Spreadsheets are great tools. Spreadsheet programs have been around for over 25 years and many contractors have built some pretty respectable spreadsheets over the years for their estimating.

When you graph a series of (x,y) coordinates in Microsoft Excel 2010, you can use the program's built-in functions to display the equation for the line created by those data points. This allows you to ...

Accurate estimates are essential to a construction firm’s success. Overprice a bid and you’ll likely lose the project. Underprice it and you risk losing money and damaging relationships with partners ...