The unique use of takeoff and estimating products by one of America’s biggest suppliers
Learn more about how Carter Lumber uses ConstructConnect's takeoff products to save time and maximize cost savings on their projects.
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(On-Screen Takeoff and Quick Bid have) been invaluable to us. There’s only so much you can put in a spreadsheet and have good quality descriptions on the items that you quoted or are using in a product.
Woodie Bryan
Regional Director of Commercial and Multifamily Sales, Carter Lumber
Products Used
On-Screen Takeoff®
Quick Bid®
Company Name
Carter Lumber
Industry
Building Product Manufacturer and Supplier
Year Founded
1932
Operations Area
North America
About Company
Carter Lumber is a building product manufacturer and distributor with several billion dollars in sales annually. The company serves large-scale developers, construction professionals, and do-it-yourselfers alike. Carter offers solutions for builder services, manufacturing and engineering, custom millwork, kitchen and bath design, and general hardware sales across its 170+ retail locations and seven brands. Founded in 1932, the company remains family owned.
The Challenge
Carter Lumber a reliable way to organize project costs and manage information for thousands of customers at once. With fluctuating material prices, providing accurate quotes was a constant challenge, requiring a system that could quickly adjust to market changes. Additionally, as customer budgets shifted throughout a project, Carter Lumber needed the ability to recommend cost-effective substitutions without delay. Ensuring a consistent and seamless experience at every stage of the customer journey was essential to maintaining efficiency and customer satisfaction.
How ConstructConnect Helped
When talking about how other building suppliers and manufacturers operate, Woodie Bryan, Carter Lumber’s Regional Director of Commercial and Multifamily Sales, says, “If they’re not using (On-Screen Takeoff and Quick Bid), I don’t know how they’re keeping track of everything. I really don’t. It’s really a time-saving tool.”
His team now saves up to five hours on each takeoff they perform for their customers, versus their earlier procedure of manually updating spreadsheets. What’s more, with On-Screen Takeoff and Quick Bid they can also pull numbers from one project to another, instead of having to do new calculations each time. Referencing the time savings from these front-end steps, and how they allow his team members to deliver for customers more quickly, Bryan said, “How you finish is best determined by how you start.”
Bryan noticed cost savings for Carter Lumber, as well. “The waste feature in Quick Bid on products that are calculated in linear footage is a very useful tool,” he tells ConstructConnect. “It allows us to account for waste in the raw cost of the product without inflating the quantity. This tool prevents project managers from over ordering material and wasting product in the field.”
Moving forward, every new employee that joins Carter Lumber’s Commercial and Multifamily Sales division will be trained in using On-Screen Takeoff and Quick Bid.
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