Department 03 · Estimating
The bidding pipeline, end to end.
Estimating turns a set of plans into a priced, client-ready proposal – and the winning estimate into a working job budget in one click. Takeoff to award, all in one pipeline.
CSI
cost catalog
No-login
sub bid link
1-click
estimate → budget
What lives here
Everything the Estimating team runs, in one place.
Build the estimate
- ✓Line-item estimate builder – labor, material, sub, equipment, overhead, profit
- ✓Cost catalog on the industry-standard CSI code library
- ✓Quantity takeoff that pushes straight into an estimate
Run the bid
- ✓Bid packages and invitations to bid (ITBs)
- ✓A public, no-login bid-response link so subs can respond in seconds
- ✓Track responses as they arrive
- ✓Bid leveling – compare sub quotes side by side and award
Win and convert
- ✓Polished, client-facing proposal PDFs generated from the estimate
- ✓One-click estimate-to-budget conversion when the job is awarded
The winning number becomes the budget.
The moment a job is awarded, the estimate converts to a working job budget in one click – the same cost-code spine the field and Accounting will use for the life of the project.
🔒app.scpmproject.com/projects/northside/budget
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