Efficiency Quest Sparks Partnership

IRVINE, CA-Sage North America, which supports several construction firms across North America, has launched a partnership with software provider eTakeoff to help estimators on construction projects produce more accurate estimates while vying for bids. The software provides estimators with a new collection of electronic takeoff products within the Sage portfolio of estimating solutions.

eTakeoff can be used as a stand-alone solution, the first step to automating the estimating process or along with Sage Estimating to further improve bidding efficiencies. The collection offers estimators a cost-effective way to get started with electronic takeoff capability and, when ready, to adopt more advanced takeoff capabilities by upgrading to a fuller takeoff solution.

“We are excited to add eTakeoff to our portfolio of electronic takeoff solutions,” says Jon Witty, VP and general manager of Sage Construction and Real Estate. “This partnership enables us to provide our customers with a full array of best-of-breed solutions to increase their takeoff productivity and their bid confidence.”

Curtis Peltz, CEO of eTakeoff, adds that he is “pleased to partner with Sage to bring estimators a family of products to meet all of their electronic takeoff needs. Moving between eTakeoff solutions is easy and minimizes disruption and the need to learn new software as companies further improve their estimating and bidding processes.”

As GlobeSt.com reported in November, the slowdown in multifamily construction in Orange County during the first three quarters of the year will come to an end as more than 1,000 units come online this quarter, lifting annual deliveries to 2,000 units, Marcus & Millichap reports. The respite from new construction that facilitated improving operations over the first three quarters is over, and vacancy rates may see modest increases as a result, according to the firm.

Stay tuned to GlobeSt.com for a more in-depth look at what the construction industry can expect in 2014.