2012 Construction Estimating Benchmark Survey - By Software Advice

Thanks for participating in our survey. This should take you roughly 10 minutes to complete. Please be sure you are the only individual from your organization participating in our survey.

This survey is sponsored by:

• Architect
• Concrete
• Construction manager
• Design/build firm
• Earthwork/excavating
• Electrical/teledata
• Engineer
• Finishing contractor
• General contractor
• Heavy/highway contractor
• Home builder - custom
• Home builder - production
• Landscaping
• Mechanical/HVAC
• Paving
• Plumbing
• Real estate developer
• Residential remodeling
• Roofing & siding
• Utility contractor
• Other:

• Commercial
• Government - Federal
• Government - State
• Industrial
• Residential
• Other:

• 1 to 5
• 6 to 10
• 11 to 20
• 21 to 25
• 26 to 50
• 51 to 100
• 101 to 250
• 251 to 500
• 500+

• Less than $1 million
• $1 million to $5 million
• $5 million to $10 million
• $10 million to $25 million
• $25 million to $50 million
• $50 million to $100 million
• $100 million to $500 million
• $500 million to $1 billion
• Greater than $1 billion

• Create estimates by hand (i.e. pen and paper)
• Spreadsheets (e.g. Excel)
• Estimating software
• Custom or “homegrown” software
• Outsourcing to an estimating service
• Other:

• We are extremely pleased with our system
• Our system meets our needs
• Our system needs improvement
• We lack an adequate system