Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Owner builder project management software ? 2Jul 08, 2011 5:37 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Owner builder project management software ? 3Jul 08, 2011 8:57 pm https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=44762 My Owner builder journey extending a 1930's Bungalow Re: Owner builder project management software ? 10Nov 02, 2011 2:29 pm Stewie D I bought an excellent spreadsheet about 6 years ago called " Too-Easy Estimating " which I then customised to include a timeline of events on one sheet as well. It works very well for me. Stewie You just triggered a thought. Anyone looking for estimation software should try searching out templates of spreadsheets. There may be a couple out there that are easy to use and might help than a clumsily put together one (like the one that I made up) Project management software won't tell you how long before the next trade needs to be booked. Only the current tradie can tell you how much longer they'll be and then you can decide when to cal in the next guy. If you end up with 3 days of nothing between each tradie visiting you're probably doing extremely well. Re: Owner builder project management software ? 11Nov 03, 2011 8:47 pm The best one is Microsoft Project. All others are just copies. As someone mentioned no software will tell you how long it will take one plumber to install pipes, unless you write that in, you can just enter data so it reminds you when to call someone in, which rarely works anyway, most trades don't know where they will be in the next 3 days, let alone in 2-3 weeks. Its not worth it for small projects. Re: Owner builder project management software ? 13Mar 09, 2019 5:38 am Would suggest Buildertrend-as a one off, if you can get all the ISO standards installed to match products from your takeoff-and quotations Put your financial needs in the hands of the leaders in the market. Find out why we’re the mortgage broker of CHOICE! Feel free to PM us for support or info. Re: Owner builder project management software ? 15Jun 27, 2022 2:13 am This reply may be a bit too late for you but I have been using quotingcentral.com.au to get ballpark estimates for all trades in my owner build. It is actually a quoting and estimation tool for tradies but the the free account allows me to create quotes for all the required tasks in my build and get a general idea on what people are charging. It has been a huge timesaver, especially because it is so hard right now to get a hold of trades to do on-site visits and provide quotes. Re: Owner builder project management software ? 16Jun 27, 2022 10:53 am pengo It has been a huge timesaver, especially because it is so hard right now to get a hold of trades to do on-site visits and provide quotes. Seen quite a few apps spruiking build/trade project pricing lately. It's true, trades are too busy atm to visit/quote jobs and the estimates battlers get are highly inflated FO prices -> take it or leave it, lol, I'll do it if I can r!p you off and you can't figure it out.(humour) OT, If you have access to your Bim 3D Engineering model, then the data, quants and costs are already accessible. help how to decide on a builder/trade without quotes But you must start with the certified plan and data, otherwise they will be coming back at you with increased cost variations, reason apps cant certify construction/engineering/builds. Trades and Builders will blame the apps, but you the client will have to pay for the lack of details and inaccuracies. You would prefer to pay for concrete in $/m3 don't get sucked in with $/m2 -> concrete is sold by volume m3 Suspended slab co$t hth Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17601 |