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Online New User Training Course – 19th-20th & 26th-27th March 2013

Location: ONLINE – The training will be run over 4 days – 3 hours each session.
All you need is a computer connected to the Internet and headphones.
Dates: 19th-20th & 26th-27th March, 2013 The classes will run from 9am-12pm.
Cost: £450 per person

Objectives of the New User Course

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Explain the benefits of resource-based (first principles) estimating
• Understand the basics of the Benchmark Estimating Software system
• Create an estimate within Benchmark Estimating Software using Items from a Library and also by creating new Items from first principles
• Import a bill of quantities into a Benchmark Estimating Software estimate
• Allow for profit, contingencies and overheads in an estimate
• Generate reports and quotations for an estimate
• Enter Valuations
• Understand the purpose and how to use features like Auto Allocate, Spread and Routines

Book your place now

Places are still available for this course but be quick as seats are limited. To claim your place simply email Amy-Ruth at amy-ruth@benchmarkestimating.co.uk or call our office on 0161 237 1155.

Benchmark Estimating Software in Australia have published a number of whitepapers and blog entries, written by field experts, including Benchmark CEO, Rob MacDonald, that cover topics such as Managed Motorways, parametric estimating, BIM (Building Information Modelling) and much more.

Please have a read by following these links:

Whitepapers

Benchmark Estimating Blog

Online New User Training Courses – 27th-28th November & 4th-5th December

Location: ONLINE – The training will be run over 4 days – 3 hours each session.
All you need is a computer connected to the Internet and headphones.
Dates: 27-28 November and 4-5 December, 2012. The classes will run from 9am-12pm.
Cost: £450 per person

Objectives of the New User Course

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Explain the benefits of resource-based (first principles) estimating
• Understand the basics of the Benchmark Estimating Software system
• Create an estimate within Benchmark Estimating Software using Items from a Library and also by creating new Items from first principles
• Import a bill of quantities into a Benchmark Estimating Software estimate
• Allow for profit, contingencies and overheads in an estimate
• Generate reports and quotations for an estimate
• Enter Valuations
• Understand the purpose and how to use features like Auto Allocate, Spread and Routines

Book your place now

Places are still available for this course but be quick as seats are limited. To claim your place simply email Amy-Ruth at amy-ruth@benchmarkestimating.co.uk or call our office on 0161 237 1155.

Benchmark Estimating Software has unveiled the latest version of their software series – Version 7.5. With smart new features, improved performance and seamless integration, Benchmark Estimating Software Version 7.5 is the most advanced estimating solution on the market.

Smart new features like Load Revision, the Project Comparator, Composite Items and additional estimate levels are ideal for today’s complex estimating challenges and provide users with greater flexibility to meet their customer’s needs.

Version 7.5 includes a user customisable ‘My Benchmark’ window that promises a more customisable user experience as well as increased personal productivity. A new database engine also offers average speed improvements of 400% on many features when compared to the previous version.

Integrating your estimating with your other business processes has also been made easier with the improved Integration Module in Version 7.5. Offering dynamic communication between Benchmark Estimating Software and your accounting ERP and/or job costing systems, the Integration Module helps organisations to eliminate double entry of data and maximise the productivity of their workforce.

Benchmark Estimating CEO Rob MacDonald has welcomed the release of Version 7.5 saying “this is the most advanced release of our software to date. Our aim was to provide users with an intelligent estimating system that offered advanced pricing features while still maintaining our trademark flexibility and ease of use and Version 7.5 has not disappointed. It’s smart, fast and it delivers a first rate user experience that you just don’t get with other systems”.

Version 7.5 is available now directly from the main Benchmark Estimating site or from our channel partners.

If you would like to know more about Benchmark Estimating Software Version 7.5 please visit the Product Features page, or our main Benchmark Estimating Software site.

As part of our ongoing commitment to customer support, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Benchmark Estimating Support Centre. This online service is available to customers who have an up-to-date Maintenance and Support Agreement and will help us to better serve our growing, global customer base.

From the Customer Support Centre you can:

• Ask questions of the Benchmark Estimating Software Support team
• Engage with the wider online community of estimating software users through our forums
• Request a new feature for Benchmark Estimating Software
• Track your questions and feature requests
• Search our knowledge base for answers and software tips.

We will be contacting clients with up-to-date maintenance over the coming weeks to set up your login to the Support Centre but if you would like to request a login and begin using the Support Centre immediately, please contact us.

If you are currently out of maintenance and would like to renew your Maintenance and Support Agreement please contact us.

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The Australian High Commission (Austrade) held a private dinner in Manchester on the 12^th October 2011, to which Benchmark Estimating were pleased to attend. Kym Fullgrabe, The Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner for the UK & Ireland invited business leads in the Northwest to promote trade links between the UK and Australia. Summarising over dinner, Kym described the staggering level of development planned for Western Australia, in excess of $75bn, not including the mining industry. An opportunity not to be missed!

As an Australian owned business, based in the UK, Benchmark were pleased to support the Trade Commission’s initiative in promoting links between the countries.

The following courses are now approved for grant aid purposes by CITB Construction Skills Northern Ireland.

• Fundamentals of Cost Estimating Training Course
• Professional Estimating Skills Workshop
• Benchmark Estimating Software New User Course

Contact us on 0161 237 1155 for further information or have us contact you.

Want to see how Benchmark Estimating Software can work for you?

Request a demo of Benchmark Estimating Software and one of our team members will guide you through the functionality of our flexible, easy to use estimating software.

Introducing Regionalisation, our newest Benchmark Estimating Software feature.

Designed for organisations who price projects over a large geographical area and where their costs vary across this area, Regionalisation allows you to have a different price for the same Resource in your Resource Library depending on the geographical area in which it is used. This means more accurate estimates, greater control of costs, more efficient data administration and better business reporting.

Find out more about the newest feature from Benchmark Estimating by visiting our features page and looking under “Pricing”.