For many walls and ceilings contractors, the days of estimators working with full-size plans and a single digitizer are a thing of the past. They no longer check for faxes from subcontractors or distribute multiple sets of printed plans to complete their final bid. Now, finalizing a bid can be done in days or even hours—instead of weeks.
Admittedly, for every contractor who has adopted digital tools, there are others who prefer colored pencils and highlighters instead of using digital estimating tools. For them, the unknown of changing their estimating workflow outweighs any potential benefits of a digital transformation.