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Minnesota Planroom

The construction season in Minnesota is short enough that it makes it necessary to work with a planroom in as short a period of time. Business is lost daily by companies that take too long in the early steps of project planning. Right or wrong the first bid estimate received is favored all others, and [...]

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Estimating Mean

When estimating the mean material needs for a construction project you are looking to determine the average amount that will be needed. This is extremely useful with dealing with materials that are easily arranged or that flow. Cement, mortar, gravel, rocks, and sand are on the top of the most lists. The amount of material [...]

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Construction Cost Database

PlanSwift has the great ability to connect with a construction cost database and pull material prices directly from it. This allows users to have access current cost numbers and to add markup as needed to them. This is just one more way that PlanSwift, the #1 construction takeoff and estimating software, helps construction companies around [...]

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General Contractor Estimating

General Contractors know the key to profitability is having accurate estimates for everything from electrical to concrete work. PlanSwift is the right tool to efficiently and quickly calculate costs and potential profits for the General Contractor. PlanSwift is the #1 takeoff and estimating software for the construction industry. Time and materials are prime metrics for most [...]

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Costs in Construction

To be able to calculate the costs in construction quickly and accurately requires a quality takeoff and estimating software program, or a full time employee dedicated to cost calculations. When comparing the two, software verse employee, the software wins every time. When using software the time it takes to complete an estimate drops by up [...]

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Tubeswift

SwiftTube is an amazing resource for anyone using PlanSwift, which contains almost one hundred videos on how to use this program. There are two ways to view these videos: The first is to visit SwiftTube directly and search for the video you would like. The second why to view SwiftTube videos is to access them [...]

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Tennessee Planroom

Tennessee planrooms are busy with work for many new project receiving federal grants. When complete this new construction will add thousands of jobs to the state. This highlights an often overlooked important part the construction industry plays in our economy. Without our services, most everything else would come to a stop. We build the places [...]

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Oklahoma Planroom

Many of the best Oklahoma contractors are discovering new, time saving ways to work with their local planroom. This timesaving in directly translating into financial rewards for them. The key to this timesaving has been the use of construction takeoff and estimating software. This software allows users to reduce the time it takes to complete [...]

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Commercial Construction Cost

Estimating commercial construction cost can quickly rob anyone of many hours of their day. This should be viewed as a crime, however most of the time nobody notices. This is because many contractors are not yet aware of how construction takeoff and estimating software can help reduce the amount of time need for this work. [...]

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New Customer Portal Online

We have recently opened the customer portal, located under My Account at PlanSwift.com. You can now go online and view your billing information, update credit card info, view  license and maintenance information, pay invoices, view purchase history, etc. This is in addition to all the regular options you have always had.  This is simply an [...]

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Materials Estimator

Materials estimators come in many different shapes and sizes, everything from the old salty hand to six-figure software programs. However, right in the middle is one of the best options, PlanSwift construction estimating software. With powerful assembly, based takeoffs and formulas PlanSwift can make material estimating as simple a task as dragging a folder on [...]

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Figure Square Feet

Figuring square feet for any size construction project is easy with PlanSwift Takeoff and Estimating Software. Gone are the days of spending hours doing takeoffs for a single project. Now what was taking hours can take you only minutes. As little as one-tenth the time the same work would take to do by hand. Accuracy [...]

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Software for Construction Industry

Software for the construction industry is become a requirement. Over the last couple of years the quality, power and value of construction software has grown to such a place that all any size company could benefit from its use. What many construction industry contractors are finding is that the software they use is giving them [...]

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New Jersey Planroom

New Jersey planrooms are facing a challenging season this year as the governor pulls back government spending and major plans are canceled. This is creating a greater number of companies bidding on every job as everyone looks to find work to keep crews busy. Although this is a tough time, it is also opening up [...]

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