Painting Estimating Software
Don’t gloss over fine details with rough, manual estimating.
Improve accuracy and decrease estimating time with the best takeoff and estimating software around
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Avoid painting yourself into a corner. Is it taking you too much time to do an estimate with pencil, paper, sticky notes, and a hand-held calculator? This can be expensive and time consuming and could end up costing you thousands of dollars. Human error and guesstimates can lead to over or underestimating your bid. You could overlook a detail or simply drop or add an extra zero. There must be a smoother process for paint and coatings contractors. There is, On Center Software’s On-Screen Takeoff, Quick Bid, and Digital Production Control.
On-Screen Takeoff
On-Screen Takeoff (OST) calculates painting and coating surface area coverage. This includes painting walls, (minus doors and windows), trim, and molding.
Easily take off multiple items simultaneously, such as painting walls, ceilings, and molding. You can also view and share your digitized plans between the office and construction site using tablets, desktop computers, and printers.
Quick Bid
With Quick Bid, estimates can be assembled easily and rapidly. Detailed bids can be generated quickly and easily. Quick Bid streamlines the estimating process by automating and consolidating functions, minimizing data-entry errors, miscommunications, duplications, and simple calculation mistakes.
With Quick Bid, you can generate paint quantities in gallons, including details about the number of coats, and labor time/rates. For a finished bid, you can also manage burden and add markups such as overhead and profit.
Quick Bid provides an email quote process, for suppliers to submit material pricing. This feature allows paint contractors to have the most up-to-date material pricing for your project.
On-Screen Takeoff allows me to do takeoffs in the minimum amount of time. I can figure payroll, materials and other costs quickly in Quick Bid. Since the two packages are linked, it reduces the time by doing a lot of figuring for me.
Digital Production Control
Digital Production Control (DPC) is a powerful tool for painting and coating contractors in commercial, residential, or industrial areas. Your crew will have a daily plan of which floors and walls get which colors and layers, collected from your Quick Bid.
With Digital Production Control, you can track labor efficiency and the percentage complete of work. Knowing the percent complete will let you immediately see if you are under expected production so you can do something about it.
Digital Production Control can help you narrow the gap between how many walls or ceilings you think your crews can paint in a day/hour vs. what they are capable of in the field. This is great information that can help you be more accurate on your estimates.
Try On-Screen Takeoff for Free
Put On-Screen Takeoff to the test with a risk-free, 14-day trial and see how easy it is to get more takeoff done in less time with the right tools.
Frequently asked questions
On-Screen Takeoff® (OST) makes it easy to measure painting quantities by calculating the surface area of walls, ceilings, and trim, while subtracting areas like doors and windows for accuracy.
OST is great for tricky spaces like alcoves or curved walls. It can measure multiple items at once and factor in different surfaces like drywall, wood, or metal. The AI-powered Takeoff Boost™ feature saves time by auto-detecting wall types and calculating quantities in seconds.
You can easily mark up plans with different colors or finishes. If a client changes their mind, you can quickly update the markups. OST also helps manage Change Orders and Alternates, and you can add a legend to explain the colors or finishes.
OST lets you measure paint requirements for both sides of a wall, ensuring nothing gets missed.
You can save items, called conditions, into a library for reuse on future projects. This makes starting new projects faster and easier.
OST is perfect for buildings with repeating areas like hotels or apartments. You can copy the takeoff for one room across similar rooms to save time and organize your work by phases or sections.