Social Media Ideas for Xactimate

Xactimate Wasn’t Low Enough: The Internal Claims Manual for Paying Even Less

My recent article, “Who Is ITEL Total Price Really Good For?” asked whether fulfillment-backed pricing will produce accurate claims and quality restorations or merely help insurers...

Evaluating Commercial Replacement Cost Estimates: Beyond the Numbers Part 2

This is the second in our series of guest posts from Michael Gay. Check out his bio at the end. The Estimator Is a Tool, Not an Appraiser Commercial replacement cost estimating sys...

Karen Clark Rolls Out Severe Convective Storm Model 5.0

Karen Clark & Co. has announced its latest severe convective storm model—Version 5.0—now with a new option on roof values. “While previously, roof replacement cost was assumed...

Sharpen your estimating skills with this advanced workshop

sharpen-your-estimating-skills-with-this-advanced-workshop

The Folly of 10 and 10 in the New Age of Insurance Pricing Pressure

I recently wrote two articles about iTEL Total Price and a TrueLine pricing procedure that appears to use Xactimate as a ceiling and then apply fixed discounts below it. 1 Those ar...

How Construction Estimating Software Improves Bid Accuracy: 5 Fixes When Drawings Change

The post How Construction Estimating Software Improves Bid Accuracy: 5 Fixes When Drawings Change appeared first on UK Construction Blog. The bid is ready. Then a half-clouded plan...

Who Is ITEL Total Price Really Good For?

Several people involved in property restoration have recently sent me information about a new claims-pricing product called ITEL Total Price. Their warning is remarkably consistent...

Evaluating Commercial Replacement Cost Estimates: Beyond the Numbers Part 1

This is the first in a series of guest posts by Michael Gay. Check out his bio at the end. A commercial building is insured for $3 million. Then it is destroyed by fire and the pro...

Free Calculator Helps HVAC Contractors Set Labor Rates

The free HVAC Labor Rate Calculator from EstimateKit takes a shop’s technician wages, labor burden, fixed overhead, billable hour efficiency, and target net margin and returns the...

Drywall Estimating Software: A Contractor’s Guide to Faster, More Accurate Bids

Stop losing margin to bad takeoffs. See how drywall estimating software with AI-powered detection cuts errors and speeds up bidding. The post Drywall Estimating Software: A Contrac...

Estimating Edge Shows How As-Built Plans Inform Future Construction Bids

Estimating Edge Explores How to Move Estimates Into Jobs Without Losing Data

From measurement to money in one afternoon

from-measurement-to-money-in-one-afternoon

What the Best Estimators Already Know

Two STACK consultants trace estimating's evolution from paper takeoffs to AI, and explain why a defensible number still matters more than any tool. The post What the Best Estimato...

JobNimbus launches in-estimate homeowner financing for roofing contractors

jobnimbus-launches-in-estimate-homeowner-financing-for-roofing-contractors

FieldFlЕЌ Launches Takeoff & Estimating, Finally Giving Demolition, Abatement, and Remediation Contractors a Too...

New AI-powered platform takes specialty contractors from bid through closeout in a single system, replacing the spreadsheets, generic software, and guesswork the industry has relie...