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Palm
Estimating
The Need
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Estimators
need a way to increase efficiency and lessen the chance for
error when collecting estimate information in the field. With
Palm Estimating from Timberline, users can have access to the
same Precision estimating data they use in the office. Cover
page information, item numbers and descriptions, assembly
numbers and descriptions, WBS codes, variables and variable
help can all be stored on a hand-held device. This ensures
estimators have the information they need to collect all of
the project details necessary to deliver an accurate, complete
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The Technology
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Designed for
hand-held Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) devices, Palm
Estimating equips estimators with all the tools needed to
perform detailed takeoffs remotely. Then when convenient, data
can be transferred to Precision desktop software to instantly
generate a detailed estimate or change order. With Palm
Estimating, there's a much better chance of collecting all the
necessary dimensional information to create a bid the first
time. That's because the software lets users take a subset of
the Precision database from the desktop into the field to use
as a checklist for takeoff, just like thousands of Precision
estimators do in their offices every day. |
The Benefits
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Palm Estimating lets
users access existing estimate information or create brand new
estimates right on the spot. All the project information can
be logged in one place, keeping estimators better organized
and ready to make additions and changes as needed.
Timberline's Palm
Estimating:
- Lets users take off key
project information on a hand-held Personal Digital
Assistant (PDA) device
- Runs on 3Com® Palm
Computing® operating system, version 3.0 or higher
- Stores a subset of the
Precision database on the hand-held device to ensure
collection of all the dimensional information needed to
create an estimate
- Transfers data to Precision
desktop software generating full, detailed bids and change
orders
- Displays estimate cover page
information, item numbers and descriptions, assembly
numbers and descriptions, WBS codes, variables and
variable help
- Lets users attach notes to
an item, assembly or estimate
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Status
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In May 16, 2000,
Timberline Software Corporation announced its first release of
Palm Estimating. With Palm Estimating, estimators can take off
key project information on hand-held PDA devices at the work
site, then transfer the collected data to Precision estimating
desktop software to generate complete, detailed estimates and
change orders. |
Barriers
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Palm Estimating is
part of Timberline's Precision Collection® of construction
estimating software-a full line of estimating products
designed specifically for the construction industry. Palm
Estimating requires the use of Precision Estimating desktop
software. |
Points of Contact
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Sage Software
Contact: Vicki Roberge
Product Marketing Manager, Sage Timberline Office
Phone: 503-439-5302
Fax:: 503-439-5960
Email: vicki.roberge@sage.com |
Disclaimer Statement
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Neither the Construction
Industry Institute nor Purdue University in any way endorses this
technology or represents
that the information presented can be relied upon without further investigation. |
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