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Tuesday, 18 August 2009

Data sharing technology from HBXL that links the processes of plans, estimating and health & safety into one

Now project details need only be input once saving builders huge amounts of time that would otherwise be spent pulling together separate plans, drawing up an estimate and making sure health and safety paperwork is up to date. In other words, builders now have access to one very powerful construction tool allowing them to confidently tackle every stage of a job.

Incorporating their four powerful, yet easy to use software packages - PlansXpress, EstimatorXpress, Health & Safety Xpert and ContractsXpert - builders will be able to draw their own building plans (or scan existing plans into the software) which will then be directly interpreted into a totally accurate estimate with a full breakdown of costs and building contract. In addition all the health and safety paperwork can be automatically produced to satisfy the builder’s paperwork obligations including the latest CDM 2007 regulations.

Developed by a builder who knows what builders need, this new interconnected suite of software is the brainchild of Adrian Wild, the managing director at HBXL. Adrian said: “Interpreting a set of building plans into an accurate estimate has never been a particularly easy exercise to undertake.
Previously neither ‘spoke’ to each other, meaning builders had to learn how to use different types of systems and enter info twice – once into the CAD package and again into the estimating software- followed by the process of writing up a building contract.

“At the same time, once you’ve got the job and you’re on site, there’s the issue of keeping the health and safety paperwork right up to date. And at a time when the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is making more random inspections, making sure you’re covered has never been more important.”

Adrian added: “HBXL’s suite of software packages deal with all of this simply and efficiently. Some builders are put off the design and plans aspect of a project because there has never been any software that a builder could easily master. But through our suite of products, builders can offer customers the complete build package from professionally presented drawings and visuals to totally accurate estimates and build programmes.

“If a customer already has a set of plans, PlansXpress allows the builder to import the drawings and trace over them onscreen to fully cost the project giving 3D visuals, professional quotes and schedules.”

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