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Software
applications for the construction and engineering industries |
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SOFTWARE
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The
Valesco application is just one of the Crest Construction Software products
available to the Construction and Civil Engineering Industries.
Valesco
is designed to enable you to work from an imported Bill of Quantities or from a
manually created Bill of Quantities using drawings and specification.
Our
construction estimating software is multi functional and by way of a common data file format allows
a seamless transition from estimating to valuation status. Our
construction estimating software has been written specifically for the Windows
environment and incorporates all the facilities you would expect
to find in modern Windows software plus a great deal that you would
not.
The
32bit Windows environment allows the user to make full use
of functions such as copying and pasting items between concurrently
loaded projects. In such cases all measurement, pricing/resource
and cost group data will be transferred with the item allowing rapid
production of estimates for similar contracts.
The
ability to utilise resource databases and rate databases of your
choice and to customise the resource file, leads to greater flexibility
and has helped Valesco to become a proven Construction Estimating Software package
in both the Building and Civil Engineering environment.
Valesco
can be used as a stand-alone Construction Estimating system or, alternatively,
can be used in conjunction with, for example, MS SQL server to offer
a multi-user facility to larger sites and offices. This allows multiple
users to access (subject to security settings) a common estimate
data file and share the workload.
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Tree View allows simple navigation of the
BoQ document
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Grid View enables the Estimator to work in a virtual spreadsheet
if preferred
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Price build-ups from customisable resources or rates database
of your choice
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Subcontract enquiries/comparisons produced within the software
package
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User-defined filters for speedy navigation and global editing
of the BoQ
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Multi-user capability
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Data transfer to Excel, Word etc via MS Windows clipboard
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Unlimited number of user-definable reports
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Export to post-contract or planning software
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Valesco
By
Crest Software
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Product Features |
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Reduce
Installation & Training Costs |
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Bill of Quantities
Data Entry |
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Bill
of Quantities Navigation/Editing |
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Resources/Sets |
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Cost
Estimating |
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Sub-Contractors |
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Suppliers |
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Mark-up |
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Reporting |
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Link
to CS Project Professional Scheduling & planning software |
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System
Requirements |
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| Reduce
Installation & Training Costs |
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32
bit MS Windows operation, for Windows 95, 98, 2000, and NT |
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Flat
files or client to Access, SQL Server or Oracle with built in OleDB |
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Protect
confidentiality by controlling access to specified data |
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Adapt
to different contracts with your own Text, Date and Numeric User Fields |
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Customise
with user defined cost structure, calculations/formula |
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Easy
interface to other software by ODBC, Clipboard or ASCII file |
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| Bill
of Quantities
Data Entry |
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Scan
the BoQ document retaining the original page layout |
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Speed
up BoQ entry by importation from a spreadsheet or CITE |
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Cut/Copy/Paste
Bills, Pages, Items, Resources project to project |
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Grid
view for keyboard entry or Copy/Paste from other software |
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Create
Bills from your own or an industry library |
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Automatic
Cost coding from the library |
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| BoQ
Navigation/Editing |
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Customise
the dialogue boxes for increased usability |
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Navigate
large Bills using the Windows compliant tree structure |
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Create
Tags to collect/step through similarly Tagged records |
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Create
filters for navigation, summarisation, viewing or reporting |
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Edit
consistently and rapidly using Bulk Field Change |
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Store
Estimating calculations/methods with spreadsheet per item |
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Remember
topical matters by using the Item Notepad |
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| Resources/Sets |
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Define Cost Types (Labour, Plant etc) for Resources and Costs |
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Optionally specify complex Resources
to allow for fuel, transport etc |
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Import by scanning or from a
Spreadsheet |
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Define "Sets" containing Resources
and/or other Sets |
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Copy a priced item into the Resource
library for re-use as a Set |
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Create Filters for navigation,
summarisation, viewing or reporting |
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Cost Estimating |
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By resources, net rates (Labour,
Plant, Material etc) or both |
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Rapid assignment of resources/sets
using the Windows compliant tree |
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Simulate a start-up cost with
a "Fixed" Resource assignment |
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Assign Resources to a single
or many items in a single operation |
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10 user defined multiplication/division
factors for pricing calculations |
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Define your own resource assignment
view with user defined columns |
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Re-arrange resource assignments
in a logical order |
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Track by Item and optionally
replace, individual resources |
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Quantifiable Sub Items for BoQ
item rates build up |
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| Sub-Contractors |
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Specify excluded costs for Sub-Contractors |
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Assign one or more Sub-Contractor
to selected BoQ Items |
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Distribute printed or electronic
enquiry documents |
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Instant sub-contractors rate
entry by pasting to the Grid |
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Sub-contractor comparison can
highlight Sub-Contractors mark-up bias |
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| Suppliers |
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Print
Resource usage and export to a spreadsheet for the enquiry documentation |
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Copy
and Paste returned spreadsheet data into the Resource file for comparisons |
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Use
the flexible report procedures to compare Supplier bids |
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Mark-up |
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Specify
project mark-up with front loading, offsetting of risk with margin etc |
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Set
mark-up by margin, % or rate for individual items |
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Fix
the Tender Amount by setting Total Mark-up, Mark-up by % or Tender Amount |
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| Reporting |
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Define,
save and password protect any number of reports |
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BoQ
or Resource based with optional rates build up for each item |
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User
Defined Variables to customise analysis calculations |
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Export
to the Clipboard, text files or any database |
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Analysis
using Sorts with summarisation by Sort Key |
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Wastage
as Resource and/or operation specific |
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Unbalancing
effects with Expected, Best and Worst case Quantities |
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to CS Project Professional Scheduling software |
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Export,
fragment, re-arrange and summarise Bill Items into activities |
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Link,
resource level, and immediately view the Bar Chart |
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View
imported Resources and Resource assignments with their durations |
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View/print
Cash Flow, Resource Usage, 'S' Curve, Resource Cross Tab etc. |
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Durations
from Expected, Best and Worst case quantities for Risk Analysis |
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Requirements
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IBM
compatible PC running MS Windows 95/98, or Windows NT/2000 |
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Minimum
64 MB of RAM recommended |
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Hard
disk with approximately 10MB free disk space |
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Can
be installed on workstations or network servers |
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Any
printer or plotter supported by MS Windows |
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