Electronic Scope of Work Cuts Cost of Professionals by 75%
Digital Consultant Prepares Professional Scope of Work for Apple to Apples Pricing on Commercial and Residential Roofing
eScope solutions assist inexperienced users build advance pricing models for contractor bid submission, price analysis and selection. These are trade specific price models that compare rates on an apple to apples basis with consistent metrics using best practice trade standards.
Architects, engineers and roof consultants charge $2,500 to $7,500 to prepare roofing specifications and manage contractor bids. eScope offers an inexpensive on-demand alternative for those that do it themselves or can’t fund the cost of professionals.
The introduction special [a $1,500 value] is even lower at $600 for eScope Roofing bundled with a Bid Package.
“Generic requests for quotes usually result in purchasing the ‘lowest price’, not the least expensive best option. More often users’ pay 20%-40% more for a lower quality roof system”, said Dale Rowe, a Sr. Technical Consultant at CRS Roof Consultants, LLC.
What eScope Does
In the case of roofing, the type, make and brand of materials are combined with UL Approved configurations for different applications. The technology automatically selects the applicable roof system specification and pricing requirements based on user input and selections with as few as four entries.
Users have full control over default settings, recommendations and making enhancements to default configurations. The initial specification may be based on any combination of variables that start with consideration to geographical location, the buildings’ use case, type of roofing project and regulatory requirements.
eScope prepares a professionally written scope of work description, applicable line items and reference to manufacturer’s documents that define quality standards, pricing and contractor performance requirements as an appendix to a contract for services.
“It’s not competitive or best pricing if quotes represent different types of roof systems. Economic efficiency is realized by pricing similar specifications, said Kyle Laubach, VP of Operations at Environmental Roofing and Waterproofing in Los Gatos, CA.
As an enhancement to RFQGuides electronic construction bid submission, contractors enter their rates digitally using free user accounts. Cloud entry eliminates the need to open emails and transcribe contractor entries onto spreadsheets to analyze and compare rates.
Where required, users can export rates into a spreadsheet specifically designed to analyze structured bid submissions. eScope for Roofing models pricing around the complexity of configuration options for budgeting purposes, compares and analyzes prices based on metrics specific to the roofing trade.
Organizing Bids & Documents
Roofing revolves around a series of technical reference documents that establish performance standards contractor’s use for pricing bids in accordance with approved installation methods and techniques for the type of material, geographical location, municipal, finance and even insurance requirements.
Base bid price(s) and line items automatically entered by eScope organize contractor rates for side-by-side comparison and market analysis based on the consistent application of trade standard metrics.
Line items support the scope of work in isolating and organizing contractor rates on configuration options, enhancements, potential change orders, work outside the SOW (ie: gutters) and addendums. eScope for Roofing also includes two additional SOW price entries to cover warranty options and separate tenant related costs from budgeting and analysis of the base rate.
Separation of the base bid (SOW) and line items follow structured pricing recommendations to facilitate accurate bid analysis and price comparison. It also provides stakeholders with a user friendly way to review and configure construction budgets around project options and best practices.
eScope™ for Roofing supports the industry’s most reliable material manufacturers. Commercial selections for single-ply include EPDM, PVC and TPO from Carlisle, Duro-Last, FiberTite, Firestone, GAF and Johns Manville. Slope or residential support includes products from Atlas, CertainTeed, GAF, IKO, Malarky, Owens Corning and Tamko.
Similar selections are available for Built-Up, Fluid Applied and Standing Seam roof systems while others like metal and tile systems use a single reference as an industry standard specification.
All roof configurations default to a 20 year warranty for commercial buildings and minimum 30 year for residential. Supported configurations are UL approved, have a Class A fire rating and a qualified written specification published by the material manufacturer.
Additional Information
eScope™ for Roofing: User Guide
eScope™ Solutions are construction trade specific enhancements to RFQGuides Electronic Construction Bid Submission platform. RFQ technologies simplify the bid process by guiding users through industry standards, requirements and regulations to prepare a professional scope of work for apple-to-apples price quotes from contractors.
RFQGuides develops cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for Electronic Construction Bid Submission and Contractor Bid Management with Trade Standards Based Analysis. eScope™ solutions enhance digital bid submission with automated guides and tools that assists users prepare professional construction pricing models. RFQGuides digital construction bid packages and eScope™ solutions are available on-demand as individual products, as a membership, subscription service with enhanced features and enterprise applications.
RFQGuides empowers Property Management and Construction ecosystems with solutions that leverage the operational efficiencies and enhancements of cloud technologies across all aspects of construction and construction services.
For more information contact,
Jamie Cryolin
(312) 555-1212
jc_media@rfqguides.com
