Excel is excellent software for creating spreadsheets and offers flexibility; however, a preconstruction estimator's job demands more than just the equations functionality Excel offers.
If you are dependent on Excel for estimating, you also depend on multiple other tools to complete your estimates. And any time you must juggle multiple software that doesn’t talk to each other or integrate, you introduce the risk of losing information resulting in errors on estimates. Not to mention the time wasted on copying and pasting. Time you could be spending chasing new projects and analyzing data to make better business decisions.
Excel doesn’t:
Further, starting from scratch with each new estimate means you have no way to document and compare cost history. Excel is great for what it is designed to do but has so many limitations when it comes to the needs of preconstruction teams. We think it is time to consider switching from Excel to a robust, fully integrated construction estimating software like DESTINI Estimator.
With DESTINI Estimator, you can:
DESTINI Estimator features: