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CASE STUDY EMIL ANDERSON CONSTRUCTION B2W ESTIMATE AND B2W TRACK ARE DELIVERING BIG ADVANTAGES – INDEPENDENTLY AND AS A PLATFORM – AT EMIL ANDERSON CONSTRUCTION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA. "Self-built solutions for estimating and field tracking served us well but, with the volume and complexity of work increasing, we recognized the limitations and how we could benefit from specialized applications and a unified solution," says Robert Hasell, president. Emil Anderson completes highway construction, paving, road and bridge maintenance and site development work throughout the province. High-profile projects have included the K95 and K125 Nordic Ski Jumps and the Whistler Bob Sled and Sliding Center for the 2010 Winter Olympics as well as major highway and infrastructure projects and industrial sites. Emil Anderson implemented B2W Estimate first, followed shortly by B2W Track. Hasell stops short of claiming the company won four of the first five bids created with Estimate solely because of the software, but acknowledges that the application is well-built, easy-to-use and makes it really easy to pull cost data together to assemble bids. "The speed at which we can input and produce a tender has increased tremendously, and that leaves more time to strategize, review and make sure we have winning bids," he adds. "We really like it and we've been successful with it from the beginning." Cohesive, coordinated estimating across several sites in British Columbia has been another benefit with B2W Estimate. Previously, having multiple people work simultaneously on an estimate was impossible with the spreadsheet-based system. Incorporating input from estimators in different locations and keeping everything up to date was also a big challenge. B2W Estimate B2W Track "The speed at which we can input and produce a tender has increased tremendously, and that leaves more time to strategize, review and make sure we have winning bids," • Replaced self-built spreadsheet systems • Bidding with more speed, accuracy and strategy • Streamlined "push and pull" of information between estimating and field operations. • Better reporting and data for better decision making in the field • Integration with Viewpoint accounting

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