EValuate Overview Product Sheet

Product sheet covering EValuate Estimating, Cost Planning & Post-Contract software

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Construction estimating software for contractors and sub-contractors

EValuate Estimating, Cost Planning &

Post Contract Software

Product Overview

EValuate is the end-to-end solution for the whole of the construction project lifecycle, integrating the following processes:

Sage Construction EValuate Diagram

The functions and facilities within the full suite allow a business to:

  • Capture and feedback real project data for the benefit of future project forecasting
  • Avoid cost shocks as designs progress by incorporating regular benchmarking cost comparison during the pre-contract process
  • Create a consistent pre- and post-contract basis for reporting all projects
  • Create and maintain a central repository of historical cost data for all projects, avoiding customer specific islands of expertise

Using the EValuate suite allows a business to benefit from the years of development expertise associated with the CIT product suite used by many customers including Kier, Carillion and John Sisk. Allied to modern technology (MS SQL Server 2005, .NET) and leading-edge user interfaces (MS-Office 2007 ribbon), EValuate offers the unique combination of class-leading business functionality implemented on future-proof technology:

  • Project data inheritance - grow the initial scheme data into the project Final Account
  • Project data scalability – modular solution, each project utilises only relevant modules
  • Project data reusability – inherit data, reuse, analyse, store and retrieve project data
  • Project data accessibility - access project data via wide area networks and the web
  • Project data security – SQL server for robust disaster recovery

Cost Planning

  • Measure & price at an element, package or specified Item level of detail
  • Full versioning control through all iterations of a developing project
  • Benchmark comparisons
  • Multiple views & reporting available
  • Multi-level pricing on a rate, lump sum or cost per m2 basis
  • Full BCIS elemental quantity cost analysis
  • Project GIFA m2 and schedule of areas GIFA m2 cost per m2 reporting
  • Re-use descriptions, dimensions from pre-defined templates, or previous projects
  • Direct keyboard entry, traditional dimensions editor, dimension copying and linking

Estimating

  • Import of BOQ from Excel, CITE, OCR, etc
  • Take off from drawings via digitiser
  • Full BOQ navigation and control
  • User definable flags and bookmarks
  • Document linking to bill diagrams, images, useful web sites
  • Resource-based estimating
  • Reuse information from historic cost archive, previous estimates, templates, priced libraries
  • Package management (enquiry creation, quote input, analysis & selection)
  • Resource management (inc project resource analysis
  • Detailed estimating administration facilities; find and filter
  • Net cost reporting
  • Tender adjudication
  • Information re-use
  • Estimating management reporting

Post Contract

  • Inherits all pre-contract tender data (including rate build-ups and full package analysis/content)
  • Maintains estimate information for final margin & reserve report calculations
  • Allows the management of three independent Final Account views: external, internal and subcontractor packages
  • Re-measure each Final Account independently using full take-off facilities
  • Comprehensive re-packaging function retaining the original tendered resource rate build-up and allowing repackaging to suit surveying packages
  • Full enquiry management/quote comparison
  • Final Account data compatible with historical cost benchmark database
  • Separate variation account or spread variations throughout existing contract documentation
  • Independent internal, external & subcontract valuations
  • Valuation by quantity, percentage complete, lump sum by individual item, bill/section/page or traditional cost planning & analytical estimating functionality assists surveyors during additional pre-contract negotiations

Project Cost Analysis and Retrieval

  • Inherits all pre-contract tender data (including rate build-ups and full package analysis/content)
  • Archive validation process ensures quality of data is maintained
  • An Excel-based template is available to import data currently stored in any existing databases
  • Elements and trade packages maintain the same attributes
  • Information retrieval search by any combination of the compulsory project criteria
  • Retrieve all information at archived value, current value and forecast value
  • Benchmark project totals only, or with associated elements/trade package breakdowns
  • Benchmark individual elements/ trade packages to create trend analysis reporting

Sage Construction making the software work for you

Sage Construction delivers and implements successful bidding and valuations solutions. Industry experienced personnel who seek to understand your requirements fully, listen to your questions, and understand where you want to go. We develop, configure, train and support the ongoing operation of the software to meet the needs of your business. Our aim is to help you realise return on investment quickly, and over time, ensure our systems support your evolving needs.

Sage Construction uses collaborative methods and an open approach to working with you and your other business systems providers to ensure integration is never an issue. We have a number of proven interfaces to a number of the industries leading ‘back-office’ system vendors to contract costing, procurement and financial modules.