What does EstimatorXpress^® Groundworks Trade edition do?

EstimatorXpress is designed by a builder with 25 years experience in the trade and an expert on estimating and project management.

Adrian Wild, founder of HBXL, produced EstimatorXpress to speak a language the construction industry understands. It's packed full of estimating and project management features to make sure you win the job, stick to budget, make a decent profit and complete the project on time!

With the tailor-made Groundworks Trade edition you can cost any Groundworks or Landscaping job – it can allow for the right quantity of skips, hire costs of machinery, materials and labour. Whatever your job EstimatorXpress will not only price it up to the penny but work out how to manage the project as well.

1. Create a new estimate in seconds with the estimate wizard
2. 40+ clever calculators price up the job
3. Fully customisable labour and plant rates
4. Latest material costs at your fingertips
5. Exclusive! Link to your merchant account
6. Calculates all profit, wastage and inflation
7. 80+ reports and professional customer quotes
8. Support and updates from day one

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1. Create a new estimate in seconds with the estimate wizard

Use the speedy Estimate Wizard to take you through creating each estimate in just 9 quick steps.
Copy existing estimates and amend basic dimensions to quote similar jobs in even less time. Just download latest prices to update the costs!

Choose from a range of different groundworks orientated calculators. Then the Estimate Wizard guides you through creating your estimate in some simple steps

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2. 40+ clever calculators price up the job

Simply enter dimensions into the diagram and EstimatorXpress accurately calculates all the resources you need such as concrete, hardcore, ventilators, cement, sand, sub-base, DPC, DPM, adhesive, labour and plant… No guesswork. Nothing is missed. EstimatorXpress has workbooks for demolition, drains, external works, flooring, landscaping, renovation, services installation - the list goes on. A job can be estimated in just 5 minutes by simply amending the dimensions on the picture.

Section through of Slab - Simply add the dimensions or use the default measurements to create quick, accurate esimates

Paving can be done in just 5 minutes... Estimating the materials, labour and plant required

The calculators are built using over 20 years of building experience.

Default values are pre-programmed into the calculators. You can choose to keep them or change as necessary.

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No other estimating software can boast the flexibility or simplicity of EstimatorXpress with detailed drawings throughout for inputting your dimensions.
Simply work your way through the drawings entering dimensions and answering Yes/No questions. And that's it! Gravel, pipes, couplings, joints - all priced up in an instant.

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3. Fully customisable labour and plant rates

EstimatorXpress comes set up with all labour and plant costs built-in. It's just a 10-minute job to update the prices to the rates you charge. We know that labour rates can vary significantly within any one town, city or area and so it's important that you have the flexibility to easily update the rates to reflect your business.
Choose to charge on day rates, hourly, per M³ - the choice is yours! Just highlight the labour resource and confirm how much you charge – then every job will use your rates for complete accuracy.

Amending your labour price book is a quick 10 minute job. Just highlight the labour resource and confirm how much you pay them – then every job will use your rates for complete accuracy. You can use either an hourly rate, day rate – or simply priced work. You choose.

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4. Latest material costs at your fingertips

Every new customer gets a link to Price Tracker^™ - a live link to hundreds of materials at trade prices - which HBXL keep up-to-date for you.

Latest material prices from your merchant

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You can also add in your own materials from specialist merchants and EstimatorXpress will colour code these materials for you to prompt you to keep them up-to-date.

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5. Exclusive! Link to your merchant account

Exclusive to EstimatorXpress is the function to link your software to one of our merchant partners. You can choose to link to Builders Express, Screwfix, Electricfix, Plumbfix, TradePoint, Jewson, Travis Perkins, Keyline, Builderwarehouse and Graham. Plus more coming soon...

Please note: merchant links are only available to merchant account holders. You must own a copy of EstimatorXpress to access these prices. Accounts with TradePoint, Plumbfix & Electricfix are subject to membership validation. Each merchant link costs £25+VAT per year and is renewable annually.

Download material prices into EstimatorXpress from our merchant partners

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6. Calculates all profit, wastage and inflation

It's often easy to forget to factor in the wear and tear of a shovel, rake or bucket. Ensure you make maximum profit by including every item in your estimate - every time!

Detailed cost breakdowns show your costs precisely, so you know where they are incurred, helping you stick to budget

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7. 80+ reports and professional customer quotes

Produce cost and profit pie charts so you can see how much money you’ll make on the job before you start, plus cashflow graphs to control your finances. Get organised. Easily produce professional, full colour build programs to ensure your men are on site, on schedule to keep your project on track and on budget. EstimatorXpress automatically produces a complete schedule of materials down to the last cavity tray.

Get organized. Easily product professional, full colour build programs to ensure your men are on site, on schedule to keep your project on track and on budget.

EstimatorXpress automatically produces a complete cutting list of materials down to the very last nail.

As well as a full breakdown of costs, cutting lists, material schedules (Bill of quantities) and labour schedules it will also tell you how much profit you are going to make and provide cashflow analysis. Plus the new Stage Payment Calculator will help ensure you get paid on time.

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8. Support and updates from day one

Your estimating software comes with the HBXL Support and Updates programme so you can rest assured that superb, expert guidance is just a call away. Our dedicated team will get you up and running with ease. If you like, our Support Advisors can even troubleshoot your computer remotely using an internet connection.
HBXL Support and Updates also covers you for all software updates so you know you're always using the very latest technology from HBXL.

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