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Industry Veteran Sticks with B2W Estimate for New Grading and Excavating Company

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Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Industries	Construction & Infrastructure
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Don Pearson, a veteran in the estimating and operations field, started Tenex Contractors in early 2021. He had been using B2W Estimate for nearly two decades, during which he was able to produce up to 1,200 bids a year as chief estimator for a $200 million company. As he started Tenex, he faced the challenge of maintaining the same level of efficiency and accuracy in his bidding process. He needed a solution that would allow him to work faster, increase accuracy, and maintain consistency in his bids. Read More
About Customer	Tenex Contractors, Inc. is a company based in Burlington, Wisconsin. The company was started in early 2021 by Don Pearson, a veteran in the estimating and operations field. Tenex Contractors specializes in grading, excavation, and road construction work across the southern part of Wisconsin. The company is expected to create around 200 bids annually. Despite being a new and relatively smaller company, Tenex Contractors aims to maintain a high level of efficiency and accuracy in its bidding process, similar to larger companies in the industry. Read More
Solution	To address the challenge, Pearson decided to continue using B2W Estimate, a heavy construction estimating software he had been using for close to two decades. B2W Software got Tenex up and running with Estimate within a week, an unusually quick start-up enabled by Pearson's previous experience. The software allows Pearson to work remotely and easily log in and access the software from anywhere. B2W Estimate offers features such as prepopulated cost databases and templates, an error check wizard to eliminate mistakes, and built-in capabilities for quickly analyzing, comparing, and incorporating bids from subcontractors and vendors. Pearson also uses B2W Estimate to duplicate bids, allowing the company to test alternate scenarios and explore different options to get to a price necessary to win. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms

Applicable Industries

Construction & Infrastructure

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Don Pearson, a veteran in the estimating and operations field, started Tenex Contractors in early 2021. He had been using B2W Estimate for nearly two decades, during which he was able to produce up to 1,200 bids a year as chief estimator for a $200 million company. As he started Tenex, he faced the challenge of maintaining the same level of efficiency and accuracy in his bidding process. He needed a solution that would allow him to work faster, increase accuracy, and maintain consistency in his bids.

About Customer

Tenex Contractors, Inc. is a company based in Burlington, Wisconsin. The company was started in early 2021 by Don Pearson, a veteran in the estimating and operations field. Tenex Contractors specializes in grading, excavation, and road construction work across the southern part of Wisconsin. The company is expected to create around 200 bids annually. Despite being a new and relatively smaller company, Tenex Contractors aims to maintain a high level of efficiency and accuracy in its bidding process, similar to larger companies in the industry.

Solution

To address the challenge, Pearson decided to continue using B2W Estimate, a heavy construction estimating software he had been using for close to two decades. B2W Software got Tenex up and running with Estimate within a week, an unusually quick start-up enabled by Pearson's previous experience. The software allows Pearson to work remotely and easily log in and access the software from anywhere. B2W Estimate offers features such as prepopulated cost databases and templates, an error check wizard to eliminate mistakes, and built-in capabilities for quickly analyzing, comparing, and incorporating bids from subcontractors and vendors. Pearson also uses B2W Estimate to duplicate bids, allowing the company to test alternate scenarios and explore different options to get to a price necessary to win.

Impact #1	B2W Estimate allows Tenex Contractors to work faster and increase accuracy in their bidding process.
Impact #2	The software provides features that help eliminate mistakes and quickly analyze, compare, and incorporate bids from subcontractors and vendors.
Impact #3	B2W Estimate also allows Tenex to duplicate bids, enabling the company to test alternate scenarios and explore different options to get to a price necessary to win.

Impact #1

B2W Estimate allows Tenex Contractors to work faster and increase accuracy in their bidding process.

Impact #2

The software provides features that help eliminate mistakes and quickly analyze, compare, and incorporate bids from subcontractors and vendors.

Impact #3

B2W Estimate also allows Tenex to duplicate bids, enabling the company to test alternate scenarios and explore different options to get to a price necessary to win.

Benefit #1	Bidding with B2W Estimate is at least two times faster than bidding with Excel.
Benefit #2	On a recent $1 million municipal project, estimated and actual costs varied by only $4,000, demonstrating the precision of the B2W software.

Benefit #1

Bidding with B2W Estimate is at least two times faster than bidding with Excel.

Benefit #2

On a recent $1 million municipal project, estimated and actual costs varied by only $4,000, demonstrating the precision of the B2W software.

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Industry Veteran Sticks with B2W Estimate for New Grading and Excavating Company

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