Build Your Estimate - Populate your Bid Sheet quickly & easily using the Spreadsheet Import Wizard, your State DOT Electronic Bidding Site, copying an existing project, or a combination of all of the above.
Rate Tables 101 - Tips and tricks to set up your Rate Tables for efficiency, make global rate changes, manage your rates usage, and swap rates.
Learn about Factors, the “Other” category, and much more.
Item Sheets 101 - Understand and differentiate the different types of Items: Primary Items, Sub Items, Template Items, and Combine Items. Discover the Pipe Trench Calculator, and Import Ad Copy Items.
SMC & RTC 101 - Compare Item Unit prices and extensions between subcontractors or material vendors. Designate the classification of vendors (MBE, DBE or WBE). Print quote sheets to send to vendors, and update your rates with the prices at the 11th hour.
Bid Sheet 101 - Get familiar with the Bid Sheet understanding Calculations, Markup Summary, and Alternates. Customize your Bid Sheet by re-ordering items, adding sections, hiding columns, etc.
Bid Sheet 201 - Take your estimating to the next level. Learn about Advanced Markup Summary with Cost Categories. Move Money around with potential windfall profit and losses. Utilize Catalogs to organize and store pre-built Item Sheets.
Setup & Options - Setup your Estimating Link to work the way you think. Set your preferred individual and company settings, build custom fields, customize new project settings with your preferred default settings, and change your automatic backup path.
Features & Feedback - Discover The Construction Link’s newest features: User Management Link and Knowledge Link. Be part of where Estimating Link goes next and share your feedback on future features, roll outs, user interface, and more.
Track It 101 - After you’ve been awarded your job in Estimating Link, send it to Field Link for quick job cost and electronic time sheets. Manage your users and security settings and learn the ins and outs of a powerful electronic time sheet system.
Get Paid For It 101 - Easily track quantities and invoices for project items, view quantities remaining, know percent to completion, and monitor subcontractor payables by work performed. Make tracking and reporting simple, and integrate it with your accounting.