Episode 069 of A Cabinet Vision Minute is about setting the Estimate Sheets of Material flag in the Bid Center.
If you use Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision or even if you don't use Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision and you're not using "Catalog Prices" for estimating your cabinet jobs, then watch this video. This could save you make you thousands of dollars on your next job.
Craftsman Engineering just released version 4 of Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision ( formerly the Cost-Plus Bid Center ) last week ( Aug. 8, 2024 ).
This is the first A Cabinet Vision Minute Update....kinda like A Cabinet Vision Minute vlog. This is published on April 29, 2024.
These "vlog class" of videos are designed, hopefully, to fill the time gap between releases A Cabinet Vision Minute videos. Currently, for example, I'm working on a 6 part series of videos on the Door Manager. I've completed two of them and the 3 in the series about buyout doors is in progress and very nearly complete.
So, here's what's on my plate today...
A Cabinet Vision Minute - Episode 37
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Bruce demonstrates the versatility of the Cost-Plus Bid Center by estimating a refacing job...doors and drawers only with hardware and installation.
In this second of a two-part series on practical bidding and estimating techniques using Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision, Bruce demonstrates a very fast and accurate method of estimating a high-end kitchen for an apartment in San Francisco without laying out any walls...a COMPLETE No-Draw Bid with Cabinet Vision 2023.
In this first of a two-part series on practical bidding and estimating techniques using Cabinet Vision and Essential Estimating for Cabinet Vision, Bruce demonstrates a very fast and accurate method of estimating a high-end kitchen for an apartment in San Francisco.
In this episode of A Cabinet Vision Minute, I tip my hand about how I came up with some of the numbers I use in the Cost-Plus Bid Center rate tables that use the Per Linear Foot bid method.
To find out more about the Cost-Plus Bid Center and the Estimators' Toolbox, visit https://Shop.CraftmanEngineering.com
Let's say you buy plywood from several different vendors. And of course, vendor A has a different price for that material than does vendor B or vendor C for that matter. How can we make sure we have the right price AND vendor for this plywood.
In this A Cabinet Vision Minute, Bruce peels pack the vendor/price onion.
Learn more about the Cost-Plus Bid Center at https://Shop.CraftsmanEngineering.com
The Cost-Plus Bid Center is a set of prepared rate tables, reports and catalogs made specifically for Cabinet Vision. This video is an excellent overview of the Cost-Plus Bid Center.
To find out more about the Cost-Plus Bid Center, visit https://Shop.CraftsmanEngineering.com
See Episode 023 of A Cabinet Vision Minute for the Complete No-Draw Bid Process.
Download a very handy tool to help you expedite this Quick Bid process. Scroll down to the end of the text below to find the download link.
In this video, Bruce explains how to create a "Quick Bid" using the Cost Plus Bid Center package available from the Craftsman Engineering Online Store ...all without drawing a single wall and without drawing any cabinets.