KING OF PRUSSIA, PA--(Marketwire - August 10, 2010) - Maxwell Systems, Inc., a leading provider of complete construction business management software solutions, today announced the release of Maxwell Systems™ Estimation™ 9.1. This version of Maxwell Systems' advanced takeoff and estimating software for electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and HVAC contractors includes numerous enhancements to estimating functionality, as well as new capability for Shape Recognition in Estimation Digital Takeoff.
"The new Shape Recognition feature in Estimation allows estimators to further automate quantity counts using Digital Takeoff," said Karl Rajotte, Director of Product Management-MEP, Maxwell Systems. "Shape Recognition is advanced technology yet easy to use. Essentially it searches a set of plans and identifies like symbols and shapes, so that estimators don't need to spend wasteful hours finding these items by eye and marking manually. The benefit is valuable accuracy and time savings when taking off original plans as well as less headaches and wasted time and money updating counts when plans change."
This Shape Recognition capability is most popular among Electrical and HVAC contractors. When estimating electrical work, users can quickly count light fixtures, receptacles, switches, and more; and those estimating for HVAC can count diffusers, grills, and registers with speed.
In addition to the new Shape Recognition feature, the Estimation 9.1 release also delivers other useful enhancements to Digital Takeoff, including Highlighter pen and area calculator added; improved Layers feature; expanded Annotation Library; and more, which improve the user's experience with more flexibility and convenience.
Wellington Power Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pa) specializes in electrical, data/communications, and instrumentation services for the utility, industrial, and institutional markets. The company uses Maxwell Systems Estimation as its complete takeoff and estimating system. "It's all about unit quantities and getting them done quickly and accurately," said Mike Doerfler, senior vice president of marketing and business development at Wellington. "Depending on the size of a job, it can get real costly for a business to do takeoffs and estimates using manual or outdated systems. Using Maxwell Systems Estimation and the new Shape Recognition feature to count automatically, we can save 20-50% of our time on every job. The software saves us on resources -- the time of our estimators is valuable and can better be used than counting units. Plus using Estimation, we can pull data from our digital takeoff right into our estimate, which helps us bid more work and be more competitive in our numbers. Speed and accuracy is a given with this software, but digital takeoff and shape recognition... this is the way the industry is going. With Maxwell Systems software, we're using the latest technology now and already realizing great financial benefits."
Maxwell Systems Estimation is a complete estimating solution for electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and HVAC contractors. By tying together estimates, labor needs and cost analysis, this software helps contractors bid more accurately, save time on paperwork, and achieve greater overall efficiency and cost savings. The construction estimating software includes advanced functionality for estimating; comprehensive purchasing for materials management; project management; digital and digitized takeoff; and integration of estimating, purchasing, and accounting systems.
ABOUT MAXWELL SYSTEMS
Maxwell Systems is a leading provider of complete construction business management and property management software solutions and services. Founded in 1975, Maxwell Systems is dedicated to helping its 10,000 customers streamline their estimating, job cost accounting, and project management processes and improve profitability. To deliver true end-to-end control of critical business processes, the company's product offerings include: ProContractorMX™, American Contractor™, Management Suite™, StreetSmarts®, and Estimation®. To further help customers grow their business while maximizing the return on their technology investment, Maxwell Systems provides comprehensive support and maintenance, training, and consulting. The company's headquarters are in King of Prussia, Pa., with offices in Baltimore, Md., Fort Collins, Colo., Santa Cruz, Calif., and Sarasota, Fla. More information is available at www.maxwellsystems.com.
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