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JMAC expansion aided
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Brisbane
based landscape construction firm, JMAC
Constructions, are beginning to expand their
business into new geographical areas. In the past 6
months they have opened an office in Townsville,
started work in a number of Sydney locations, and
are planning on opening a Sydney office in the near
future.
Of the many challenges facing JMAC during this growth period,
producing the right estimates is one of the most crucial. When
moving business into new areas it is vital that estimating is
accurate and timely to ensure profitability and viability over
an extended period of time.
 Benchmark facilitates JMAC’s expansion
JMAC Senior Estimator Tony Sharrock is already witnessing the
benefits of Benchmark Estimating Software, which was purchased
in August of 2005. “Benchmark has definitely helped us
expand through the ability to very quickly and accurately tender
for work in each regional location. The Benchmark Item Library
allows us to do this as we have very easily been able to set up
different items for Brisbane, Townsville and Sydney”
says Tony.
Benchmark features improve JMAC’s estimating
JMAC Constructions brilliantly utilize a wide range of
Benchmark’s features. They have quickly become competent using
features such as;
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Load Spreadsheet,
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Auto Allocate,
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Export to
Microsoft Project, and
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Benchmark’s
Reporting
The ‘Load Spreadsheet’ feature allows JMAC to load a client’s
schedule very quickly and easily into Benchmark to save typing
and to minimise errors. Because JMAC Constructions do a lot of
tenders for the same clients this feature is proving invaluable.
‘Auto Allocate’ matches Items in your client’s schedule with
items found in your library, which will save time and still
provide complete accuracy. Tony says “Benchmark’s Auto
Allocate feature is fantastic, we have just started to use this
and in some cases have used Auto Allocate to price 100% of the
entire job in a fraction of the time it would have taken.”
Another key feature, that has improved marketing for JMAC, is
Benchmark’s automatic creation of a construction program in
Microsoft Project. Tony says “This feature of Benchmark
is a very valuable tool. It saves us time and we are including
our schedule with our tender to give the Client a heads up of
the works program.”
One reason many people purchase Benchmark is for its powerful
and transparent reporting. Depending on the purpose, JMAC
utilizes a range of reporting options, including project review,
summary reports, and the budgeting reports. Tony says the
business is thriving off these reports, and “the boys are
even using them when they get on site as a reference for the
jobs to be completed”
Results for JMAC
Benchmark has assisted JMAC Constructions bid for projects in
new areas with more confidence and accuracy. JMAC have been
able to save countless wasted hours re-typing data and
reinventing the wheel thanks to the Load Spreadsheet and Auto
Allocate functions. They have also been able to value-add to
their tenders with the export to Microsoft Project which gives
the client an idea of the expected schedule.
Tony concludes, “Benchmark is the best thing we’ve done at
JMAC for a long time”.
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