When JBKnowledge conducted its 2018 Construction Technology Report, more than 60 percent of the nearly 3,000 construction pros reported still relying on spreadsheets as part of their estimating process.

Technology seems to be simultaneously disrupting and driving change in today’s preconstruction industry.

Cost cost estimators working in the walls and ceilings industry know their job is perfected through experience, practice, and intuition.

No matter how hard any contractor works toward being organized and efficient, there are more significant issues at play that cause projects to go over-budget and over-schedule these days.

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.