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please make the "Watchlist" and the "Invitations & Requests" work more smoothly. Often they have conflicting, or outdated entries.
they each have their own purpose but the should work concurrently with each other.
8 votesHi Eamon,
Thanks for this feedback, it’s something we’re looking into at the moment. We’re investigating how we can give you more control and visibility over how projects relate between your watchlist and invitations and requests. If there’s anything specific you would like to see, please feel free to let us know. -
Include the contact phone number of the Builder on the tender details when document requests have been approved
Include the contact phone number of the Builder on the tender details when document requests have been approved
8 votesHi Mirella,
Thanks for the feedback, we are currently reviewing how best to surface contact details during the tender phase. -
Mobile friendly Version of the website.
The website is quite cumbersome when viewed on a mobile device. Is there the ability to create a mobile friendly version of the site?
7 votesHi Caitlyn,
Thanks so much for the feedback. Being mobile friendly is something we have talked about a lot, but we have never been sure how many people would use EstimateOne on mobile – or how they would use it. What tasks in particular would you like to be able to do on mobile? -
Email alerts for construction types and Builder new tenders
When a new tender appears under a type of construction (childcare, aged care, petrol station, etc) an email alert is sent to us. this can possibly read off our filter set (but needs a type filter).
Same for selected builders when a new tender is posted.6 votesHi Filicia, notifications such as this is something we are currently looking into and improving the way we suggest projects. For the time being, we recommend keeping an eye out for the Thursday newsletter which gives you an update on new jobs for your selected trade.
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Rename the zip file of the download package to contain Project Name, Builder and Quotes Due Date
I do this every time I download a package. Would be good if it happened automatically.
6 votesGreat suggestion, thank you for sharing this with us!
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allow me to combine the drawings so i don't have to go through each page separately to view and print
rather than click on the index and go through what pages i need, it would be easier and quicker to combine the drawings so i can print multiple pages off in one.
5 votesChanges to the document previewer form part of a larger review of how subbies and suppliers interact with EstimateOne.
Thank you for your feedback, we’ll take it onboard.
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Improve Specification Search results
When doing a search for my company name I was surprised that a project I had documents for was not appearing even though I knew the "Architectural Spec" showed the word that I was searching for.
After talking to EstimateOne support I was informed that there were two reasons why the project wasn't showing.
1) The project I had accessed documents for was being tendered by two Builders. The documents I had received were from a Builder who had since withdrawn from the tender. Because the Builder had withdrawn their documents were not being searched as part of the specification…
5 votesHi Mirella,
Thanks for your detailed feedback, we thoroughly appreciate it. We are planning a larger review of specification search in the near future, and this will form part of it. Stay tuned for further information. Thank you again for your thoughts. -
Notes
when using the notes section of Estimate One it would be great if you could just hover over the notes icon to show what you have written instead of having to go into the icon every time you needed to check on anything that you have written
5 votesThanks for the feedback. We are always looking at ways to make information more useful and accessible.
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A usage report to be made available
A usage report to be made available of all team members of a company; this will facilitate account monitoring as well as usage and can even be used to monitor sales representative performance.
Also, that team members last log-in details is only available for viewing to the administrators and not to every single team members.
4 votesHi Jemy,
Thanks for your feedback here, this is something we’ve talked about doing before. We’d love to know a bit more about exactly what data you’d find valuable and how you’d use it. Would you be keen to have a more detailed conversation with us? -
Is it possible to have the tool bar with (tender,awarded, watchlist ect) locked in position? this would help when we scroll down the page to
Is it possible to have the tool bar with (tender,awarded, watchlist ect) locked in position? this would help when we scroll down the page to quickly choose another tab without scrolling back up.
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include a CRM system for sub-contractors
a simple CRM System that draws on the significant information already contained within the Estimate 1 system. to allow the various users under 1 company to pool the information they have gained when completing individual quote's for the various builders and its estimators. using the estimate 1 systems can allow headings to be quickly populated from the information already held in estimate one.
4 votesThanks for the suggestion! We are currently reviewing how we can support workflow management for subbies and suppliers. We don’t have a timeline for this feature but it’s something we appreciate would help manage your projects. Stay tuned!
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Can you Tailor your information along the BCI report. I use BCI to find new projects and Estimate One to follow the specification/builder
I use BCI to follow new projects in the "design phase or concept". I then contact architects and present Blum products. The problem I have with BCI is I cant see any plans and check whether the architect actually did as he said and specified Blum products. Therefore I use Estimate One to follow the next step to the builder and look at the plans. However Estimate One is not married to BCI i.e. they seem to be different projects that are tendering with a strong emphasis on education. My target is mainly Multi-Res, Residential and aged care. if you…
4 votesThere is quite a lot of information in this suggestion, thank you for your detailed thoughts. We’re currently looking into how we can better service suppliers and their needs, we’d be happy to take this request into consideration. Thanks for providing the feedback!
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having the contact phone number of the contact on the original email
Currently when i receive an email request for a tender. there is no contact phone number of the requesting party.
4 votesThanks for the feedback, we are currently reviewing how best to surface contact details during the tender phase.
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Show the contact's position when sending invitations
Could you please add the contact's position next to their name on the selection page for sending invitations?
Some subcontractors include their project manager's contact on Estimate One, but we only want to send quote invitations to the estimating team, because the site staff won't care about the invitations.
When sending invitations, only their names are displayed, so we can't quickly tick the people who actually does estimating.
If there is not enough space to show their positions, remove the phone number column, because when sending bulk invitations, their phone number is the last thing we need to know.
3 votesHi Kai, thanks for the suggestion. Providing you with more information such as this is something that is currently on our radar.
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[Visualisation] Adding bookmark, note, or flag functions for project control for team.
When a whole team is doing quotation, members of a team always need to check if a project is in the process of quoting by a different member. If a flag function can be added to mark who is doing which project, and which project is not worth quoting for the team, a team can save a lot of time and really takeoff projects.
2 votesHi KS, something similar to this is something we are currently looking into. For the time being, a work around could be to mark the project off at ‘quoting’ and leaving a note against the project letting the team know who is currently working on the quote.
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Tender status Clean-up, replicate Addr Book view for Comm Builders
The Address Book - Commercial Builder view (eg Multiplex Mel) displays Tenders 'Active', 'Recently Closed' and 'Awarded (Last 18 months)'...
This seems intuitive, but the general 'Tenders - Specifications' search results offers 'Open', 'Awarded' and 'Closed', with tenders moving from 'Open' to 'Closed' automatically, and maybe to 'Awarded' if updated by someone.My suggestion, 'Open', 'Recently Closed', 'Awarded (last 18 months)' and 'Archived'.
Also, no tender should sit in 'Recently Closed for longer than 6 months without being reviewed and closed appropriately through EsitmateOne intervention/research.
2 votesThanks for the feedback, we will soon be reviewing the categorisations of tenders to provide a consistent experience across the website.
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