CASE STUDY
R.D. JOHNSON EXCAVATING CO.
At R.D. Johnson Excavating Company located in Lawrence Kansas,
business development and project manager Branden Boyd had spent a
lot of years estimating projects with pencil and paper. However, he knew
there was a way to work more efficiently, effectively and strategically, so
he implemented B2W Estimate at the company.
"Bidding larger projects created a need to switch to an estimating
software package for ease of maintenance, organization, tracking and
thoroughness" says Boyd. Where he once spent painstaking hours
preparing each bid, he now builds estimates quickly and efficiently with
Estimate. "The crew templates create simplicity and decrease the amount
of time it takes to bid a project," he adds.
With paper and pencil, Boyd had to manually locate paper files with
past bids and historical cost information. Now, estimates and bids are
automatically saved, and all costs are stored in one location, the B2W
application's centralized resource database.
According to Boyd, a big advantage of using B2W Estimate comes in
standardizing repetitive bids. "Utility work and street work projects
can be similar around the area we work in, and the type of crews and
procedures used are repetitive, although the production rates may vary.
Bidding these types of projects becomes a streamlined process with
B2W Estimate," he explains.
Since switching to B2W Software, R.D. Johnson has experienced great
results. "The biggest return on investment that we have experienced is
• Headquarters:
Lawrence, Kansas
• Work Types:
Excavating, Grading, Paving,
Utilities, Materials
• Elements: Estimate
• Client Since: 2006
• B2W User Conferences: 2
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