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an entry into India about 8-9 years back 2D architectural & structural drawings into e applicable regional resource rates are
in 2011 and have created a turnaround 3D buildings in the virtual space. . 'Cubic' automatically applied resulting in rapid
in the construction operations, from the means 'the shape of a cube', which re ects item pricing.
traditional methods of uantity surveying, the BIM lineage (Building Information
Estimating, Budgeting, costing and project Model) as the core technology, while 'Cost' Reinforcing competence:
tracking. Companies have move moved to indicates the key value of the software, Real Estate industries face huge challenges
a much fast and an error-free systematic which is to provide integrated cost solutions in planning of project and execution,
mode to reach the construction data. for customers in AEC industry. e entire costing, regulatory compliances, cash
ese steps have revolutionised the MIS construction fraternity can use Cubicost flow visibility and collaboration with
programs of various companies, making to design, construct, operate and manage service providers. With farvision, the
them informative and at the same time construction projects. Cubicost BIM suite users can reduce operational time spent
authentic.BuildSmart Cost Control ERP is comprised of four individual BIM-based on reconciliation of accounts, engineering,
solution has powerful modules of Accounts, software products (TAS, TRB, TME, inventory and Statutory Compliances like
Procurement, Plant and Payroll. Whereas, TBQ), that are focused on di erent needs TDS, Service Tax, etc. e so ware does
Candy Project Management solution of quantity surveying business.” not just stop at this. e users can plan fund
o ers classic modules such as Estimating, According to Jagdish, Cubicost can also requirements based on Financial Indicators.
Planning, Forecasting, Cash Flow, serve as a connecting link between di erent Project wise fund planning can be easily
Subcontract Management and uantity stakeholders, including the architectural executed based on the company’s nancial
Take O . design team, the real estate company, the health re ected through Key Performance
Says Narayan Neelakanteswaran, former engineering team and the contractors, Indicators (KPI’s).
Executive Director enabling all parties to be on the same
Executive Director at at
Capacit'eInfraprojects,
Capacit'eInfraprojects, platform at all times. Interactive cost e ectiveness:
“In selecting BuildSmart, So Tech Engineers Ltd has come up with
“In selecting BuildSmart,
a conscious decision was Estimate and Analyse: a QE-PRO, interactive and sophisticated
a conscious decision was
made to avoid getting into
made to avoid getting into For players in search of so ware that reduces Windows based so ware for cost estimation
the trap of customization working time and improves productivity, of civil engineering structures, preparation
the trap of customization
of the so ware to meet the EasySpec by Newton India is the one stop of tender documents and bills. It is designed
of the so ware to meet the
speci c needs of the organization. As such, solution. It enables quick drawing out of to adopt different District Schedule Of
the so ware itself is construction industry justification, tender works, contractor Rates (DSR) or Schedule of Rates (SOR)
speci c, thereby meeting the functional bills, analysis of rates and di erent set of provided by competent authorities for the
requirements. Thus, the time, cost and statements with various types of standard execution and monitoring of civil works.
e ort that otherwise would have gone into data. A unique feature of this so ware is that QE-Pro o ers a user-friendly interface to
customization was saved. when the rate for any particular material carry out detailed rate analysis of items of
It was further resolved that there would changes it is automatically applied to all DSR.
be no additional manpower deployment the related items for that site. is enables In addition to estimation, QE-PRO also
for implementation of BuildSmart, the client to have the fresh rates, which provides value added inputs for preparation
as CCS committed to prove that the gives the exact costing for every material of di erent types of Tenders like Item Rate,
implementation would result in the same group, rates of which may vary at various Percentage Above Below and Lump-sum
number of hands managing more number sites. is so ware is useful for contractors, Tenders through the highly e cient engines
of projects and project requirements.” builders and estimating agencies, which like Pro t Analysis and Sensitivity Analysis.
follow standard CPWD or PWD pattern.
e cost e ective 3D way: EasySpec generates vital reports required for Managing projects:
The construction industry in India is estimation and tendering. It stores a master e construction projects in India hardly
plagued by the shortage of skilled sta , database of various important rate analysis have any technology solutions that cater to
technically complex software, tight required for estimation. the market. Numerous project managers
budgets, project delays and sudden even today take help of excel sheets to
accelerated schedules. In order to cater to Enhancing e ciency: track projects and upload data on a timely
all these problems, AURA GLOBAL, the Xpedeon by Algorithm so ware is one of basis.With the construction industry
company known for introducing latest the prominent so ware with a powerful being plagued by delays arising from
BIM technology in India, has launched a construction estimating ability. e module badly coordinated schedules, lack of top
state-of-the-art BIM based 3D so ware- comprehensively covers with collaborative management visibility into project status at
Cubicost. Explaining estimating capabilities that allow multiple the site level also fuel the markets problems
Cubicost. Explaining
about the entire so ware, estimators to work on a single bid without in terms of project management. Here are
about the entire so ware,
K.K.Jagadish, Founder & overwriting or loss of data. Further, some of the project management so ware
K.K.Jagadish, Founder &
MD, Aura Global India users can estimate ‘on-the-go’ by using that can reduce the strain on the projects
MD, Aura Global India
says, “Cubicost is a new Xpedeon’s mobile estimating features. being executed and are playing an e ective
says, “Cubicost is a new
so ware that can convert Xpedeon calculates bid values in real-time. role in the entire project management.
so ware that can convert
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