Name: Fast Estimate
Rating: 9 (2 reviews)
Author: Estek Limited

Customer Success

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Agile Development

Functional Testing

Image Recognition

Java Technologies

Service Mesh

Development

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Data Extraction

Dropshipping

Email Spam Filter

Emissions Management

Privacy Policy Generators

Enterprise

Accounting

Digital Banking

Finance and Accounting

401(k)

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

HR Compliance

HR Management

Payroll

Relocation

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Application Infrastructure

Cloud Storage

Data Deduplication

Data Privacy Management

Data Science

DevSecOps

Ethernet Switches

Fraud Detection

Governance, Risk & Compliance

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

IoT Device Management

Managed Private Cloud

Migration

Network Performance Monitoring

Sensitive Data Discovery

Testing Services

User Virtualization

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Audience Intelligence

Content Management

Digital Content Creation

Email Marketing

Market Intelligence

Marketing Automation

Social Media Advertising

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

URL Shorteners

Web Analytics

Marketing

Meeting Room Booking

Project Management

Professional Services

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Government Contracting

Sales Acceleration

Sales Engagement

Sales

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)

Security

Animation

Digital Forensics

Geographic Information

Insurance Suites

PCB Design

Physical Therapy

Tax Practice Management

Vertical-Specific

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Fast Estimate is a construction and estimation software offering from Estek Limited.

Bluebeam Revu is a PDF management, control, and editing tool. It enables collaboration and markup within shared documents across projects’ life cycles and has takeoff and bid creation capabilities.

Revu Standard

Revu CAD

Revu eXtreme

Procore is a project management software designed specifically for the construction industry. Procore is cloud-based and allows unlimited users per instance, so that construction team members and stakeholders can all access project information and documents.

Custom Bundle

Fast Estimate

Construction Management

Estek Limited

Construction Project & Field Management

Features related to collaboration between construction management and project execution (e.g. the office and the job site, general contractors and subcontractors)

Plan distribution & viewing

Users can compare different versions of plans, and view live updates/revisions to plans (usually from a mobile device in the field).

Plan markups & sharing

Users can annotate plans from the field and easily share plans/markups with other project stakeholders.

Document sharing

Users can share/attach other documents related to construction projects, such as specifications, contracts, drawings, etc.

Issue tracking & punchlists

Users can track issues from the field, and create punchlists upon substantial completion.

Photo documentation

Users can document construction progress and/or issues by uploading photos from the field.

Jobsite reports

Users can create and share reports on jobsite safety, daily progress, etc.

RFI tools

Users can create, send, receive, and archive Requests for Information (RFIs), to record exchanges with subcontractors, vendors, and other suppliers.

Collaboration & approvals

Users can comment, send messages, and/or approve documents.

As-built drawings

Users can generate as-built drawings upon project completion, to reflect the exact dimensions and materials of the final work, including any changes made to the initial plans during the construction process.

Mobile app

Users can easily access the system from the field on mobile devices such as phones and tablets.

Submittal design and management

Tools that allow users to draft and build submittals, track their status, submit them online, annotate submittal PDFs, and send submittal approval online.

Checklists

Construction checklists allow you to link important elements in your construction project. Construction checklists detail specific information of activities and phases in your project.

Meeting Minutes

Tools that help you keep track of minutes in meetings.

Specifications

Construction specifications, also called specs, are the details for the work that needs to be completed in a construction project.

Change orders

A change order (or variation order) is a component of the change management process in which changes in the scope of work (or project brief) agreed to by the client, contractor and architect are implemented.

Estimating

A set of tools and applications that allow contractors to forecast, track, monitor, and adjust the cost of building a structure.  Cost estimates are used by project owners to determine the scope and feasibility of a project, and also for budget allocation. Contractors also use cost estimates when deciding whether or not to bid on a project and for bid creation.

Takeoff tools

Allow users to list the materials and quantities they will need for the project either manually from hardcopy blueprints or electronically from digital blueprints.

Job costing

Tracking and monitoring of the costs of all materials, labor, subcontractors, & equipment required for a given construction project. Allows users to compare actual costs to estimated costs, see how the job is progressing, identify which parts of the job are using the largest parts of the budget.

Cost databases

Pulls information from online databases and aggregates it to allow contractors to compare prices of materials from different suppliers.

Cost calculator

Application that calculates cost of estimated quantities and materials, typically within spreadsheets.

Bid creation

Allows users to use bid packages or templates to quickly and efficiently create bids based off of cost estimates.

Human Resource Management

Organizing, tracking and providing instant access to critical employee data, job profiles, transfers, promotions, and benefits information.

Employee demographic data

Administrators have the ability to enter detailed demographic data for each employee.

Employment history

Employment history is the ability to track previous positions held.

Job profiles and administration

Job profiles and descriptions can be created and edited.

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

Employee move workflow provides the ability to move employees to different positions and apply pay raises.

Benefits information

Organizational charting

Organizational charting is the ability to create hierarchical charts.

Organization and location management

Organization and location management allows employees to be managed across multiple geographical locations.

Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

Compliance capabilities ensure full compliance with federal workplace regulations by capturing required data in central database.

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

Pay calculation

Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.

Support for external payroll vendors

Support for external payroll vendors is the ability to integrate with 3rd-party payroll services.

Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

Provide employees access to wages accrued during the pay period before the end of the pay cycle.

Payroll history for each employee

Benefit plan administration

Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.

Direct deposit files

Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.

Payroll tracking and auditing

Salary revision and increment management

Salary revision is the ability to modify individual employee pay.

Reimbursement management

Reimbursement management provides cash reimbursement for employee expenses related to business travel or other.

Statutory form management

Generation and management of tax forms (state and federal).

Asset Management

Maintaining a record of assets such as laptops, pagers, cell phones, etc. issued to employees. Record typically includes asset type, number, serial number and date of issuance.

Tracking of all physical assets

Tracking of track laptops, pagers, phones, and other company equipment.

Asset issue and transfer management

Asset return

Warranty and after-sales status maintenance contract tracking

Reporting & Analytics

Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.

Dashboards

Users can create, customize and share dashboards, which provide an overview of the most important metrics.

Fast Estimate

Overview

What is Fast Estimate?