Estimating

Achieve the required profit

Estimating

Achieve the required profit

Estimating is one of the most important functions in your business, and getting it right means giving your estimators a system built for accuracy — detailed material and labour costs, accurate hours, and sub-contract elements all feeding into a margin that protects profit and covers overheads. Contract Controller keeps that process close to how estimators already work, just faster and without losing any of the accuracy.

  • Detailed material and labour cost prediction, down to the hour
  • Sub-contract elements built into the same quotation
  • Margins added on top to protect profit and overhead contribution
  • Keeps the traditional estimating workflow intact, just quicker

An instant overview

The Estimating dashboard gives a quick read on the whole department’s workload, not just one estimator’s.

  • Lists quotations the current estimator is working on.
  • Shows all quotations being worked on across every estimator.
  • Graphical overview of quotations prepared.

Quick, accurate and professional quotations

Quotations come together quickly without sacrificing accuracy, and every piece of information estimators need is captured — and shared — along the way.

  • Quotations prepared quickly and accurately.
  • Profit margins clearly indicated throughout.
  • Ensures all necessary information is captured, not missed.
  • Generates a full material analysis.
  • Captures labour requirements alongside materials.
  • Makes information readily available to other departments.

Bill Items & the Core Library

Every bill item draws from the same central library, so pricing stays consistent and current no matter who’s quoting.

  • Bill items generated from a core material and labour library.
  • Pull in pre-priced library items directly.
  • Materials and labour costs always reflect the current library.
  • Attach drawings and documents straight to a bill item.

Bill Items & the Core Library

The library isn’t just for storage — it’s built to save time on every quotation that follows.

  • Invitations to tender for sub-contract work are generated easily, with returned figures analysed and fed straight into bill items.
  • Library items — whether quotation-specific or generic — can be duplicated, amended, and reused elsewhere.
  • Build a library of standard units (stud partitions per m², door and frame sets, vision panels, counter units) for fast, detailed quoting.
  • Update a core material or labour rate once, and every quotation using it — even one built years ago — is repriced automatically.

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Quotations

Finished quotations look professional and stay properly version-controlled, so nothing gets lost along the way.

  • Presented clearly and concisely to the client.
  • Company headers and footers applied to every client-facing document.
  • Required clarifications, terms, and conditions always attached.
  • Revising a quotation keeps the previous version for reference.
  • Quotations can be revised as many times as needed.
  • Contracts are created against the latest quote by default, but any submitted version can be used instead.

All helping to create a global overview of the enquiry/contract


Case Study – Estimators That Are Using Contract Controller:

We used to build bills by hand — measuring, pricing, working everything out manually. It was time consuming and relied heavily on experience to make sure nothing was missed. Now everything’s in one place, so we can build a quote much more efficiently and keep a clear record of how the figure was arrived at. We probably save 30–50% of the time, and it’s made our quotes far more consistent.

Wayne Stringfellow
Estimator, Jephsons Shopfitters Ltd

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Materials & labour library
Core Library of materials & labour✓
Individual or global update of materials & labour✓
Locate materials used in quotations✓
Multiple suppliers & costs for one material✓
Pre-priced component library
Library items built from core materials & labour✓
Duplicate and reuse items used on previous quotations✓
Items always at current costs✓
Library items may be “nested” with other library items✓
Batch library items together✓

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