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Comprehensive Guide to Key Features in Quantity Takeoff Software

Quantity Takeoff software has drastically transformed the construction takeoff process. What was once a somewhat tedious, manual task, became efficient and automated, thus aiding the overall management, communication and timeframe of a project. Minimizing errors, improving the speed and efficiency in which tasks are done and setting up predefined rules and methods for calculating quantities,…

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Navigating Budgets: Revealing Strategies for Success in Construction Project Estimations

Moving beyond bricks and paint, a construction project is comprised of many different components that contractors need to account for. Taking into account materials, labor, equipment, permits, fees, taxes, interest, and overhead costs, it is imperative to create effective tracking systems for budget and cashflow estimations. Construction Budgeting (CB) software bridges the gap between implementation…

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New version of ExtrAXION now available

If you haven’t received it already, beware! A new version of ExtrAXION is coming your way. As you know, ExtrAXION is our own professional tool that helps you simplify and accelerate engineering tasks such as costing and managing, to facilitate your project at the bidding and construction stage. With users in more than 30 countries,…

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An Alconsoft retrospective

Yannis Makarounis and George Kiortsis have been working together for over thirty years. Their first entrepreneurial venture was in the 1990s, when they founded a prominent software start-up. They saw their first venture through a major merger in 1999, and then went on to found Alconsoft in 2005. Alconsoft is a software company developing solutions…

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