Asphalt

Asphalt Estimating Solutions from Benchmark Estimating Software Asphalt Contractors deal with a wide range of construction and maintenance projects. In such a diverse and competitive industry, producing accurate, professional and consistent quotes quickly is a critical part of your operations.

Benchmark Estimating Software provides Asphalt Contractors with a “one-stop-shop” for all of your estimating, quoting and market share analysis needs. Our Software is easy to use, easily tailored to your operations and speeds up your quoting process for a competitive advantage.

Benchmark Estimating Software is also very flexible, offering you a standardised estimating solution for all Projects you undertake:

For repetitive day-to-day quotes you can run a “Routine”.
For larger projects you can add Items from your “Item Library”.
And for your larger maintenance tenders you can use “Power Routines”.

When you have priced your project, you can Email your Quote directly from Benchmark Estimating Software as a PDF document, and record your market share at the click of a button. You can Quote on the same job to different Clients with ease and select from a Library of Standard and Special Conditions to appear on your Quotes, to save re-typing and eliminate unforeseen costs.

We have worked with many of the largest Asphalt companies in Australasia over the past 15 years. Our long relationship with the asphalt industry has resulted in a software system that solves many of the common day-to-day challenges that Asphalt companies face.

Below are just some of the Benchmark Estimating Software features that can help you produce better Asphalt and Spray Seal (Surface Dressing) estimates.

Routines

Pricing repetitive Asphalt Projects with many parameters is made easy with Benchmark Estimating Software’s Routines function.

Equally suited for day-to-day quotes through to more complicated items in larger estimates, Routines take the guesswork out of Asphalt and Spray Seal estimating. They provide you with a list of questions (like a checklist) and all you need to do is answer these questions; the Routine calculates your Labour, Plant, Materials and Subcontract quantities and costs for you and builds your estimate automatically.

The screenshot to the right shows a sample Asphalt Routine; the questions in your Routines are completely customisable to your business.

Power Routines

If you price large Asphalt or Spray Seal (Surface Dressing) Maintenance tenders, where you have many roads to price and where there is a similar operation at each road, then Power Routines can save you many hours of work. Designed for the Asphalt industry, Power Routines streamline the consistent preparation of these types of estimates, giving you more time to review and fine tune your pricing and increase your chance of winning these lucrative contracts.

Regionalisation

Some Asphalt companies operate across a wide geographical area where pricing varies. For those that do, controlling the estimating and quoting process, as well as capturing and reporting on market share data, can be a challenge. Benchmark Estimating Software’s Regionalisation feature solves these and many related challenges for you.

Regionalisation allows you to have a different price for the same Resource (Labour, Material, Plant, Subcontract) in your Resource Library depending on the geographical area in which it is used. It also allows you to ‘regionalise’ the many other Libraries in Benchmark Estimating Software (e.g. Clients, Suppliers) so your users only see the data that is relevant to the Region they are pricing in.

Together with the power of a Microsoft SQL Server database, Regionalisation helps you to achieve a single estimating database from which to generate your market share reporting. This offers many other benefits including greater control of costs, more efficient data administration, greater consistency, and a competitive advantage.

Regionalisation is an exclusive feature to our Corporate Edition of Benchmark Estimating Software.

Cartage Calculator

Benchmark Estimating Software’s cartage calculator automatically calculates the cost of cartage based on the cartage distance for your Project. This feature can take into account a flag fall and distance included for each cartage-based Resource and helps to standardise your estimating process.

Quotes

Benchmark Estimating Software generates professional Quote reports which you can email direct to your client as a PDF document. All Quotes can be customised with your company logo and you can include your own Standard and Project Specific Conditions.

You can select from standard Quote reports including Quotations with or without tax, Rate Only Quotations, a Schedule of Rates submission and a Tender Letter. You can also use the popular Quote with Options feature to prepare a professional quote in the format and with the data you and your client require.

Benchmark Estimating Software’s Microsoft Word Quote Template feature is also popular in the Asphalt industry. As Asphalt companies strive to gain a competitive advantage, this feature is helping Asphalt companies stand out from their competitors and add value to their offer.

User Permissions and Authorisation

Our user based security and permissions allow you to take control of your quote authorisation processes. If a user attempts to authorise a quote when they have not been given permission to do so, Benchmark Estimating Software can notify their manager automatically. This ensures greater accountability and control of your estimating processes, and it will ensure that your Quotes are submitted within your target Margins.