Spreadsheets are great tools. Spreadsheet programs have been around for over 25 years and many contractors have built some pretty respectable spreadsheets over the years for their estimating.

Twenty years ago electrical contractors had no alternative but to run their businesses the old-fashioned way using their heads, hands, hearts and calculators. While the personal computer stood in the ...

After an hour or two of training, most estimators are ready to go on their own. AN EASY-TO-USE Windowsbased estimating program for commercial, industrial and heavy-gauge HVAC ductwork is Quote-Express ...

WinBidPro v16 from GDS Estimating is an all-new estimating program for the commercial glazing industry. The Microsoft Windows application uses a cloud server for all the catalogs and job information.

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 ...

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 ...