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QuestMX Earthwork

 
 
Takeoff screen handles multiple sheets so you can work with speed and accuracy Easily enter boring locations to know quantities by type of material See at a glance the amount of cut or fill needed with Section View Use Grid View to see elevations and cut and fill amounts for any pre-defined area Summary screen shows complete breakdown of quantities

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Maxwell Systems offers complete estimating solutions and earthwork software for general sitework contractors. Our core earth-measuring program, Maxwell Systems™ QuestMX Earthwork™, offers unique features designed to help you complete your jobs fast. What's more, our verification features help ensure you get the job right each and every time.

In addition, QuestMX Earthwork Digital Takeoff allows sitework contractors to perform a takeoff for cut and fill quantities without the hassle or expense of bulky blueprints.

Learn more about the key capabilities of QuestMX Earthwork:

  • Takeoff

    With Maxwell Systems QuestMX Earthwork, you can measure your cut and fill quantities in record time. Simply place your plans on a digitizer board and trace them using a stylus pen, once for existing elevations and once for proposed elevations, to generate accurate cut and fill quantities. No calculators, protractors, or slide rules are needed.

    If you have CAD files or data from field instruments like a laser total station or GPS, you can skip the tracing step altogether and import your takeoff information directly into QuestMX Earthwork. You can also send data such as staking reports from these programs into your field instrument and take the device to the jobsite to do your staking.

    QuestMX Earthwork's Takeoff screen can handle multiple sheets, works with any known scale, and allows you to choose Imperial or metric units. Getting a sitework job right means not only knowing how much material you'll be moving, but exactly what type. In QuestMX Earthwork you can easily enter your boring locations and information so you know your quantities by type of material. It goes without saying how important it is to know precisely what materials you're dealing with when it comes to creating a bid.

    QuestMX Earthwork makes it easy to perform a takeoff of any special construction area, like a building pad, retention pond, or parking island. You can then raise or lower the elevations and strip or replace topsoil as needed.

  • Verification

    You can verify your work with the Section view, which gives you a cross section view of elevations between any two points on the site. This feature also enables you to see both existing and proposed elevations at the same time, giving you an at-a-glance idea of the amount of cut or fill needed for any section of your site. Generate profiles of your site perimeter or the perimeter of any special construction area with ease.

    The Grid view shows your elevations and cut and fill amounts in a grid format. This means you can choose any pre-defined area to view, such as a special construction area, a perimeter, a phase, a retention pond or a parking lot, and the corresponding cut and fill totals will instantly display.

    Perhaps the most exciting way to verify your site is with the 3-D View. This gives you a dynamic, realistic aerial view of your existing and proposed elevations. Rotate the view to see your site from practically any angle, zoom in for greater detail, or zoom out to take in the entire site at once. You can even take a virtual helicopter ride to survey the site at any altitude or speed you wish using the Fly-by feature.

  • Summary

    To see a complete breakdown of your import/export quantities at any time, just look at the Summary screen. Breakdowns are displayed by area and layer and include the measured quantity, swell and yield factors, and adjusted total quantity.

  • Machine Control

    With Maxwell Systems™ QuestMX Earthwork™, users can experience significant benefits with our latest laser, GPS, and machine control applications. QuestMX Earthwork integrates directly with machine control systems by exporting data in the required file formats, including TTM (Trimble), TN3 (Topcon), and new AutoCAD exports for Triangulation, Areas, and Contours.

    QuestMX Earthwork users have the ability to pinpoint exact sub-grade areas, contours, or the entire site for staking, layout, and machine control. These features give contractors more control of projects, eliminating the time and money otherwise spent on third-party software packages or on hiring a staking crew every time a change is made to the site.

 
 
 
 
 
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E.R. Lewis Construction Company, Inc.

A sitework and general contractor, E.R. Lewis uses Maxwell Systems ProContractorMX as its complete, single software solution for estimating, job cost accounting, and project management. The company successfully replaced eight different programs and can save time, minimize risk, communicate more effectively between office and field, and eliminate redundant efforts.

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Maxwell Systems provides construction software solutions that help contractors to streamline workflow, increase productivity, and improve profitability. Furthermore, we understand that today's contractors must optimize processes across all business areas to gain or maintain an increasingly important competitive edge and ensure a successful business. Critical, to that end, is timely and efficient communication and information access among estimating, job cost accounting, and project management teams.

By using a Maxwell Systems complete construction software solution, you'll be able to better operate your business with increased efficiency and streamlined operations, and confidently increase profitability on every project. You will have the tools you need to accomplish more in less time; taking the guesswork out of reaching true profit potential; and improving financial stability for long-term benefit.

Why Maxwell Systems?

Maxwell Systems is truly unique with its ability to offer contractors a complete, seamless software solution that allows:

  • A new level of continuity and productivity among estimating, job cost accounting, and project management
  • Better insight, analysis, and financial oversight for owners to make informed and timely decisions
  • Improved operational efficiencies, cost reductions, and increased profits

Contractors value having an end-to-end solution from one company:

  • All applications work together seamlessly
  • Efficient access to comprehensive support and services
  • A stable technology partner committed to customer success

How Your Business Benefits

A complete construction software solution from Maxwell Systems provides end-to-end control of your business so you can see a day's profit potential at a glance, identify and prevent potential financial losses, spot discrepancies and errors, and manage projects with accurate information in real-time.

With tailored features designed to fit each member on your team, construction company management software ultimately allows your business to:

  • Attain end-to-end control and increased visibility
  • Achieve easy and accurate reporting with real-time data
  • Optimize project execution for maximum profitability
  • Streamline operations with seamless workflow

The Bid-to-Cash Cycle Explained

Managing each of the key process areas of a construction business – Estimating, Construction Accounting, and Project Management – requires vastly different talents and areas of expertise. The reality is that each of these functional groups is related and dependent on one another.

For your organization to run in an optimal fashion, the groups much work together in an optimal fashion. Together, these functional areas compromise what we describe as the Bid-to-Cash Cycle. And our goal at Maxwell Systems is to provide software for construction so you can bridge the needs of the functional groups, better manage this cycle, and so maximize profitability.

When construction estimating software, construction accounting software, and construction project management software are working together in a seamless system as a complete construction business management software solution, then a contractor is truly poised for optimal profit and productivity.

How does a complete solution fit your part of the cycle? Here are a few examples:

  • Owner: It's all about reducing waste, uncovering lost opportunity, exposing shortcomings, and maximizing resources – all which impact profit and the bottom line. With end-to-end visibility of every project, executives can hone business strategy, improve control of cash flow, and keep financials in the black with accurate ROI.
  • Estimator: Beyond estimating projects, the estimator can access more accurate information in regards to how the project actually performs. This will allow the estimator to improve accuracy on future estimates with actual labor and production rates, updated material prices, and other resource related items.
  • Accounting: Not only a company's construction accounting system, a complete solution helps to streamline the procurement processes for optimal efficiencies and produces more accurate purchasing processes. Additionally, billing processes, inventory issuances, and many other processes are streamlined. Less data entry, better accuracy, and reliable audit trail allow convenience and peace of mind.
  • Project Manager: The seamless workflow from Estimating to Project Tracking allows for a streamlined method of creating the job and then tracking performance against the estimate. Within the complete solution, the construction project management programs also provide the detail required for the Project Manager to understand what the Estimator was thinking when the bid was put together. Plus, by accessing real-time information whether in the office or in the field, the project manager can track progress, be more agile, and better handle all aspects of jobs from beginning to end.

Bottom Line

To succeed in today's competitive marketplace, construction business owners must improve productivity and have end-to-end visibility to see how jobs perform (and turn profit) from start to finish. Maxwell Systems knows construction company software and can be your partner by offering truly unique products (as well as support and services) that address the entire construction project lifecycle – from digital takeoff through final cash payment. Our seamless system provides your company with all the capabilities you need for estimating, job cost accounting, and project management, and ultimately for superior insight and analysis of your business.

Imagine the flexibility and insight by having one solution for estimating projects, for construction accounting programs, and for construction project software! All that and more in one system will help your business be more competitive and profitable.

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