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IntelliBid Feature Descriptions 23,000 Item Electrical Database with over 27,000 prebuilt Assemblies 23,000 Item Electrical Database with over 27,000 prebuilt Assemblies IntelliBid Version 4.0 includes a database of over 23,000 electrical material items with more than 27,000 prebuilt electrical assemblies with assembly options that expand the count to more than 200,000. The database can be modified or customized by the user to increase the number of items and assemblies or add materials specific to their industry. The database in IntelliBid has been developed over the years by former electrical contractors and estimators who know what it takes to get the job done right the first time. The ConEst database comes ready to use right out of the box. NEW! Online Material Pricing through NetPricer® Service With an online connection from IntelliBid to NetPricer® Service, you are provided instant, up-to-date material prices for accurate and aggressive bidding – your prices from your account at your supply house! Tra-Ser®, Epic® and Expert Estimator® Link This link allows the estimator to connect to the pricing service to either view or import items directly into the IntelliBid database and/or a special job file. 9 Material Columns for Custom Supply House Pricing The database of materials in each level of IntelliBid can be updated by i2 Tra-Ser or Epic pricing services. You can also create custom pricing for your local supply houses. Store and display pricing for 9 supply houses by setting up your vendor discounts for a material database that reflects your true material costs. The 1st column in IntelliBid represents Trade3C pricing and an 11th column allows you to ‘Cherry Pick’ by showing you the best price on each item, regardless of which supply house carries it.. Modify Database and Assemblies with Cut, Copy and Paste With IntelliBid you can add items to the material and assembly databases with Cut, Copy and Paste. Point and click your way to a custom database built to your specific needs. Database Items Search Functions Use the IntelliBid Explorer or Find function to search for materials in Item Maintenance and Item Library Maintenance. Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Open Database Connectivity in IntelliBid provides a uniform access method which allows the user to integrate their program database with other ODBC compliant programs such as Microsoft Project, Excel, Access, Word, etc. ODBC allows these other programs to use the data in IntelliBid. Custom exports to major accounting software packages IntelliBid is delivered with several custom export files for major accounting packages. For a list of accouting software that IntelliBid exports to, vist our Industry Links page http://www.conest.com/Industry-Links.asp and refer to the category for Account Software. Access Bar Lets You Moves Quickly between Program Functions The Access Bar in IntelliBid lets you move quickly and effortlessly through the estimating process. Point and click between screens to create or modify your estimate. The fewer mouse clicks you need to make, the faster you’ll get that bid out the door. Instant Takeoff with Untitled Job Begin takeoff instantly as soon as the program starts. No need to create a job just to get prices on a couple of items. Decide later if you want to keep the information or not. Easy Item Search in Takeoff Search the IntelliBid database by item description, manufacturer catalog number or IntelliBid's item number. Use the same dynamic search function to locate items that are already in your takeoff or to search for comments added into the estimate. Assemblies with Installation Degrees of Difficulty on Individual Items Set up your assemblies with distinct labor factors on each item. IntelliBid will automatically correct your labor units to address the requirements of each installation. Take off Items and Assemblies with Material,Labor and Quantity Adjustment Controls When taking off multiple installations, simply set the Quantity Control setting in IntelliBid to the installation count. The Takeoff and assembly item quantities will be adjusted automatically. Not all installations of like material should carry the same labor unit. Variables such as height, building construction, access and working conditions warrant adjustments to the standard labor unit. The estimator can easily factor the labor unit for these varying conditions by using the Labor Adjustment Controls in IntelliBid. Automatic Labor Factoring The Automatic Labor Factoring feature automatically combines all installation variables affecting labor such as building elevation, mounting height, parallel conduit runs, wires in a raceway, etc. to determine the final labor factor for each item. This feature brings a higher level of accuracy and consistency to all your estimates! Alarms for Missing Prices and/or Labor on Items before Calculating the Bid Total Have you ever missed entering a quote value in your estimating or Have you ever missed entering a quote value in your estimating or neglected to price or labor an item? How scary is that!? You can relax with IntelliBid as the program notifies you of missing prices and/or labor on items and allows on-the-fly entries. Before you can recap a bid with your final price, IntelliBid stops the bidding process with alarms that display all items and/or quotes that are incomplete. Job Spec The new Job Spec feature lets the user preset assembly group options and job settings for faster takeoff! The new Job Spec feature lets the user preset assembly group options and job settings for faster takeoff!
6 Levels of Job Difficulty plus Unlimited Installation Degrees of Difficulty Not all jobs are equal in difficulty. Installing the same material in a new or existing building carries different labor units. With IntelliBid, you can select from easy to very difficult labor levels. Onscreen Editing of Takeoff The takeoff Audit Trail cells in IntelliBid can be edited, and the information can be replaced for on-the-fly price, labor, or quantity total changes as you estimate. Cut, copy and paste items into the Takeoff Audit Trail. Phase Import and Cut/Copy/Paste with Material, Labor and Quantity Adjustment Controls Importing data and cut, copy and paste are standard functions of Windows applications. IntelliBid takes this technology one step further by allowing the user to control the quantities, labor units and material units during the paste operation. Old technology forces the user to manually modify lengths, counts, pricing and labor – IntelliBid does it all in one easy step. Takeoff with 4 Levels of Phase Breakdown Organize your takeoff into unlimited sheets. Break the estimate down by building, system, floor, area or installation and reference to drawings. This feature makes it easier for the estimator to find and access specific items and installations of Takeoff in addition to speeding the process of material procurement and labor resource scheduling. Unlimited Phase Breakdown Make as many takeoff sheets as you need. Break the estimate down into unlimited phases to expedite purchasing, project management, labor scheduling, job costing and a schedule of value. Pin-Down View Option During the process of selecting item library catalogs, the user can ‘pin down’ a particular view. The program automatically returns to the same view when prompted, avoiding the task of having to make additional selections. Modify Assemblies after Takeoff Add or delete items, change quantities, labor units, and pricing of assembly items. Change the quantity of the assembly, and IntelliBid will recalculate all the component quantities and extend the quantities on-screen in real time. Display Deleted Items This feature lets you view and restore any items you deleted from your takeoff. Work on More than One Job at the Same Time - Copy and Paste between Job Estimates Multiple Document Interface allows the user to view multiple jobs onscreen at the same time providing easy comparison and analysis of existing bids. This feature also provides the ability for the estimator to cut, copy and paste items between jobs. Calculator Functions
Drawing Reference Numbers Attach reference numbers to your drawings for each takeoff sheet in phase breakdown for systematic organization of your estimate. Job Cost Codes Set up user definable job cost codes to track costs in your accounting system. Filter, sort and generate reports to move estimated costs into project management and job costing systems. Quotation Analysis with Recap Tabs The Quotation Analysis, or ‘Best Buy’, feature in IntelliBid automatically scans each of your vendor quotes to select the best one to carry your in bid for aggressive pricing! With unit prices, you can also establish a best buy price for each item in the quote. View breakdowns by quotes, equipment and subcontractors. Multiple Bids from One Takeoff By selecting the phases you want in a bid, you can create as many bids as necessary in the same job. There's no need to create separate jobs and try to combine them later. For example, your bid includes a base bid and three alternates. If you create separate jobs you will get the bids, but what happens if you are told the customer has accepted the base bid and alternate 2. Now someone has to take hours to combine material and labor from the separate jobs. With IntelliBid this process will only take a few minutes. Built-in Video Training System Each level of IntelliBid comes with 24 built-in training videos. Using the screen cam controls that load with each video, the user can toggle between ConEst and the video for practice and easy learning. The videos are accessed through the program’s Help menu. Free Online Training Customers receive two online training sessions with their initial purchase of ConEst IntelliBid estimating software. Each session is 1:00 hour and :50 minutes of individual training with an instructor, and you can have as many employees as needed attend each session. Visit http://www.conest.com/support/trainingschedule.asp for more information about the training options offered through ConEst Software Systems. SMART SYSTEM™ TECHNOLOGY (available as add-on modules) The following features with a (*) are included in IntelliBid Plus and Pro and are available as individual add-on modules for IntelliBid Lite: * SmartSubstitution When changing from EMT to MC cable or copper to aluminum conductors, IntelliBid automatically resizes the conduit and changes the quantities, counts and lengths and all components of the installation to make the substitution correctly and completely based on built-in NEC tables. Not just Find and Replace – with IntelliBid it’s Smart Substitution. *Advanced Breakout Use Advanced Breakout when you need to know unit prices for one item or multiple items in your estimate. When you need to know the cost breakdown for a 200-amp feeder, simply highlight the feeder and IntelliBid will give you the per-foot cost instantly. Use Advanced Breakout to identify daily work tasks for project management and labor or material scheduling. *AssemblyVue Preview an assembly before takeoff. AssemblyVue lets you see a list of all the items, along with the multipliers and labor factors, many with bitmap images. *ItemVue View all the details about an item onscreen before takeoff, many with bitmap images.. This feature also makes it easier to edit items in the database. *JobVue View job conditions using the built-in JPG image viewer in IntelliBid to display images from your digital camera right on screen during takeoff. Having a picture of a job site available during takeoff helps the estimator determine the need for additional labor, material or change orders. *Scaler PC Interface Link a Scalex® Digital PlanWheel directly to IntelliBid. The scaler makes it easy for you to take off items and run measurements directly from your drawings for instant input into IntelliBid. *Digitizer Interface Connect a GTCO® Digitizer to IntelliBid for increased speed and accuracy when measuring and counting items on your drawings. Connecting a GTCO tablet to your program will speed the time it takes to go from estimate to bid. The following features with a (**) are included in IntelliBid Pro and are available as individual add-on modules for IntelliBid Lite and IntelliBid Plus: **Temporary Assemblies Some jobs require material assemblies that are specific to a particular installation type. With the Temporary Assembly feature in IntelliBid, the estimator can create an assembly specific to any individual installation right in takeoff. If desired, the user can then add the assembly to the permanent database for use with future bids. Quick, timesaving and efficient...Temporary Assemblies! **Change Orders With the Change Order feature, you can create an estimate within the original estimate without having to open and track a separate job and without affecting the original bid. Link the estimate and change order to ConEst's project management software, JobTrac, to track your project and any changes to the original contract. **Network Administrator/Multi-User Support The Network Administrator allows all your IntelliBid programs to share job and database files concurrently over a local or wide area network environment. All your estimators can work on the same job at the same time, to get a large bid done much more quickly. When each estimator completes their portion of the takeoff, the estimate is done and ready to submit - no need to merge job files running the risk of altered quantities and prices. Generate more bids with greater accuracy in less time it takes to estimate the old fashioned way! Remote access to IntelliBid is easy with Citrix® or PCAnywhere™, giving your estimators and project managers a chance to make edits or changes to the jobs right from the field! Multi-user security in IntelliBid lets you set user passwords for limiting access to your valuable database. The Job Manager feature allows you to establish user level security on a per job basis. You can relax with the peace of mind of knowing that your jobs and your database are secure with IntelliBid The following features with a (***)are included in IntelliBid Design Build and are also available as individual add-on modules for IntelliBid Lite, IntelliBid Plus and IntelliBid Pro:: ***CAD Interface Link IntelliBid with your CAD system for complete design build capability. ***Electrical Formulas & Zonal Cavity Lighting for Design Build Projects Calculate series segment voltage drops, services and feeders, fault currents, load calculations, motor calculations, conduit, box and wireway fill and more! The program’s zonal cavity lighting feature combines the task of lighting design with the takeoff process. Calculate lighting requirements based on room dimensions and floor and ceiling colors. ***SureCount† Link – Symbol Recognition Software This feature links IntelliBid to SureCount Symbol Recognition Software. With SureCount, you simply scan your blueprints into a computer and import the files into the SureCount system. Once inside the system, SureCount's interface can be used to identify the symbols you want to search for right from a blueprint key. Each symbol can then be associated with a part name and cost and entered into the search cue. With a click of a button, SureCount goes to work counting each and every symbol located in the specified blueprint files. In minutes, a detailed report showing the counts and total costs can be printed out. †Patent Pending DATABID™ Voice/Data/Video Database for Structured Cabling Contractors DataBid Voice/Data/Video Database Available as an add-on database for IntelliBid Lite, Plus or Pro, DataBid provides an industry-smart database of over 45,000 data cabling material items from leading manufacturers including Thomas & Betts, HellermanTyton, Southwick, Belden, Avaya and more, complete with labor units and prebuilt data cabling assemblies! ANNUAL MAINTENANCE – PRODUCT UPGRADES ConEst Value Added Service Plan "You Bought The Best - Keep It Current" That's the idea behind the ConEst Value Added Service Plan. With the Plan, customers receive all upgrades for their ConEst programs released during their term of service. With the guarantee of at least one new CD with each renewal of the Plan, customers are also notified each time there is a new release or enhancement for ConEst products. Any upgrades released after customers have received their free CD upgrade can be downloaded from the ConEst Online Service Center. The Plan also provides Customers with unlimited, toll-free phone support for the term of service, free online and email support, and one free online training with each annual renewal. We stand behind our products and our customers who use them! |