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Cats estimating

Our Computer Aided Tendering System (Cats estimating) is used across CIMIC Group and multiple disciplines to build competitive tenders and high-value solutions for our clients. 

Cats is a specialised estimating platform with flexible functionality that allows users to customise estimates to suit tendering requirements.

Challenge

Our initial challenge was how to provide our tender teams with real-time access to a plant, labour, materials, and subcontractor rates database. 

Solution

The system allows estimators to build estimates in their own way whilst maintaining overall consistency of rates and costs.

Benefits

  • Superior cashflow modelling and escalation calculations
  • 9-levels of complex resource build-up providing great flexibility
  • Intelligent dynamic linking to MS Excel 
  • Superior markup process for unbalancing 
  • Superior cost-coding 
  • Superior reporting functions 
  • Customisable at server, register, tender and user levels 
  • Customisable multiple views of all screens 
  • Full multi-user capability, locks out one user when two users attempt to edit the same item in a module 
  • Multi-level security and access control 
  • Very flexible and easy to extract and dissect data within an estimate 
  • Truck haul cycle simulation with productivity and fuel usage 
  • Complete and up-to-date Plant Library
  • Measured quantities module for digital 2D take-off and BIM integration.

Application

With a history going back to the 1980’s when it was first developed as a tool at CIMIC by a civil engineer, Cats has consistently been a mainstay for CIMIC Group estimating teams.

Through regular redevelopments, the product remains industry leading – and the current Cats product team is continuing to enhance its features to keep pace with industry requirements.

Key roles serviced by Cats estimating:

  • Project Management
  • Finance and Commercial Management
  • Site Management
  • Engineering
  • Quantity surveying.
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