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QuickBooks Link
A powerful yet easy to use TWO WAY link with QuickBooks. Easily import the Chart of Accounts from QuickBooks. After the estimate is done in BidBuilder, export the estimate back to the ‘Estimate module’ in QuickBooks where you can finish the accounting tasks.
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Report Writer
Unbelievably easy yet powerful Report Writer lets you design your own customized reports and save them for future use.
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Proposal Writer
Easily customize your proposals for a professional look. Proposal Writer is incredibly flexible, giving you the ability to quickly and easily incorporate boilerplate information and images alongside customized estimate information.
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Pricing File Update
Easily update your database prices by importing pricing files from your suppliers. After importing the pricing file, BidBuilder automatically updates the applicable items in the database.
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Video Help
Don't understand something? No problem! Watch a Help Video - a picture is worth a thousand words of user guide documentation!
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Estimate List
Save all your estimates directly inside BidBuilder. This allows access to all previous estimates at anytime. You no longer have to manage/control where (on your computer) prior estimates are stored.
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Options
Now you can offer design ‘Options’ to your clients. For example, if your client is uncertain between two kitchen layouts, compute the material for each layout. With this feature, you can turn ‘on & off’ the two options. Maintain your margins regardless of which option the clients chooses!
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Takeoff
This powerful features gives you a ‘parking lot’ where you can 'park' information from Digital Takeoff and use it for your estimate at anytime. You can also send ALL the Digital Takeoff information to BidBuilder with just ONE click!
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Phases and Location
Gives you the ability to assign ‘groups' to your items in your estimate. For example, you could takeoff exterior wall material and assign it to a Phase named ‘Exterior Wall’. Then at any point, view or print your estimate sorted by Phase and BidBuilder will group together all the materials with a similar Phase.
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Enhanced Markups
BidBuilder now offers more markups as well as discounts. You can assign Sales Tax, Overhead, Profit, Miscellaneous, and Flat Dollar Amounts for markups.
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Cost Charts
Cost charts give you an easy way to control Item Costs. For example, a 2x4 could be listed ten places in your database. If the cost of the 2x4 changes, without a Cost Chart you are forced to update all ten locations MANUALLY! With the Cost Chart, you simply update the price ONCE and BidBuilder will update all ten locations automatically!
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Equations
With this powerful feature you can enter a minimum amount of takeoff information and BidBuilder calculates the rest. For example: instead of always figuring out the sq. footage of drywall needed, simply setup an equation and let BidBuilder calculate the area, based on the wall length and height.
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Contact Database
All the information about your Clients, Subcontractors, and Suppliers is stored in one conventient location.
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5 Item Costs
Enter up to FIVE costs per Item: Material, Labor, Subcontractor, Equipment, and Miscellaneous.
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Additional Info
BidBuilder offers multiple locations to enter additional estimate information. This information can be printed on reports or simply stored for organizing purposes. Contact info, architect info, site info, item info, payment info, etc.
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EVEN MORE FEATURES
►Item Substitution – Easily substitute items in your assemblies with other items in your database. This feature reduces the amount of time you invest setting up a database.
►Export to Excel – Quickly and easily export your estimate to Excel. You can easily select which information to export as well as the order.
►Import SolidBuilder Estimate – You can now import your estimate directly from SolidBuilder. Once in BidBuilder, you can further detail your estiamte or produce reports/proposals.
►Architectural Calculator – This calculator gives you the ability to enter feet and inches for calculating measurements.
►Merge Estimates
– This powerful feature lets you join together two separate estimates.
►Database/Estimate update features
– This feature works in two ways. With two clicks, you can update your estimate with current prices in your database. You can also adjust a price in your estimate and with two clicks update your database with that cost.
►Customize Database appearance
– Customize the information visible in your database. Now you can control what information you want visible.
►Database Backup
– Easily make a copy of your database.
►Check Menu
– Easily modify/delete multiple items at once. Simply 'check' the desired items and modify them all in one easy step.
►Item Details
– Item Details gives you the ability to enter mountains of information such as Part #, Part Codes, Suppliers, Item Notes, etc.
►Print Word and PDF files
– Print your reports as Microsoft Word or Excel files. This is a great option when sending an estimate to a person who unfortunately doesn't own BidBuilder!
►Estimate Summary
– Now you can view a realtime running total of your estiamte. The estimate summary updates everytime an item is added to the estimate.
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