• Votes

    5

    Why does the takeoff window have to be closed to access layout or ...

    If the "Assembly Takeoff" window is open, the following icons "gray" out: Info, Layout, Combine, Adjust Column, Move/Copy, Sort Sequence. You have to close the ...
  • Votes

    4

    Entering multiple subcontractor names into the bid grid

    Entering multiple subcontractor names into the bid grid in the older version (Pervasive) could be done by selecting multiple contractors in one trade list. There was also ...
  • Votes

    4

    Concurrent User Licensing

    Like any other major estimating system on the market today all use concurrent user licensing. It is much more productive to all be working in the same estimate. The merge ...
  • Votes

    4

    Base Productivity & Productivity Factors

    Adjusting the "Labor Productivity Factor" changes the "Labor Productivity", and the "Labor Base Productivity" remains unchanged as it should. However, when you adjust the ...
  • Votes

    4

    Setting up database Resources and Crews needs IMPORT and EXPORT from ...

    No building GC wants to type in hundreds or thousand of resources manually when he could import at the click of a button. No billion dollar heavy/civil contractor who ...
  • Votes

    4

    Estimate opening from incorrect database

    Since we upgraded from Pervasive database to SQL in Estimating 20.1, when users open an existing estimate, the estimate opens up in the incorrect database. Users have to ...
  • Votes

    4

    Calculate Labor Productivity in Overline

    In 18.11 If I manually fill the total Takeoff Quantity in the Overline, The program will calculate the Material Cost/Unit in the Overline. I would like to calculate the ...
  • Votes

    4

    Conditional formatting

    I would love to have the ability to allow for different row formatting, based on WBS values. This would allow us to highlight new items, or items to be discussed, or any ...
  • Votes

    4

    Create Shared and Personal totals page templates

    Create Shared and Personal totals page templates similar to Layouts and Reports. Those added features were worth the effort to switch to SQL alone. There should also be ...
  • Votes

    4

    Address Book Needs to have Security on who can add companies to the ...

    Also needs to sync with Sage 300 and have the vendor code in estimating address book to relate to vendor. .
  • Votes

    4

    "Below the line" items on totals page

    Sometimes we will have items that need to be included as lump sums on the totals page - preconstruction fee and previously bought bid packages are two examples - that we ...
  • Votes

    4

    Alternates Summary Page v 3.0

    Alternates in 18.12 are cool. v 1.0 in 18.11 math was a challenge, not worth using. v2.0 in 18.12 the math works but even more cool would be an alternates summary page ...
  • Votes

    4

    Multiple Line Item Attachments

    It would be nice to be able to attach multiple files to a line item in estimating. There are regular occurrences where you would want to attach a specification, a quote, ...
  • Votes

    4

    Report Writing

    Built-in report writing is very limited with the options Sage offers. At the very least we'd like to see the ability to export directly to Microsoft Word. Would also ...
  • Votes

    4

    Audit Trail Management System

    I would really like to see a better audit trail that could be restored at any given time. Something that is live with in the application rather than a print out report.
  • Votes

    3

    Labor Productivity Work Hours(WH) WH/Unit vs Unit/WH (Hensel Phelps)

    You can only setup items with one of these methods. Why cant another column be inserted that does the inverse for your? 0.008 WH/SF vs 125 SF/WH or 5 WH/TON vs 0.2 ...
  • Votes

    3

    Notes within the body of the estimate to help differentiate between ...

    We have moved from an older estimating software that would allow us to make notes at the spreadsheet level and at the item or assembly entry level. This was extremely ...
  • Votes

    3

    Monitor Zoom Settings should NOT affect text print size.

    I use my computer with the monitors set to 125% zoom to more comfortably see the content. The zoom setting causes my reports to print incorrectly and too large. ...
  • Votes

    3

    View two totals pages side-by-side

    In Timberline Pervasive, you could view two Totals pages side-by side. In Sage SQL Estimating you can only view one at a time. Please put the feature in the SQL version.
  • Votes

    3

    Import one time items

    I would be a HUGE time saver if we could import (Excel) multiple one time items to a phase.