Quantity Surveying and Cost Estimation in MEP

Discuss the estimation software for MEP

Highrise ERP software

Highrise has been specialised as the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system catering to the Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) industries. This estimation software for the MEP industry caters to all the departments running on a centralised database.

This estimation software is user-friendly, which helps to facilitate the users to use the EPR system easily. The Highrise ERP software has been developed considering security, scalability and customizability aspects. The multilevel configurable security of this EPR software helps to facilitate linking the branch offices, head office and the project sites through the company’s intranet or internet.

Key features of Highrise ERP software

Material management feature

The Highrise ERP software is involved in the:

1. Registration and grading of the suppliers.
2. Handling the construction material requisition or indents from the project site.
3. Perform a cross-comparison against the estimates before approving them.
4. Helps to generate comparative statements.
5. Helps to generate purchase and transport orders with all taxation.
6. The Highrise ERP software helps to generate Goods Receipt Notes (GRNs) at the project site and gate register.
7. The Highrise ERP software also helps to generate import orders.

Contract management feature

The Highrise ERP software has another important function of contract management. The contract management system of the Highrise ERP software has been fully compliant with the different permutations & combinations of work orders that are required by the industry to be generated.

This design feature of the Highrise ERP software helps to achieve better labour management and an accurate tax management feature. This feature also helps to achieve better discipline in the execution of the contract. The contractor grading feature of this estimation software helps to improve value for money.

Marketing and sales management feature

The sales and marketing management is one of the important primary requirements for any builders, real estate developers and promoters. The Highrise ERP software offer marking and sales management features, which help to keep track of a customer's rights from the enquiry stage. The customer relationship management feature offered by the Highrise ERP software helps to provide a clear picture of their revenue pattern.

The Highrise ERP software helps to set the marketing budget for the specific project. This feature also helps to design various campaigns like radio, digital, print and others. The Highrise ERP software can also provide sales inventory along with the price list. In addition, the sale booking with price details and payment schedule with the applicable taxes has also been delivered by the Highrise ERP software.

Tender management and client billing feature

The tender management and client billing feature of the Highrise ERP software helps to capture all the required information of a tender enquiry. Thus, this feature helps to maintain greater transparency among the tendering department during the execution of the work.

HR and admin management feature

The HR and module of the Highrise ERP software help play an important role in the organisation, thus helping to capture the actual overhead costs and administration costs incurred in the construction project. This design feature of the Highrise ERP software also helps to capture the details of the employees, their earnings and deductions. The admin expenses provided by this estimation software help to provide a detailed view of the cost centre-wise expenses incurred.

Trimble Estimation MEP software

Trimble is another useful estimation software for the MEP industries, which enables contractors to complete the estimation process faster. The Trimble estimation MEP software helps to offer intuitive workflows and a material pricing feature, which helps to empower contractors to create faster, more accurate estimates and get more bids out the door.

Design features of the Trimble Estimation MEP software

➢ AI-powered integral graphical takeoff of the Trimble estimation software eliminates paperwork, speeds up takeoff and helps to eliminate data entry errors by measuring and marking up the drawings.
➢ The Trimble Estimation software offers a design item library and assembly, in which thousands of design items have been shown, most with the list prices from the industry-leading sources.

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➢ The Trimble Estimation software helps to create and customise design items and assemblies within an estimate by using the integrated assembly builder.

➢ The Trimble Estimation MEP software is also able to create a detailed labour estimate by leveraging the industry standard set of labour units.
➢ The Trimble Estimation software can also compile quotes from vendors and subcontractors, so the contractors can compare quotes to make the best decision for the MEP project.
➢ The Trimble Estimation software can also manage additional cost items, overhead, taxes, and markup, which helps to estimate the final numbers accurately and helps to win more bids.
➢ The Trimble Estimation software helps to connect the BIM design model to the estimate with just one click via a direct connection between SysQue detailing software and Estimation MEP.
➢ The Trimble Estimation software also enables the sharing of detailed data, as well as helps to simplify the project coordination among the stakeholders.