BOZEMAN, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Engineering Solutions, LLC today announced the launch of HeavyCivilEstimate.com, a website aimed at assisting civil engineers in the development of cost estimates and product or service research for design.
Developed by seasoned heavy-civil construction professionals with over 50 years of cost-estimating experience, HeavyCivilEstimate.com provides individuals who assemble cost estimates associated with heavy civil construction projects with a comprehensive toolbox. The site creates a connection at the “need point” between design engineers, cost estimators and vendors. Engineers and clients can collaborate in a secure environment, creating a virtual hub for those designing work, creating cost estimates, writing specifications and finding key vendors and service providers.
HeavyCivilEstimate.com is designed with tools covering four key activities for civil engineers: Creating project cost estimates from scratch or from templates; Sharing cost estimates, templates, and related information with their work groups in a secure location; Finding vendor specification and cost information quickly; and Reporting information to stakeholders and creating custom reports.
“It has been our experience that the basis of a good cost estimate starts with adequate Work Breakdown Structure, and that is at the heart of our new website,” explained Dan Hertel, Co-founder of Engineering Solutions, LLC and HeavyCivilEstimate.com. “We set out to create an environment that facilitates formation of complete cost structure, allows for web collaboration between team members, and provides a streamlined access point for designers and cost estimators to find valuable technical and cost information from relevant vendors when needed. We based the embedded work breakdown structure and cost templates on CSI MasterFormat®, which gives consistency to cost estimating as well as vendor and service provider listings.”
Civil Engineers, contractors, and owners of civil works projects are encouraged to visit the site and sign up at no cost. Once signed up, staff at HeavyCivilEstimate.com will create user and user group accounts with individual, secure, private URL addresses.
About Engineering Solutions, LLC
Engineering Solutions, LLC was co-founded by Dan Hertel, P.E. and Dave Hardy, two veteran construction professionals with over 50 years of leading and participating in heavy civil construction cost estimates and construction management. Engineering Solutions is a provider of cost estimating, constructability analysis, and value engineering consulting services. The www.heavycivilestimate.com site was created by Mr. Hertel and Mr. Hardy as a means to assist civil engineers in the task of design and cost estimating.