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processes and procedures and nothing to do with software or technology. After many years
of working with builders of all sizes we have found the following products to be very
helpful to our clients. They help to speed up the development of your management systems,
increase the skill set of all people involved in the process, and reduce error costs that
are part of any learning process.
All come on a diskette in MS Word95, MS Excel, or Lotus 123 (depending on the product). Please keep in mind that these are copyrighted products and are only to be used in your company.
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Staying aware of your competitive market situation is critical to the long-term success of any builder. Our market comparable product will give you all the information and forms to collect and analyze the data you need to make good, well informed marketing decisions. This process will allow you to pinpoint the features and benefits that you should be offering in the homes that you are building. This process will help with the value engineering process, the price setting process and the negotiations that tale place when customers are buying new homes. Most importantly, it will give you the ability to train your sales people, set performance expectations and increase your sales.. Return to top of page Price: $1,995.00
Community Financial Projections Spreadsheets This budgeted profitability allows a builder to fully understand, on a per site basis, the financial relationships which exist in the home building process. This financial model gives you, the builder, the clear and concise overview that is necessary to make faster and more informed management decisions. With a single page summary of all relevant information, you can easily see the impact of changes and take immediate management action to remedy or improve the situation if needed. In addition, the format of the worksheets enables your administrator to complete the entire project quickly and easily, resulting in substantial time and cost savings (Excel or Lotus formats) Return to top of page Price: $795.00
The clear definition of the actual products and specifications used in the construction of a home is essential. Our spreadsheet format allows a formal, detailed specifications is written for your base models or specific models take a few hours to complete instead of many hours.Return to top of page Price: $295.00
Telling your contractors what you want done and how long it can take is a lot easier when you have well written contracts. The package covers all trades and suppliers if you want both packages. To have great homebuilding systems you must have good contracts, specifications, and architectural plans. These will get you started with some excellent scopes of work and pricing forms. Everything you need to have a great foundation for negotiations with contracts, problem resolution and liability protection for your company. Be sure your attorney reviews the legal aspects of the contracts so that they are enforceable in your state or states. All come on a disk, ready for your editing as needed. The content of the contracts comes from building over 5,200 homes. Return to top of page Price: $2,995.00
Estimating Template (Excel or Lotus) Our estimating templates save enormous time for any setting up an estimating system on a spreadsheet program (Excel or Lotus). Save weeks of work! Get to the detail process immediately but payback within the the first day of use. Return to top of page Price: $695.00
Option Numbering Template & Logic As builders grow in size, the process of offering and managing options becomes a very important aspect of home building management; a very critical but overlooked part of the process is the logic used to create the option numbering. We have designed the outline of an option manual and a numbering system that will allow you to grow very large but not outgrow the logic. When setting up the system, this is a very inexpensive way to guide your people in the right direction. Return to top of page Price: $2,995.00
Option Catalog Software Template Our custom software written ion Access is the basis for your option catalog management. Builders can go it alone and use our template or couple our services with it to get quicker results if your staff is over burdened. Return to top of page Price: $2,225.00
Option and Color Selection Template Selections sheets are essential to the option selection process. If you don't have a procedure down, we can give you a jump start. Return to top of page Price: $795.00
Suggested Community and Model Names Many times, community & model names have to be thought of at a moment's notice. This reference guide can help the process along quickly. Return to top of page Price: $250.00
Suggested Options to Offer - Starter List Builders don't always know what to offer. Builder Software Tools, Inc. has compiled a comprehensive started list to get the process going. Each builder can adjust and adapt the list as needed to the local market. (Option listing has a Northeastern orientation). Return to top of page Price: $395.00
Planning and establishing a goal is essential in order to make any project successful. To a builder, a successful project is a home that is scheduled accurately, built correctly and delivered on time. For a builder, this success should result in healthy and predictable profit margins. At Builder Software Tools, Inc., we feel that there are two important aspects to ensure this success: the builder must have the process under control and constantly be aware of the status of every house and everyone involved in the process must be informed of the status regularly and in a systematic manner. This scheduling package allows a builder to manage the frequently chaotic sequence and fast pace of home building. We have provided explanations and completed examples of the necessary forms and will be glad to customize any of these forms if necessary to better reflect your production process. This is am manual system that works very well and can be used by large and small builders alike. Return to top of page Price: $345.00
Rough Construction - Quality Checklists Accurate contracts and specifications between builder and contractor are among the most important tools in attaining complete, high quality homes. Checklists work in conjunction with your contracts to guarantee that your contractors and field personnel implement the contract specifications in the field. They can also be a valuable tool then training new personnel or contractors. The checklists are completed through the rough stage of construction. The use of construction checklists should reduce any callbacks or poor workmanship issues that you may have with your contractors. If the work is completed correctly the first time, the cost savings for your company and your contractors can be substantial. In addition, using checklists that are submitted with invoices or PO helps to improve the level of quality among all the trades as a normal part of your construction and bill paying process. Return to top of page Price: $395.00
If you need to know what options are the most popular, what model types you are selling most frequently, we can do an analysis of your data, put it together in wither an Excel or Access format and turn it back to you. This is a custom quote per client. Return to top of page Price: Quoted per client
Take a candid look at your company and assess where you rate, relative to what you know you should or could be doing. These forms are a good start to self evaluation and determining if you need management consulting assistance or if you can handle company improvements on your own. Return to top of page Price: $150.00
Direct Construction Cost Estimator As a builder, the ability to compare with other builders in a given marker is a key component to success. The Sales Price is one of the most important indicators of the "competitive builder". The Direct Construction Cost Budget helps determine your hard costs - the largest percentage of the Sales Price. To create the worksheet, Builder Software Tools, Inc. combined industry experience with information form a national building consultant, a mid-sized local builder and a national homebuilder. This information was used to determine target cost percentages, by phase, that are both realistic and aggressive. The worksheet can be used in two ways: target bids can be calculated for each phase simply by entering a target sales price. This is invaluable when bringing a new house type to market. You may also analyze the pricing of your current house types by entering contract costs by phase and comparing them to the target costs that are calculated. Either way, this process enhances your ability to sell competitvely priced homes. Return to top of page Price: $375.00
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| Ask About Our Consulting Services That Can Speed Up the Effective Use of All of Our Management Products and Software. OptionWiz® Fee Schedule OptionWiz with 1 Development and 1 User Licence: $9,995 OptionWiz Additional Development User License: $2,495 OptionWiz Development 6 plue Users: $1,995 Additional Sales User Licenses:
Support at $100.00 hour billed as used. Retainer required for initial install. A monthly, quarterly, or yearly support contract will be put in place once the software is fully operational. Operations & Process Consulting Billed at $200.00 Hour. Retainer required for initial install. Custom Programming at $150.00 per hour and all work will be quoted with a not to exceed number. We will do our best to fulfill your operating needs within the guidelines of excellent business practices. |
Builder Software Tools, Inc.
14524 W. Dartmouth Ave.
Lakewood, CO 80228
(303) 215-9100
(303) 215-9134 fax
BST@buildertools.com
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