Estimating
Measure on your plans, drop in items, assemblies and packages and let RQS do the rest.
Assemblies let you move quickly through estimates without having to remember every formula and every little item a job requires.
Open your PDF plans, set the scale printed on the sheet, and trace lengths, areas and counts. Quantities flow straight into the estimate.
From upgrades to K&B remodels to a whole portfolio of home designs, packages keep items, assemblies and quantities at the ready.
Copy an estimate as Version 2, 3 and so on, and see exactly what changed between any two, adding up to the change in price.
The add bars and column headings stay at the top while you scroll, so a long estimate stays easy to work in.
Price a composite deck against a pressure-treated one, or a garage separately from the house, and switch them on and off, or group them so the customer picks one. Totals follow.
Upgrade grades can be built into your assemblies, so prices for typical upgrades are ready to present with no extra work. Once approved, one click adds the upgrade, removes the starting option, and all reporting follows.
Selections show in the specs and are part of the items. The selection report groups them by job phase so customers and staff know what to focus on next.
Prices lock when you send the estimate, so the price your customer sees is the price they sign. Database changes never move a locked job, and you can see what would change before you update.
After the contract, write change orders against the job and send them to your customer to approve and sign online. Approved ones update the contract and the payment schedule.
Build purchase orders by vendor and cost code from what’s in the estimate.
RQS lays out a schedule from the cost codes on the estimate, with durations from your production rates and order-by dates for long-lead materials.
Set payment stages by percent or amount. They always add up to the contract and print on the proposal.
Before an estimate goes out, RQS checks it for $0 items and lines with no quantity. Claude also compares the estimate with its scope of work and points out anything that looks left out.