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What is TPL Estimate?

The TPL Estimate software is designed to manage the entire estimating and bidding process effectively. It gives users the ability to create more accurate estimates and exercise enhanced control, leading to significant time savings. You can initiate your project effortlessly by importing data from various sources, such as past estimates. Furthermore, the platform allows you to integrate your own custom formulas and calculations into the estimates for greater precision. It promotes effective communication with suppliers and subcontractors, enabling you to easily incorporate their quotes into your bids. With TPL Estimate, you hold the responsibility for finalizing proposal pricing, and the software can either automatically adjust prices or allow for manual changes at any point in time. You have the option to determine how to allocate Indirect Costs, Administration, and Profits, utilizing fixed percentages, specific dollar amounts, or your own customized formulas. The software provides numerous scenarios to explore, which can help optimize the profitability of each bid. In addition, TPL Estimate aids in identifying and correcting estimating errors while maintaining a log for future use. You can assess how each change affects the overall outcome and make necessary adjustments, ensuring ongoing enhancement of your estimating procedures. In this way, TPL Estimate not only streamlines the bidding process but also significantly improves your decision-making capabilities by providing valuable insights and data analysis.

What is Purple Hammer?

Purple Hammer is a comprehensive desktop solution developed specifically for construction estimators and quantity surveyor teams, aiming to fulfill the vision that Bluebeam sought to achieve. This software boasts impressive features, including a PDF viewer operating at 120 FPS, extensive markup and measurement tools covering aspects like length, area, count, perimeter, volume, and wall volume, as well as sophisticated drawing comparison options that facilitate auto alignment, blinking, and support for multiple candidates. In addition, it offers built-in estimating worksheets, the ability to utilize takeoff formulas with advanced syntax, and access to cost and contract lookup tables. The platform is further enhanced by an open MCP for AI integration, a one-click "Magic Measure" function, and the capability to snap to geometry, grid, and raster edges. Moreover, it provides live document and version control, allowing users to export marked-up PDFs, Excel files, and comparison GIFs efficiently. Compatible with both Mac and Windows operating systems, Purple Hammer is meticulously crafted to optimize the estimating workflow for construction professionals. Its intuitive design coupled with its powerful features establishes it as a critical tool for improving both the efficiency and precision of construction projects, ultimately driving better outcomes in the industry.

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Integrations Supported

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Integrations Supported

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

API Availability

Has API

API Availability

Has API

Pricing Information

Pricing not provided
Free Version
Free Trial Offered?

Pricing Information

$12.99/user/month
Free Version
Free Trial Offered?

Supported Platforms

SaaS
Android
iPhone
iPad
Windows
Mac
On-Prem
Chromebook
Linux

Supported Platforms

SaaS
Android
iPhone
iPad
Windows
Mac
On-Prem
Chromebook
Linux

Customer Service / Support

Standard Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Customer Service / Support

Standard Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Training Options

Documentation Hub
Webinars
Online Training
On-Site Training

Training Options

Documentation Hub
Webinars
Online Training
On-Site Training

Company Facts

Organization Name

Total Project Logistics

Date Founded

2014

Company Location

Canada

Company Website

tpl-solutions.com/construction-management-software/tpl-estimate/

Company Facts

Organization Name

ShapeDo (TA Purple Hammer)

Date Founded

2014

Company Location

Israel

Company Website

purple-hammer.com

Categories and Features

Construction Estimating

Accounting Integration
Audit Trail
Bid Management
Billing & Invoicing
Building Product Database
Calculators
Change Orders
Contract Management
Cost Database
Customer Management
Customizable Templates
Electrical Estimating
HVAC Estimating
Historical Database
Job Costing
Plumbing Estimating
Price Data / Price Books
Project Management
Quote Management
Reporting/Analytics
Scheduling
Subcontractor Management
Takeoff
What-if Analysis

Categories and Features

Construction Estimating

Accounting Integration
Audit Trail
Bid Management
Billing & Invoicing
Building Product Database
Calculators
Change Orders
Contract Management
Cost Database
Customer Management
Customizable Templates
Electrical Estimating
HVAC Estimating
Historical Database
Job Costing
Plumbing Estimating
Price Data / Price Books
Project Management
Quote Management
Reporting/Analytics
Scheduling
Subcontractor Management
Takeoff
What-if Analysis

Takeoff

3D View
Assembly Takeoff
Cross Section Creation
Electronic Plans
Elevation Checking
Error Checking
Site Balancing
Slope Routines
Subcontractor Management

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