quote’ format can be used to minimise the number of pages. Terms and Conditions are inserted from a library and the whole quote can be fine tuned using the built-in word processor. Load lists and drawings can be included to complete a professional looking package.  Quotations can also be instantly emailed to customers in an attachment in PDF, Microsoft Excel or Word formats.

Pricing scaffolding work has never been easier! estimate IT provides a consistent approach to pricing according to monetary cost or alternatively, labour norms and hourly labour costs. Material hire costs are automatically calculated from the material quantities, as a percentage of the labour cost or as an ‘all-in’ rate without a separate hire cost. Overheads are also applied to labour & materials automatically.
estimate IT can also produce a ‘Detailed Cost Analysis’ that will strengthen your negotiating position. This useful report provides a detailed breakdown of labour, materials and overheads to explain job costs and profit margins and hence improve the outcome of contract negotiations. Check rates are also provided to ensure the job isn’t won for the wrong reason, e.g. under priced!

Scaffolding inspectors are increasingly demanding that site operatives have adequate information about the job they are erecting. Lists of materials along with drawings provide a helpful guide to the site team, increasing their efficiency and profitability. Load lists are also a valuable tool on larger, long-term contracts where they can be used to assist with day to day planning or even as a shopping list for buying or hiring equipment. Lists include the weights of materials which can be used to plan and price transportation. As an estimate is prepared SMART Scaffolder automatically produces a fully itemised load list of all the required scaffolding components (tubes, boards, fittings, ladders and any additional items). Load lists can be printed for selected lifts which is useful where materials are supplied progressively. Alternatively, they can be emailed as attachments.

'A picture paints a thousand words' which is why drawings are so valuable to scaffolders and clients alike. Inspectors increasingly demand that scaffolders are provided with drawings which, along with load lists provide essential guidance for safe and efficient working. Drawings can also be used to assist with day to day job planning on larger, long-term contracts.
As each estimate is prepared SMART Scaffolder instantly produces an on-screen schematic drawing for each item of scaffolding. These also provide a valuable real-time check for the user that the intended scaffolding has been entered into the software correctly. Drawings can be printed in A4 or A3 sizes or emailed as attachments. An electronic link to AutoCAD can be used for engineers to amend/add scaffolding, dimensions and notes, as required.