Goldenseal Estimating Software Topics-- Calibrating Estimates Basics

Calibrating Basics

The best way to calibrate the Goldenseal estimating software is to get it to hit "on the nose" for one or more projects you have already completed (or at least estimated by some other method).

Once you know what it takes to get our numbers to match yours, you should be able to get acceptable accuracy on future estimates and bids.

Fortunately, our prices are much easier to adjust than those in an estimating book!

Calibrating the Goldenseal estimator is a four step process:

Figure your own actual costs for a completed project (or make a detailed estimate by hand).
Make a comparison estimate for the same project, using one of our programs.
Adjust the computer estimate until it matches your actual costs.
Use the calibrated estimate as a template for your future bids.

Of course, as time goes by you'll be able to use the same process to further increase the accuracy of your estimates-- especially once you have run some projects through the complete process of estimating and job costing.

You can use the same process described here to "tweak" any estimate to suit your own conditions.

Click here for the next step in calibrating your estimates-- finding a past project to use.

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