Construction Estimating Software

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• Construction Estimating Software

Solution Introduction
Jeff Gerardi President www.proest.com
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Construction Industry

• In the construction industry today nearly 75
  of all
• contractors use Microsoft Excel for their
  estimating.
• This leaves a huge opportunity to present a
  quicker, easier
• to use solution that will ultimately help
  increase revenues
• by making the estimating process more efficient.

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What is ProEst Estimating?

• ProEst is a software solution that replaces
• Microsoft Excel based estimating systems
• QuickBooks basic estimating module
• Manual estimating methods
• ProEst automates existing processes
• Maintaining a shared database of material, labor
  and equip
• Updating of costs including material and labor
• Producing proposals for work to be performed
• Integration into QuickBooks Enterprise
• ProEst helps increase revenues
• Win more jobs by estimating more work.
  A 50 time savings allowing you
  to produce more estimates in
  the same amount of time.
• Win more jobs by knowing your exact profit
  margin allowing more intelligent
  negotiating.

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Solving Customer Needs

• How ProEst Meets Critical Customer Needs
• The Integration of ProEst Estimating with
  QuickBooks
• Improve Estimating Speed and Efficiency
• Allow Shared access to a construction database
• Automatically generate proposals
• Key Requirements for the right Estimating
  Solution
• Must be easy to use and operate
• Must come with pre-built construction databases
• Must Integrate with other business applications

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Target Customer Profile

• Business Types
• General Commercial Contractors, Residential
  Builders
• Sub-Contractors including Electrical, Mechanical,
  Landscape, Specialties.
• Business Size
• Employees 10 to 500
• Revenue 1 million and up
• Organizational Characteristics
• Multiple users requiring a shared database of
  information
• Product Used by Estimators, Project Managers and
  Owners
• Key Need Be able to generate quick accurate
  estimate in a consistent format throughout the
  business
• Typical Business Management Solutions Deployed
• QuickBooks
• Microsoft Project
• ProEst Estimating

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Solution Overview

• ProEst Key Features Functionality
• Intuitive, easy to use interface
• Master Database is shared by multiple users
• Directly integration with QuickBooks Enterprise
• Competitive Advantages Brand Attributes
• Intuit Gold Level IDN Member
• Trusted, proven solutions with over 30 years of
  experience
• Customer feedback drives innovation and all
  development
• QuickBooks Enterprise Integration Overview
• Quick, simple interface with no necessary setup
• Automatically recreates the estimate in
  QuickBooks
• Imports QuickBooks clients, vendors and the chart
  of accounts
• End-User Pricing
• ProEst Lite 995 ProEst Standard 1995 ProEst
  Pro 2995
• All levels include integration with QuickBooks

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ProEst in Action

• Now lets take a look at ProEst Estimating in
  action!

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Resources Available

• ProEst Web Site
• www.proest.com
• ProEst Website Resources
• ProEst Case Studies
• ProEst Marketing Collateral
• ProEst Product Reviews
• ProEst Downloadable Demos
• Technical Support Resources
• ProEst Service Plans
• ProEst Users Manuals
• ProEst Web-Base Training
• ProEst Classroom Training
• Email Support

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Contact Information

• Sales Information
• Jeffrey Gerardi, President
• Phone [phone] x104
• Email jeffg_at_proest.com
• ProEst Technical Support
• Support Line 858-348-1374
• Support Email support_at_proest.com
• Primary Web Site
• www.proest.com