Estimating & Bidding for Builders & Remodelers Includes the National Home Estimator disk (A complete download is provided for eBook purchase. CD not available with eBook)

Guaranteed to improve your estimating skill and bidding results: What to look for in the plans. How to scope out the last 5% of job costs. Immunize yourself against common estimating mistakes. Includes over 1,100 pages of current labor and material costs for both new construction and home improvement jobs – covering every trade and the most common specialties. Two of Craftsman’s most popular residential cost guides are on the disk: National Construction Estimator and National Home Improvement Estimator. Other Craftsman costbooks are compatible and available for download on the Web. Go to www.craftsman-book.com

The estimating program that works like a book. Turn to any page or use the electronic index to find in seconds exactly the cost estimates you need.

Use your mouse to copy and paste cost estimates from the costbook to your electronic estimating form. Costs are extended and columns totaled automatically.

40 estimating forms are on the disk. Open any of these forms with your favorite word processing or spreadsheet program.

It’s quick and flexible. Change any price or description in your estimate. Enter the five-digit zip code to adjust costs to your community.

Then print your estimate directly or export it to nearly any word processing or spreadsheet program running under Windows.

More ways to work faster and easier. Copy costs from one estimate to another. Open both databases at once and use costs from each in a single estimate.

Get help from an expert Free phone support is available 8 AM to 5 PM (Pacific), Monday through Friday. Call 760-438-7828.

Cut learning time in half! Let the Show Me video on the disk teach you how to use the National Estimator program.

Job Cost Wizard Exports estimates to either QuickBooks Pro or QuickBooks Premier® where you can track actual costs against estimated cost. Requires Windows 98 or higher.

Open both new construction and home improvement estimating costbooks. Then copy anything from either costbook to your estimate. Cut and paste from one estimate to another. Then adjust the costs to your zip area and print the estimate. Remodeling magazine recommends National Estimator and calls it an easy-to-use “estimating wiz.” You’re going to agree.

Dan’s Here To Help

The Show Me Video covers everything you need to know about the National Estimator. Let this 45-minute interactive multimedia tutorial, streamed over the internet, show you how to use all the features of this powerful estimating program.

The Author:

Richard J. Langedyk has directed the training of over 20,000 estimators, project managers and construction company owners. Since 1982 he has been Senior Instructor for Construction Estimating Institute of America in Sarasota, Florida. He is well known as a speaker at construction conventions and trade shows throughout the United States and Canada. His 30-year construction career includes estimating both as general contractor and as a subcontractor on residential, commercial, industrial and government projects – from remodeling jobs to heavy industrial projects approaching a billion dollars.