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However, as Brett and Josh built their business, they found they were spending a large amount of their time in the office, writing job estimates. Josh said even writing basic estimates with little detail was becoming too time-consuming. 

“I think we started off probably like most small companies start off…and that’s with good old-fashioned pen and paper,” he said. “That’s where countless hours got put into after work, just sitting down behind a desk, looking at paper plans, and translating that onto paper.” 

Brett agreed, saying that estimate writing was taking time away from his family and friends. 

“Before Buildxact, we were doing all of our quoting, estimating—well—it was all after hours. So, the work-life balance wasn’t fantastic,” he said. 

How Buildxact makes a difference  

Brett, Josh and his team left the pen, paper, and even spreadsheets, behind when they made the switch to Buildxact construction management software.  

Since switching to Buildxaxct, VW Building Projects has done way with writing basic estimates. They now provide accurate and detailed digital estimates, which have led to a higher quote win rate for their business, in a fraction of the time.

“We found Buildxact has played a huge role in setting us apart and just helping us win projects,” Brett said. “The ability to quote accurately and quickly and present it really well just stands out.” 

With Buildxact’s estimating tool, Josh and Brett now have the ability to break jobs into major tasks and their associated subtasks. They can also assign costs by type, whether that’s material or labor. With Buildxact, material costs are easily associated with each task using integrated supplier pricing. 

Brett says this interactive capability within the software is critical to their business operations. 

“It makes estimating an absolute breeze. We have had a couple of large (material) brands that had their catalog updated, and we know what’s been updated for every item and what it’s going to cost.” 

For Josh, having a detailed estimating tool like Buildxact was personally impactful. 

“I think one of the turning points was when Brett and I were going out on a Sunday to have a look at a job. And, like everyone, our customer wants to sort of have an answer tomorrow. So, we try our best to put our best foot forward. 

“And I think that was the turning point where I realized ‘I really don’t want to be sitting down on a Sunday, estimating jobs to be able to give it to them on a Monday.’ But with Buildxact, it’s simple.” 

How Buildxact improves estimating in less time 

Integrated supplier pricing has helped VW Building Projects guarantee they have the latest, most accurate pricing; giving them the confidence to know their quote is not only competitive but will also turn a fair profit. With Buildxact, hunting down your supplier’s latest material price catalogs is a thing of the past. 

“Being able to have live prices via our suppliers is the difference between winning or losing a job,” Josh said. “Obviously, prices change dramatically almost daily when it comes to certain materials.

So being able to just log on and find the going rate is so powerful.” 

“I think everyone’s well aware that prices keep fluctuating and there seems to be no happy medium. So being able to log on to Buildxact and view our suppliers’ prices daily just makes our estimates a lot more accurate.,” he said. 

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Successfully managing the supply chain in the home construction industry requires collaboration with trades and material suppliers using modern software tools to keep up with what many industry experts see as unprecedented global challenges.

Supply chain management and the home construction project

Basically, supply chain management in construction refers to properly managing building materials flow, information and resources all the way from the suppliers to the construction site.

What sounds simple in theory actually is enormously complex to execute. Succeeding involves having tight control over procurement, inventory management, logistics and distribution so that all of these ensure that necessary materials and equipment are available when needed.

None of this takes place without timely communication among all stakeholders, both within the company and with external material suppliers and partners.

Benefits of supply chain management in construction

When done well, supply chain management reduces waste, minimizes delays and results in the project outcomes you want to consistently and predictably see, such as keeping a project under budget.

When preparing a supply chain management plan, you should be measuring its success against the following:

Does your plan generate higher profitability through lower real costs?

Construction businesses face constant pressures with wastage and delays, which can result in the costs of a project ballooning. The more efficient the supply chain, the more you can reduce waste and lower these avoidable material costs.

Does your plan build a good business relationship with the client?

Project delays make clients unhappy. Solid communication among material suppliers, contractors and builder ensures high-quality materials are on-site when needed so that a build stays on schedule. Properly working with suppliers often means having detailed specifications ready and available at the earliest stages of a project when a supplier’s consultation matters most.

Does your plan aid long-term project planning?

With strong communication, it becomes possible to identify issues early in a construction project and address them before they negatively impact a project. A supplier with the right set of specifications and enough time might note a coming lumber shortage with plenty of time to find an alternative, for example.

Does your plan improve your risk management?

Ultimately, home builders with a strong supply chain can manage around rising material costs and delivery delays that can blow project deadlines. The key is having a robust supply chain that gives you, the builder, many options when it comes to sourcing materials.

How to improve construction supply chain management

A successful supply chain involves ongoing assessment and review. A builder cannot set up a supply chain and forget it. There will always be opportunities to improve the supply chain, making it more efficient and effective.

Put collaboration at the heart of agile construction supply chains

One frequent mistake that construction industry leaders make is to centralize the supply chain to a single person – typically the owner themselves. If you should be away for some reason (for example, on holiday or sick), the entire supply chain breaks down.

Core to any supply chain management strategy is having clear and transparent communication lines with all parties involved, where all project managers and other stakeholders have access to the channels and the people they need to collaborate seamlessly and efficiently.

Leverage digital technologies

When home builders shift construction management to modern digital cloud-based tools, it centralizes the data involved in the supply chain so that everyone involved can access the same information. This reduces miscommunication and boosts quality control. Also, most material suppliers and suppliers now have online marketplaces that make the purchase of supplies more seamless when connected to a builders construction management platform.

Focus on building just-in-time capabilities into your supply chain

Just-in-time delivery means that the materials that you need are on-site on the day that they’re needed without those materials sitting in a pile of inventory at the job site. Inventory often results in waste and additional operational costs.

Having just-in-time capabilities means finding the right logistics partners that allow you flexibility when ordering. You need the ability to shift dates if the scope or timelines of the project change.

Establish formal KPIs for all partners involved in the chain

Quality control is essential in the construction industry, and proper supply chain management builds a review process into each interaction with each supplier in the supply chain network, noting the quality of construction materials, costs and the timeliness of interactions and delivery.

These reviews set goals, or KPIs, and the ability to meet these KPIs over time generates a list of preferred suppliers and suppliers. Staying on this list requires each supplier to avoid slipping standards and poor quality materials. Successful builders know how to move seamlessly to a new preferred supplier.

Finally, it’s important to formalize the supply chain management plan, and have it clearly articulated to all parties involved in the organisation so that everyone is in aligned.

Nothing can break down a supply chain more quickly than crossed wires and confusion; so the plan and subsequent reviews should be documented, distributed and explained to everyone involved in the process.

Challenges for the construction industry

Without a doubt, the biggest challenge facing building construction at the moment is the ongoing perfect storm of critical material supplies shortage and a deep labour and skills shortage, often made worse by inadequate training levels across the home construction industry.

Combined, these challenges first make it difficult to source materials for just-in-time delivery, and then have the people or contractors available to work those materials into the project.

These deep, and somewhat indirect, operational costs cause so many construction businesses to work overtime, while struggling to remain liquid and manage cash flow.

Again, supply chain management can help overcome these difficulties. For example, as discussed previously, a robust supply chain management system diversifies suppliers and material suppliers to mitigate the risk of supply chain disruption.

Building longer-term relationships with reliable suppliers, and having a preferred supplier system, also can help with negotiating lower prices in construction procurement, and ensure that your business is given preferential access when materials are in short supply.

Meanwhile, establishing training programs or partnering with training institutions around the supply chain itself can help to address the skills shortages. Building a deep pool of supply chain partners, contractors, and specialty tradies can be another way to ensure that projects aren’t held up due to a lack of capabilities.

Without a doubt, the supply chain is one of the most challenging risks for modern construction businesses to grapple with. The more robust, detailed and comprehensive the supply chain management plan, the better prepared and competitive you will be.

Planning accurate forecasts using Buildxact

A good supply chain management plan features a depth of data across many areas of the business. Having that information consolidated into a single platform is essential for efficiently managing the challenges and risks.

The Buildxact construction management platform delivers accurate forecasts, based on budgets you build up over time from your most successful projects. You can even connect your suppliers directly to the Buildxact platform to deepen collaboration and engagement at times that our most convenient to you.

Additionally, the in-depth job management tools include scheduling. Material deliveries can be coordinated with subcontractor schedules easily with visual tools provided by Buildxact.

Meanwhile, cost tracking in real-time allows you to identify red flags early on and proactively address them through client discussion and variations.

Buildxact is a platform for holistic, end-to-end construction supply chain management, in other words. Through detailed and real-time data, hosted and accessed in the cloud, you’ll be able to maximize the efficiency across a complex chain that is critical to the health of your business.

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In fact, one in three pro builders switch material brands at the time of purchase and make this decision increasingly via online ordering, according to a 2022 industry study from The Farnsworth Group.

With inflation expected to keep the cost of construction materials high well into 2023, builders will need to continue to advise their homeowner clients on how building materials impact the final cost to build their home. Builders having quick access to the latest pricing on new construction materials will have an advantage over their competitors when it comes to accurately quoting customers.

As you track the latest material trends, keep in mind that 66% of homebuyers rate sustainability as important to their purchasing decisions. Here are some of the product categories homeowners are likely to ask that you research and price in their quote:

New building materials for sustainable roofing  

Solar

Homeowners increasingly ask about rooftop solar panels as an optional material for boosting the sustainability of their new home. By 2030, about 13% of U.S. homes will have a solar photovoltaic system to generate electricity.

This is fueled in part by mandates that builders in some states need to be aware. For instance, in California, new single-family homes up to three stories must have enough solar generation to meet the home’s annual power needs. Builders can install smaller solar systems if battery storage or other energy-saving initiatives are part of the home’s design. 

Worldwide, other countries are adopting solar into residential construction at a pace largely based on local electricity prices and area weather conditions. In Australia, 31% of homes have some kind of solar system for generating power, and that country’s government hopes to grow the percentage to 50% by 2030. 

Solar panels have expensive upfront installation costs and can be tricky to finance with a mix of government incentives; so many homeowners interested in environmental sustainability opt for more traditional material choices. Included among these are:

Insulation

Renewable and recycled materials like sheep’s wool and denim are increasingly becoming options for insulation, but builders can consider certain plastics and spray foams because of their greater efficiency to resist heat and to seal leaks and drafts.

Radiant barriers 

Many custom home designs now call for radiant barriers beneath the outermost roofing material. Silver-colored barriers help reflect heat away from the attic, where the temperature rises as heat flows to the interior space from the outer building material.

Modern shingles and tiles

Homeowners are increasingly asking for more options beyond asphalt shingles, which are a byproduct of oil refining. Metal roofs do a good job reflecting heat, can be made from recycled material, and offer different designs using options like rugged, lightweight corrugated sheets.

Other composite building material made from recyclables like plastic and rubber mimic the appearance of shingles made from cedar, clay and slate. These materials come from naturally occurring resources but have drawbacks. Cedar is subject to mold and mildew, while clay and slate are both supremely durable but are heavy and difficult to install.

The wider construction material landscape

Concrete alternatives

Cement needed to make concrete for constructing buildings emits a large amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) during the manufacturing process. In fact, climate researchers say up to 8% of global carbon emissions come from concrete manufacturing. Alternatives to concrete to combat carbon emissions include ByBlocks made from plastic waste, bioconcretes like the one from Prometheus Materials that uses microalgae as a binding agent, and Ashcrete made from the byproducts of coal-fired power plants.

Other concrete advancements are helping reduce the overall need for the building material. For instance, there is bendable concrete, also known as Engineered Cementitious Concrete. Developed by a team at the University of Michigan departments of civil and environmental engineering, this fiber-reinforced material has greater strength than traditional materials.

Bendable concrete under extreme stress is better able to hold a structure, such as load bearing walls, without cracking because it can “give” in much the same way as plastic.

Another concrete advancement is self healing cement or self healing concrete. The idea behind self healing concrete is that naturally occurring proteins added to the material give the concrete the ability to form calcium carbonate. The calcium carbonate forms when exposed to CO2. The material fills the small cracks as they appear over time in concrete.

Redefined finishing materials 

Designers and builders commonly use wood, stone, brick and glass for the architectural finishes that give custom homes thier unique look. Increasingly homeowners are looking to materials like bamboo and cork for flooring and wall coverings and engineered quartz for countertops.

Because bamboo is fast-growing, requires little water, and can have the same appearance as wood, it also is an increasing option among engineered flooring products. 

The changing uses of steel and wood

Steel increasingly is becoming an alternative to aluminum and plastic when manufacturing doors and windows. Steel window frames and doors are stronger, do a better job insulating against moisture and can be made from recycled materials to reduce carbon emissions.

Because steel is energy intensive to manufacture and transport, the construction industry is looking for new ways to replace structural steel with lighter engineered wood building materials, know as mass timber.

One new thought is to use mass timber to replace steel and concrete support structures. Glue laminated timber can create support beams, and cross laminated timber forms strong building panels for floors and walls.

Yet another possible future use of wood is surprisingly in the manufacture of window glass. Transparent wood is made possible by chemically treating thin layers of balsa wood and is said to have greater insulation properties than traditional glass.

 Sourcing sustainable materials

Finding a trusted supplier of sustainable building materials can be time-consuming. It’s best to begin with your current network of suppliers to see what sustainable products they offer. Before researching and quoting with any reputable supplier, it’s best to know precisely the type and amounts of material you need for your project.

It’s important to know your project’s material counts before you request a quote because some suppliers have minimum and maximum order quantities when it comes to purchasing sustainable construction materials.

Be sure you have detailed plans from which to work. With modern construction estimating software, you can quickly perform a material takeoff to calculate all the various materials needed. With this in hand, you can then begin speaking to suppliers about sourcing materials.

Keep in mind that third-party organizations, such as the Forest Stewardship Council, certify timber and wood products to ensure manufacturers source in a manner that best prevents deforestation. Ask your favorite supplier if they provide these certified construction materials.

Supplier collaboration is key

As you can see, collaboration with your supplier is critical when purchasing sustainable construction materials. But supplier collaboration can help with all facets of your project.

Today, online software tools allow you to submit material quotes online so that you can have the latest pricing information without all the wasted time that comes from leaving unreturned phone messages and emails that get lost in the shuffle. 

When you hear back from your supplier faster, you can accurately quote your customers with a professional, detailed estimate that beats the competition.

Revolutionizing the Construction Industry

Today, home builders like you are using modern software as their go-to source for estimating. Buildxact offers an all-in-one platform for takeoffs, estimates, quoting and job management.

Learn more about Buildxact pricing, or begin working today with a friendly Buildxact team member. Book a demo or start working with templates right away with a 14-day free trial.

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