It has been said that estimating is more art than science but in today's market in order to be competitive you must be accurate and that requires modeling and designing the panels or trusses for quote purposes. This makes sense for smaller jobs but the large commercial jobs require a different approach which requires some design and a lot of guesstimating.
At Component Runner we have developed a Quick Quote process which combines modeling and design with accurate area zones and Excel to create a fast and accurate estimate.