INEIGHT CASE STUDY:
GRADEX
FASTER, MORE ACCURATE ESTIMATES
By taking advantage of InEight's robust features, extensible all-in-one design, and native integrations, Gradex has significantly improved its operational efficiency—particularly when it comes to estimating and project management.
As Maynard notes: "The speed with which we can estimate increased quite a bit. It allows us to move faster and spend less time doing estimates, while still having confidence that they're right. We can put together estimates at least 50% faster with InEight.”
And with vital project data now more easily accessible and mineable from estimate, to forecast, to daily progress reports, through to accounting, Gradex is able to manage projects not just more efficiently, but more effectively.
“InEight provides a valuable feedback loop of the data from progress back to the estimate, which is something I’ve never had before, even when working at a giant construction company —it’s always been a manual process,” says Maynard. “That full picture loop: estimating jobs, doing them, and then seeing how we did make an adjustment, it helps us be better, be sharper.”
“We can put together estimates at least 50% faster with InEight. It allows us to move faster and spend less time doing estimates—while still having confidence that they're right.”
- Dave Maynard, President, Gradex
InEight helped Gradex fully deploy in just two months, delivering fast time-to-value.
Gradex can now deliver estimates at least 50% faster, and know they’re accurate.
BIG BENEFITS IN THE FIELD
Outside of the estimating function, other Gradex team members are also experiencing the uniquely powerful benefits of InEight. For example, Maynard notes that his field team loves the ability to pre-plan and set up time cards ahead of time.
“If you utilize Plan and setting up someone’s plan ahead of time, it’s a super powerful thing. It blew their minds—it just doesn’t exist in other software! You can't typically build a plan, have a time card already almost pre-filled out for them with who's going be on your crew, here's your equipment, and here's the production you need to get today,” Maynard explained.
“And then to be able to actually hand off the information in that package and attach a couple of drawings or a markup or something? That's huge. That's a really, really big benefit,” Maynard continued.