Applying DESTINI Estimator in Environmental Systems

For Harper General Contractor’s Environmental Systems division, DESTINI Estimator construction estimating software has made the preconstruction team faster and more accurate. Switching to one single source estimating system has helped Harper do what they’re doing the way they say they’re going to do it. Harper General Contractors | Construction Company Greenville SC (harpergc.com) 

A Top 400 Contractor and Top 400 Environmental Firms, Harper’s Environmental Systems division drives a lot of Harper’s revenue. Before switching to DESTINI Estimator, the multiple systems the preconstruction team was working in facilitated errors when transferring information back and forth from different platforms. And more importantly, it was hard to backtrack and see the changes made throughout the preconstruction process. They wanted to find a way to create estimates faster and better. The built-in takeoff in DESTINI Estimator was a strong selling point for Harper’s Environmental Systems division.  

We sat down with Harper to discuss the changes in efficiencies they’ve experienced after implementing DESTINI Estimator in the following webinar: 

In this webinar, you will learn the following benefits of DESTINI Estimator estimating software for Harper General Contractors: 
Increased productivity through the strong assemblies feature. 

Owners can see every revision and how the project changes over time. 

• Can defend their pricing. 
• Helps explain change orders. 
• Clear back tracking.
• Defining where numbers come from.
• Track changes over time.
• Reduce waste (this was the biggest driver for Harper to find a new estimating system). 
• Easy to use and train.
• Easy to make changes in an estimate at the last minute.
• Not having to start from scratch when changes are made. 
• Consistency of reporting to owners. 
• Standardize the way they estimate. 
• Less time wasted searching down information.