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Residential landscapers Integral Landscapes save up to
80% of estimating time with Benchmark |
Integral
Landscapes are based on Sydney’s North Shore and have been in
existence for seven years,
primarily specialising in residential
work. Integral Landscapes pride themselves on having a large
percentage of clients stemming from referrals, and they strive
to ensure the clients needs and desires are achieved
every time.
However, the high attention to detail and to clients’ needs
means estimating can become tricky
and time consuming, as no one
job is the same as the last. And this is where
Integral is benefiting from the use of Benchmark.
Integral customises Benchmark to suit their business
James Simpson-Lee, Director of Integral Landscapes, says “the
landscaping industry is so wide and varied; there are so many
things you have to consider like concreting, plumbing, paving,
brickworks; no two jobs are the same.” Despite this,
Integral are now producing estimates in 20% to 30% of the time it
took before they had Benchmark. And they
are doing these estimates
with confidence.
Benchmark’s
Item Library stores all of the Items you will regularly use in
your business, and stores the resource build up behind them.
Because of this, James says “we are confident that we won’t
leave anything out of our estimate”. You can easily bring
these Items into a project as they
are, or
you can customise them to suit a
particular job. You can also simply duplicate customised
Items to your Item Library if you
think you will need them for
future estimates. James adds “It just stops you having to
recreate the wheel every time, you’re confident all the details
are in the estimate, and the Item is easily customisable to suit
any particular job.”
Benchmark has also provided Integral Landscapes with greater
control and transparency over their profits and final submission
prices. James says “we can
manipulate our profits and
overheads in the Extras screen depending on the nature of the
job, and add contingencies to difficult jobs or to cover
unknowns. Also, with the upcoming Project Review Export to
Excel, we will be able to follow our actual costs from start to
finish, which will help us to both control our projects, and to
give us an analysis of our estimate versus our actual figures.”
Getting confidence and control; Save time and increase
profitability
James
can see first hand that the entire residential landscaping
industry is becoming more and more professional. And he
believes that as this happens more and more people will be
looking for ways to save time and enhance their profitability,
and he has no hesitation recommending Benchmark; “the ability
to customise and store all of your Items to save time and
to suit
your business, combined with the ability to adjust your profit
margins to suit particular jobs, means that Benchmark gives you
confidence in, and control of, the tenders you produce. They
provide great after sales service and the package is very easy
to use. Benchmark should absolutely take off in the landscape
industry.”
Go to Integral Landscapes website |
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