Institute Develops New Class of Software Technology

Construction Estimating Institute along with technology partner, Decisive Systems, Inc., has recently completed development of a new class of software for construction companies that own, buy, lease, or rent heavy equipment.

This software provides a contractor with a way to estimate exactly what a particular piece of heavy equipment should rent for on a particular project. Dan Rooks Director of Management Programs for Construction Estimating Institute said: "For the first time a contractor doesn’t have to guess what his costs might be or how much diesel fuel he is going to burn."

“Calculating machine cost is hard for contractors. Anybody can get a price from a rental yard, but really knowing what a machine will cost you to do a particular job such as removing tree stumps or excavating rippable rock, is difficult. Depending on exactly what work you are doing with a $150,000.00 machine, your cost might change by thousands of dollars on a single job!" says Mr. Rooks.

Constructing Estimating Institute will not be selling the software. Mr. Rooks said the Institute’s role in developing the technology was “to provide sound principles of estimating for which the software makes the complex calculations fast and easy”. Worldwide sales will be handled through Decisive Systems Inc. and major construction estimating software suppliers.

Based in Sarasota Florida, Construction Estimating Institute is a twenty year old, not-for-profit educational organization dedicated to providing the construction industry continuing education for management and estimating.

For more information on this new technology contact:

Dan Rooks
drooks@estimating.org

Construction Estimating Institute
Sarasota, FL 34242
www.estimating.org
1-800-423-7058