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Balfour Beatty
DESTINI Estimator has become a foundation for how we deliver preconstruction services. It's allowed us to tie our estimates more closely to design, collaborate across teams more effectively, and be more responsive to client needs
TL;DR
Balfour Beatty used spreadsheets and separate systems to manage estimates across regions. This led to lost historical data, lower accuracy, and frequent data reentry. Cost assumptions were buried in individual files.
By using DESTINI Estimator, they replaced legacy spreadsheets, improved visibility into cost assumptions, and standardized estimate creation across regions.
Impact
- Centralized estimating system
- 30% time savings
- 70% improved visibility
The Challenge
Balfour Beatty’s preconstruction team needed to improve the speed, consistency, and transparency of their estimating efforts across regions. Using spreadsheets and disconnected systems made it difficult to maintain historical data, ensure accuracy, and adapt quickly to project changes.
Estimators were working in silos, creating redundant processes and leaving valuable lessons learned buried in individual files. Leadership recognized the need for a unified estimating platform to foster better collaboration, improve access to historical cost data, and reduce inefficiencies.
The Solution
Balfour Beatty selected DESTINI Estimator to centralize preconstruction data and streamline collaboration across teams and offices. The platform empowered the team to:
- Replace legacy spreadsheets with a centralized estimating system
- Improve visibility into cost assumptions and changes throughout the project lifecycle
- Enable consistent workflows and templates across regional teams
- Leverage historical data for more informed, accurate estimates
The implementation not only aligned estimating teams but also created a scalable foundation for data-driven decision-making across the business.
The Results
Balfour Beatty has many clients, like school systems, that have multiple projects. Their estimating teams all had a different way of producing estimates and none of them looked the same. Landon says, “Our product looked and felt different.” With so many estimates having different line items, this was confusing to owners.
DESTINI Estimator construction estimating software streamlines Balfour Beatty’s efforts and helped them establish standard operating procedures (SOPs) so that all estimates look the same. The standardized database means no one is adding or removing line items.
Further, with DESTINI Estimator’s Team Estimating feature—everyone on the precon team can work in the same estimate at the same time.
The major benefit of this, Landon says, is “The more standardized your estimates are, the more valuable and useful that information is.”
