5 Important Estimating Tools for Building Cost Estimators

There are several types of equipment available that help to estimate the cost of a building or any kind of remodeling a building construction project. Beginner cost estimators can use a free online building cost calculator or an index of average building costs to start their primary cost estimation. On the contrary, there are also some professional cost estimation software and home design software programs that are respectively very useful to obtain specific cost estimates and home building cost estimation easily and with accuracy.

Here are some of the tools that are widely suggested and used for cost estimation of a building:

Estimating Software
Construction estimating software is a kind of software that runs on a computer or any smartphone specially designed and developed for contractors or estimators to determine the construction costs estimation precisely for a specific building construction project systematically. It helps to acquire accurate output easily and quickly.

Free Building Cost Tool
Free Building Cost tool is another tool that allows estimators to estimate labor and material costs. It is a 5-minute tool that helps the user to estimate on 34 different construction categories. Though this tool is not recommended for any kind of serious professional project, to decide the building capability for the affordable types of homes this tool can be helpful to some extent.

Building Evaluations
Building Evaluations consist of features such as conceptual budget analysis, estimate for preliminary design, final cost estimate. It has also various other cost control features by which estimators can estimate the cost of typical building type comfortably.

CPR Construction Cost Estimating Software
The CPR Construction Cost Estimating Software is a professional grade computer software. It supports architects and builders in measuring the costs of building projects whether it is small or big in size.

Resi-Cost Estimating Software
The Resi-Cost software offers extremely detailed, geographically-targeted building cost estimates for customized homes. There are various subscription levels available that enable users to choose the type of report in accordance with their requirements.