Choose from additional case studies ------------------------ Drywall contractor finds Sage Timberline Office improves efficiency and makes it easy to track job profitability C.F. Jordan finds flexibility and ease with Sage Timberline Office. Job Cost adaptability means perfect fit for diverse developer. Property Management enhances developer's recurring efficiencies. Accounting gives new lease on doing more with less. Managing subs with Sage Timberline Office accounting gives G.C. edge. Management co.'s diversity finds match with Sage Timberline Office flexibility. Accounting and reporting is at heart of S.F. Furniture Mart. Ruvin Bros. boosts service with detailed job costs. Arbor Custom Homes revel in wowing customers, subs and suppliers. Production management helps grow revenues for Crosswinds. Nabholz Construction Corp. tackles year-end with ease. Kilroy Realty's use of forecasting casts no doubt. Midland finds all-in-one integration, security, and customization. Turner Heritage Homes doubles work load, not staff. Production homebuilder tracks profits via Production Management. Production builder does more with significantly less effort. Accounting and property management helps developer leverage growth, operate lean. Job Cost allows Australian builder to account for all costs. Lee Masonry finds rock solid, flexible-fit solutions. Accounting sparks new efficiencies for Hydaker-Wheatlake. Full integration, flexible reporting parlayed into Wenzel's success. Mechanical contractor embraces security and control through integration. Software saves HVAC service company time, money. Electrical contractor Paul A. Nickle banks on Payroll. Linear Electric adds Sage Timberline Office to simplify, accelerate accounting. Port estimating gets done in a fraction of the time. Vandenberg Air Force Base picks up speed with Sage Timberline Office. Best Buy includes estimating and accounting with best practices. Efficient estimating saves Dow Corning on capital improvements. Demolition leader gets flexibility and report detail to impact bottom line. EMR Drywall juggles jobs with ease. Flexible reporting leads B.R. Fries to more opportunity. Industrial gases supplier Praxair Inc. cuts estimating time in half. Eby Construction gains consistency from Sage Timberline Office versatility. G.C. puts Project Management to work, adds to bottom line. HFH manages premier office building with Sage Timberline Office James Frank Construction: Detailed Perfection With Sage Timberline Office Federal labs streamline estimates. People's First Properties Banks on Sage Software Van Tassel Construction Grows with Sage Software and Timberline Office Forms Nevada Developer Builds Success With Sage Timberline Office Mechanical Contractor Gets A Handle on Costs With Sage Timberline Office Managing The Paper Trail: Document Management Delivers Success Sage Timberline Office facilitates success for Control Group Thor Construction Thrives With Sage Timberline Office
Port estimating gets done in a fraction of the time

Estimator Shane Peterson was skeptical when a salesman first pitched Sage Timberline Office estimating software to him for the Port of San Diego. But he quickly changed his mind when given a real-time example of how Sage Timberline Office could work for him.

Peterson was working on an estimate for a 25-acre grading project when he told his salesman the parameters of the project. "It took him three minutes, and he gave me an estimate I could use. That would have taken me at least six hours to do manually," Peterson says.

"You still have to check it over so you're not done in three minutes. But the hardest part in estimating is building the spreadsheet, and when you have a product that can build the spreadsheet for you, it saves time and effort."

Big savings
Using Sage Timberline Office more than paid for itself when the estimating software saved the Port of San Diego $8 million on a single project in its first year of use.

A consultant gave the Port a budget of $30 million for a parking structure. Peterson had only the sketchiest of parameters — 2,000 spaces, six levels and the location. With those three items, he opened Sage Timberline Office and built a model for the parking structure that he could use in negotiations. By the time those negotiations were done, the price dipped to $22 million.

"We were able to compare item for item, and it was incredible," Peterson says. "Sage Timberline Office was an irreplaceable tool. There's no way I could have done it without Sage Timberline Office. I could have stood there and argued over the prices, but I wouldn't have had a leg to stand on. The Sage Timberline Office estimate was the basis for everything."

Speeding up estimates
Peterson says he saves time every time he uses Sage Timberline Office. A recent estimate for a parking garage took about an hour total — 20 minutes to build the model and the rest of the time for review.

"Without Sage Timberline Office, it would have taken me a week because I would have had to takeoffs and calculations," Peterson says. "With Sage Timberline Office, it took a fraction of the time and I was ready to publish it in a booklet for the stakeholders. Sage Timberline Office saves me time, saves me money."

Download Printable Version (PDF)