Hello everyone, happy to be part of this community, happy to find Tim more importantly. I'm 30 years veteran of the residential / commercial construction industry, extensive experience in kitchen, bathroom, basement finishing residential projects mainly, and everything in between. All this happened in USA. Started construction trade just just for the reason to earn decent pay as drywaller on track homes, an then I discovered a new way of leaving and a new world some good some bad stories, but finally pay off,indeed. My near future is working remotely to support small business move from a solopreneuer to a full capacity endeavor, I witnessed the scenery, working long days with no help, this home remodeling, handyman operations is under served. That's why I'm here, to become the RPM ( REMOTE PROJECT MANAGER ), when I started never thought of this position.

So (please prove me wrong), all estimating software is fundamentally built around 3 core features: 1. Take-off tools. Every business needs one of these, the two main ones are planswift and Bluebeam. I love Bluebeam but a lot of people hate it. Its just he one I'm used to 2. Managing cost/productivity/quantity databases- ie storing labor, plant, material, subcontractor rates 3. Preparing prices - combining quantities with rates etc. For most contractors, all you need is a quantity take off tool and excel. There are trade specific tools, but they often just have more data and are tailored towards trade specific workflows And AI just adds intelligence to this process. Ie can convert bid documents into requirements, or automatically extract quantities from drawings I did a breakdown in this video. If you like + comment it helps the algorithm!

Previously I used to use Candy. I loved it but it had a super steep learning curve. It took ages to get used to and I think I was probably only using it for 10% of what it could do. The project controls stuff was pretty impressive but I never got to apply it on a job properly

Mezzanine project, designed and build by me, inside a tiny townhome, the idea was to take advantage of the elevation of the ceilingin tha area, to create a office space.

How do you get started with writing the scope of works for building services?