Search the rate library: price a line in seconds

Add a line to an example estimate, pick from the rate library as you type, and watch it fill in and the bid move.

63 sec8 steps

Shown with a Canadian job and dollars; the steps are the same for you.

The steps in words

Click + Row A new line goes in below the steel studs, with their code, area and location.
Type in Description Say 'stud'. It searches your rate library as you type.
See every match Assemblies, materials and tasks, each with its price.
Pick the assembly It's the whole wall: the studs, board on both sides, and the labour.
See the line fill in Its unit, hours and trade, and the material and equipment rates too, come from the library.
Type the quantity 240 m2, and press Enter.
Watch the bid move The line comes to $24,497.28. With its markups, the bid goes up $27,316 straight away.
Price a line in seconds Type a few letters, pick from your rate library, and the line fills itself in. Watch it again, or try Bidfident.

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