Each estimator has a specialty and estimates in detail the general conditions, site work, concrete and architectural work.
		On bid day, all six estimators can be working on different sections of the same estimate simultaneously.
		Each estimator knows immediately what the other one has entered or modified and the chief estimator can make sure all the bases are covered.
		The chief estimator has been quoted as saying, "The more I use eCaliper, the more I like it. It is the perfect combination of flexibility and control."

Global Modifications to a Takeoff - An eCaliper user specializes in large projects such as hospitals, hotels, and other buildings with many similar or identical rooms.

		eCaliper allows their estimators to copy (or clone) a room or rooms and then make changes on an exception basis.
		A key advantage for this eCaliper user is that if they need to make a change to something affecting all the rooms or a group of rooms, the estimator can make the change once and then have it apply across all or a select group of the rooms.

Explode a Conceptual Takeoff into a Detailed Takeoff - An eCaliper user in the design/build construction business works with potential clients first by developing a conceptual estimate for the project.

		Later, on a systematic basis, the estimator expands each phase of the conceptual estimate into a detailed estimate.
		With eCaliper's nested assemblies capabilities, the estimator can create the details of a complicated, large estimate at multiple levels, one level at a time.

Numerous Levels of Assembly Takeoff - Most estimating systems on the market today allow for assemblies. But there is a big difference with eCaliper - nested assemblies (assemblies within assemblies).

		This capability has become crucial for a large casework contracting business. At the lowest level, they have established assemblies for drawers, shelves, hardware, moldings, and trim.
		The next level of assemblies includes the individual cabinets themselves. These cabinets are then assembled into groups, which are then assembled along with the millwork trim options into rooms.
		They have top-level assemblies for hotel rooms, hospital rooms, laboratories, and other similar groupings.
		Creating large estimates for this eCaliper user is a breeze, directly as a result of their use of nested assemblies.