When making a decision as critical to your business as selecting a commercial estimating software, it is essential to have a strategy and expectations in place before you invest in a new software: requirements (past and future), training, support, rollout time, and price. Work at a commercial level has less margin for error, higher complexity, and greater risk of loss should a mistake occur; developing an evaluation template is a great way to make sure that you don't waste time evaluating a product that is a poor fit for your business needs.

Team building, synergy, innovation--buzzwords are in the air. In an industry that is in the midst of going digital, we want to be your guide to the future of takeoff estimating. Let's talk about building a consolidated team of commercial estimators where everyone is on the same page. Some of the benefits of consolidating your estimating team include:

• A massive increase in efficiency
• A consistent professional bid output
• A team of experts that can support one another

For the past few months we've teased at the newest generation of our suite of software solutions for flooring industry professionals. Thank you for your patience! We know you're curious about more details, so we're excited to give you a glimpse of exactly that.

MeasureSquare 2016 is still in its beta phase as we iron out the kinks and work on implementing the suggestions being made by our testers before we announce a wide release.