COMPANY SOLUTIONS CLIENT SERVICES NEWS CONTACT ONLINE STORE BIDBuilder   Overview   Online Demo   Features   Sample Output   BidBuilder Visual Assemblies   Client Success Stories   Return on Investment   FAQs   BidBuilder 12 Upgrade   PURCHASE ONLINE   Request Information "Change before you have to." - Jack Welch 104 Reason to Upgrade to BidBuilder 12 Today FEATURE   BIDBUILDER VERSION 10.0 11.0 12.0 1 Easily print professional reports with the industry standard Crystal reports no no YES 2 Two way link between BidBuilder and QuickBooks no no YES 3 Send all of your digitized information to the Takeoff parking lot with just two clicks no no YES 4 Keep an eye on your costs and all markups with the Estimate Summary dashboard no no YES 5 Build Proposals with BidBuilder's powerful proposal writer no yes YES 6 Utilize the power of a Microsoft Access database no no YES 7 Reduce your learning curve with the included Help Videos no no YES 8 Create your own custom reports.  Control who gets to see what information yes no YES 9 Easily import your QuickBooks Chart of Accounts yes no YES 10 Enter multiple types of takeoff information such as SF, LF, Vertical Area, Perimeter, etc no no YES 11 Easily insert images from the internet into your proposal no yes YES 12 Build Proposals with BidBuilder's powerful proposal writer no yes YES 13 Over 20 individual built-in Help Videos no no YES 14 Insert your company logo on each report to achieve a custom look no no YES 15 Export your estimate to QuickBooks for advanced accounting procedures yes no YES 16 Save your takeoff information from blueprints in Takeoff parking lot no yes YES 17 Offer your clients design options while keeping your bids competitive yes no YES 18 Easily create equations with the included mathematical buttons no no YES 19 Easily insert product images onto reports.  Ideal feature for showing change orders no no YES 20 Automatically populate your Items in QuickBooks with your BidBuilder Items no no YES 21 Easily populate your Phase and Location database on the fly no no YES 22 Apply up to 6 different markups to your estimate no no YES 23 Insert Visual Assemblies into each report.  A picture is worth a thousand words. no no YES 24 Easily apply an individual markup to any desired item yes no YES 25 Modify information in your report on the fly no yes YES 26 Print reports that reflect the material assigned in each option yes no YES 27 Easily see the price difference between different design options yes no YES 28 Confirm your equation is correct before you get to the estimate yes no YES 29 Easily insert estimate information into your proposal no no YES 30 Easily import your Clients from QuickBooks no no YES 31 Tag material with your QuickBooks Chart of Accounts yes no YES 32 Easily import your Vendors from QuickBooks no no YES 33 Create common proposal statements in the database for future use no yes YES 34 Print selected items in your reports.  Ideal for ordering material as it is need. yes no YES 35 Easily group your material by assigning Phases and Locations no no YES 36 Write equations to easily calculate Takeoff Quantities yes no YES 37 Choose to view your estimate sorted by Phase and Location no no YES 38 Print reports that reflect the Phase and/or Location assigned no no YES 39 Easily insert pre-written statements into your proposal no yes YES 40 All the Help Videos are saved in a easy-to-access location no no YES 41 Create a proposal template to use on each job no no YES 42 Pause, stop, rewind or fast forward any of the Help Videos no yes YES 43 Watch any Help Video without access to the internet no no YES 44 Launch Digital Takeoff Directly from the Takeoff parking lot no no YES 45 Assign a miscellaneous markup to cover additional expenses no no YES 46 Add a set dollar amount markup to your estimate no yes YES 47 Easily compound your markups to increase your estimate total yes no YES 48 Apply a discount percentage to your estimate no no YES 49 Constant access to your markups running total no no YES 50 Save your Takeoff parking lot as a template for future jobs no no YES 51 Apply a markup to each of your 5 item costs yes no YES 52 Manage all your material costs in a central location, the Cost Chart yes no YES 53 Create a Cost Chart for each of your 5 item costs yes no YES 54 Replace your standard labor rate with a Crew rate yes no YES 55 Easily navigate through your different item cost with the tabbed system no no YES 56 Automatically display the date your material price was most recently updated yes no YES 57 Easily find your material in your database with a structured database format no no YES 58 View all your material information in the database with an expanded view no no YES 59 Easily customize your database structure with the database editing icons no no YES 60 View all the material in each assembly within the main database dialog box no no YES 61 Easily control which item information you wish to see inside the item database no no YES 62 Save previous estimates as templates for future jobs yes no YES 63 Easily import a SolidBuilder estimate into BidBuilder no no YES 64 Easily export your estimate to Excel with the built-in link yes no YES 65 Choose which information you wish to export from BidBuilder to Excel yes no YES 66 Easily substitute material in your assembly while creating your estimate yes no YES 67 Easily substitute items in your estimate for other material in your database yes no YES 68 Easily save a backup copy of your database from within BidBuilder no no YES 69 Easily recall any saved takeoff information while creating your estimate no yes YES 70 Easily choose which information you wish to view while working in an estimate yes no YES 71 Easily choose which order you want to view your estimate information yes no YES 72 Utilize the built-in Architectural calculator no no YES 73 Easily calculate feet and inches with the Architectural calculator no no YES 74 Join two separate estimates into one.  Ideal for dividing up the work load yes no YES 75 Print your reports as Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF files.  Ideal for sharing estimates yes no YES 76 Easily add individual items to your estimate on the fly no yes YES 77 Prevent loosing valuable work with AutoSave no no YES 78 Update your old estimate to current prices with two clicks of your mouse yes no YES 79 Modify material price in your estimate, then update your database with that price yes no YES 80 Automatically get notified on any item in your estimate with an invalid quantity no no YES 81 Organize your clients with the Client Database yes no YES 82 Organize your suppliers with the Supplier Database yes no YES 83 Organize your Subcontractors with the Subcontractor Database yes no YES 84 Update your database prices by importing supplier pricing files no no YES 85 Easily import and utilize your SolidBuilder database no no YES 86 Import your suppliers Part # for easy price updating no no YES 87 Import your suppliers Part Code for easy price updating no no YES 88 Launch Digital Takeoff while sending material to your estimate no no YES 89 Easily add item specific information to your database as well as reports yes no YES 90 Modify multiple items in one command by utilizing the Check Menu yes no YES 91 Quickly detail any area of BidBuilder with true copy/paste functionality no yes YES 92 View your proposals with Microsoft Word.   no no YES 93 Easily control which Option material is appearing in your estimate at all times yes no YES 94 Modify your assembly information of the fly no no YES 95 Add miscellaneous information about your estimate & show the information on any report no no YES 96 Enter up to 5 items costs per item yes no YES 97 Create a proposal using standard Microsoft Word functions no yes YES 98 Easily calculate conversion factors with a built-in conversion finder yes no YES 99 Insert pre-created details into your reports and proposals no no YES 100 Create estimates using the metric or imperial system yes no YES 101 Insert company information and estimate details onto your reports no no YES 102 Easily manage any previous estimates with a built-in estimate database yes no YES 103 Get current price updates based on zip codes.  Provided by Craftsman no no YES 104 Choose to view your estimate sorted by the design option assigned no no YES