NASA has a long history of groundbreaking accomplishments but has struggled to establish credible cost estimates for some major acquisitions; particularly, human space flight missions, which are ...

Pride Electric, a Denver-based family owned and operated electrical contractor, only needs one full-time estimator. Owner Sam Harrison said for the past 16 years, Pride Electric has used the same ...

Three industry-specific estimating programs — FastPIPE for mechanical contractors, FastDUCT for HVAC contractors and FastWRAP for mechanical insulation contractors (www.fastest-inc.com) — give ...

There's a little insider's secret to estimating programs that you NEED to be aware of. Today's newsletter is going to share that secret AND show you how to get all of your ducks in a row so that when ...

For the past three years, Software Advice has conducted an analysis of construction software buyer consultations from small and midsize businesses. This report looks at buyer trends from 2016, common ...

Accurate estimates are essential to a construction firm’s success. Overprice a bid and you’ll likely lose the project. Underprice it and you risk losing money and damaging relationships with partners ...

With the goal of making television more fun to watch, we are researching television-viewing robot companions who can chat with human viewers while watching television (Fig. 1). Our hope is that, by ...