HBXL Educational Software Products Overview
HBXL have 4 core software packages that can assist students and apprentices in understanding key estimating, design and health and safety concepts whilst learning how to utilize IT to gain a competitive advantage in the real world.
The HBXL software suite is a professional set of software tools used by builders and tradespeople all over the UK that will help students learn the practical use of software in the industry and get ahead in their understanding of how IT can help them in the future.
The suite of HBXL Educational Software comprises of:
EstimatorXpress: Estimating and project management software

The UK’s market leading estimating software produces accurate, professional estimates quickly and easily, and has project management tools to assist students in understanding Gantt charts, material and labour schedules and how to lay out cost reports. Simply input dimensions into EstimatorXpress and watch how it costs and schedules all materials, labour and plant for the job.
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PlansXpress: CAD software for builders, not architects
Students can easily learn how to use CAD software to draw professional building plans and elevations to architect standard. PlansXpress is designed for builders (not architects) and therefore is a practical software tool that students are likely to use in their future (unlike other CAD software which is not applicable to their future working lives.)
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Health & Safety Xpert: Learning the paperwork required by law
Ensuring builders fulfill health and safety obligations is paramount for an industry that tops the UK for deaths and serious injuries. Health & Safety Xpert identifies the risks on a job and suggests control measures to improve the Control Risk Ratings. Documents produced by Health & Safety Xpert give students the knowledge to produce compliant paperwork in the future and know what the risks are.
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