QSExpress™

"Bill production as a profit centre is a significant factor to our commercial success -implementing the right system in terms of speed, stability and agility was crucial andQSExpress˙ didn't disappoint"

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System requirements:

Windows 9x-VISTA; 1Gb RAM; Pentium III processor orbetter; CD drive; USB port; HD space depending onfacilities; sound card and speakers for multi media Help.

QSToolbox, QSExpress, EasyEarthworks, EasyGrid,EasyGrid EVO3, OnSight, AutoCheck and HotLink areregistered trade marks or trade marks of Visual PrecisionLimited. Microsoft and Excel™ are registered trademarksand trademarks of Microsoft Inc.

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QSExpress™

The engine you’ve been waiting for

Bill Production · Electronic Tendering · Tender Management · Cost Analysis · Single User · SQL Multi User · Remote User

Help when it’s neededAs with all Visual Precision systems, full on-lineHelp is available throughout the program inboth traditional and multi media formats.Simply by clicking the Help menu you can diveinto the on-screen 'show me' sound and videotype presentation to guide you through yourchosen topic. Vastly quicker than flat filemanuals and traditional Help system, our on-screen video based tutorials deliver theknowledge required in a fraction of the timeother methods take and ‘take-up’ by the user isfast and efficient. It’s another of the systems bigsecrets.

Training & supportWith all this technology our clients also like usto provide training and after sales support. Onand off site training is available to make sureyou, the user, get the very best from the systemright from day one and in the minimum of time.

Training is structured specifically for each groupand is delivered at a pace to ensure thoroughunderstanding of the system. Coupled with themulti media based Help system, users aregenerally up and running within just a few hours.

We also provide the very best back up serviceto keep you running smoothly towards yourgoals and our system upgrades are effortlessand smooth, ensuring you’re up-to-date all thetime.

To learn more about the system call now for ourpresentation CD or ask about our one-to-oneand group presentations.

AT A GLANCE

■ OPERATING SYSTEMSFully Windows compliant 32bit code forWindows 9x-Vista

■ ARCHITECTUREQSExpress™ is developed in Microsoftlanguages throughout using 32bit codetechnology

■ VERSIONSStand alone single user and SQL basedreal time network multi user versionsavailable with remote worker (on-line andoff-line) options

■ LIBRARIESStandard Method Libraries available.User created libraries as standardLegacy libraries can be imported as aservice

■ TAKING-OFFQSExpress™ comes complete with a fullyintegrated dimsheet system – the industrychampion

■ DIGITISER & CAD MEASUREEasyGrid™, EasyEarthworks™ andOnSight™ offer seamless measurementoptions to QSExpress™ handling bothpaper and electronic drawing information

■ OUTPUTPrint take-off, abstracts and BQ’s. ExportBills to Excel™ and CITE formats

■ TRAININGOn and off-site training in the packageMulti media based tutorials and Helpsystem for rapid take-up

■ AFTER SALEAutomatic upgradesWeb supportTelephone supportOn-going development

(distinct possibilities with a number of othersystems). QSExpress™ offers total control overthe bill formats as well as allowing bills in different sort orders and formats to be issuedon the same project to give you and your clientsthe project structure you want. And you canexport to file too, so you can issue the projecton disk or by email and receive it back the sameway once it’s been priced (CITE and Excel™exports both supported).

Pricing, analysis & beyond So you've issued the bills for pricing. WithQSExpress™ an unlimited number ofcontractors can now price the bills and sendthem back for analysis. Input back into thesystem is made very simple through our importscreens and if it's on disk it can be imported in afew seconds. Instantly you can move smoothlyinto analysis to develop text based andgraphical reports to issue the necessaryrecommendations to your clients and otherdepartments. Then it's on to post contractcontrol where any number of your pre contractcontractors can be carried forward into postcontract control. Rates can be single ‘all-in’ orbuilt up, giving those users who need it,especially contractors, the ability to analyticallystructure their costs by the more traditionallabour, material, plant type approaches. Youcan even print multi column ‘contractor’ bills aswell!

Digitiser & CAD measure optionsFor quicker taking-off options and to enhancethe standard dimsheet routines you can ofcourse add one of our leading edge taking-offsystems. For measuring lengths and area typeworks from drawings, plans and photographsthere's our digitiser based EasyGrid™ systemand for cut & fill there's nothing better thanEasyEarthworks™. Both systems can besupplied as ‘turn-key’ options including aprofessional digitiser to match your budget andperformance requirements with all softwarebeing directly authored and supported by us. If you need to handle electronic drawings inCAD or picture formats (BMP, TIFF etc) ratherthan paper, our OnSight™ on-screen graphicalmeasurement system integrates toQSExpress™ just perfectly.

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transmitted to the main system (network orstand alone) by any number of electronicmethods and merged into the main project atany time, QSExpress™ taking care of the totalmanagement of any number of shared projectsand remote workers. It’s all understandablysimple.

Print outs, disk outsOnce all the data is in and you're happy with thetake-off it's time to send it all out. This is where

QSExpress™

and well thought out library maintenanceroutine. Adding new descriptions to projects issimplicity itself with the system even handlingthe coding if you wish, totally automatically. Ofcourse you can take full control if you desire andfor those with security clearance, rogues caneven be injected into the system master libraryfor use on future projects.

In use, QSExpress™ makes searching fordescriptions effortless as well. It's ‘seek &search’ feature will have you streakingthrough the library virtually instantly tofind those ever-elusive descriptions –a time consuming task on othersystems lacking our technology.Once tracked down, evenmultiple 'finds' are dealt withlogically to give you thefastest possible take-offspeed (after all, it is whatyou spend most of thetime doing whenyou're creating bills).

Building on this, QSExpress™ through the useof advanced techniques will also allow the re-use of many standard libraries. Even if you havean existing non standard library we can assistwith it’s migration ensuring all your previoushard work is not lost when you move up to yournext system. And even if we haven't alreadybuilt an import routine for your old legacysystem, as authors of the program we canquickly and effortlessly make the necessarychanges to bring your old library into the fold.Whatever system you're currently using you canmove up to QSExpress™ without drama. Based around the functionality which has beenwell established in Visual Precision's othertaking-off systems, QSExpress™ adheresstrongly to traditional taking-off practices andtechniques to offer unparalleled levels offunctionality and useability. With it'simmediately understood vertical style take-off

screen, trainingin the use of this key area isminimal which virtually guarantees thecommercial success of pre contract projects.All the key features are available includingtimesing, anding-on, annotations and multinesting sidecasts as well as a few new ones likePaste Link -the ability to copy and paste anyfigure in the take-off and have a dynamic linkmaintained. You can also copy groups ofdimensions from one sheet to paste them intoanother. The system's versatility is second tonone.

All changeBut putting information in is only half the story.Once it's in, there are always the modificationsand changes to take care of. That's whyQSExpress™ also 'majors' in the edit stakes.

With it's fully dynamic take-off entry feature,questionable entries need only to be enteredinto the system once. Every other entry is thenbased on the first input so when confirmation onthe measurement is made, one single edit canremodel the whole of a bill in a single sweep.Just imagine how flexible a system like that

really is - by changing the

length of say, thefirst centreline measurement, thewhole of the project can be recalculated. This istruly putting you in control of the project. Darewe say, it's empowerment. However, that's onlypart of what QSExpress™ achieves. It handlesdescriptions and bill edits just as easily. In billview or abstract view mode, descriptions canbe changed 'on the fly’ and edited in place, andit's a cinch to make major description andspecification changes to the bill in a fewseconds. All of this ability to change bills is ofcourse tempered with several layers of securityfor the Enterprise edition to ensure only project

leaders and approved personnel can makesubstantial edits to the bills.

Wide area workingIn the business world there have also beenchanging views on both work times and workplaces. Outsourcing has become ever popularamongst construction professionals and it isnow the norm for businesses to consider the

use of external

collaborators for larger projects aswell as home working for their full time staff.None of this has been overlooked in the designof QSExpress™ and using the Collaboratemodule, remote workers with laptops and standalone computers can work autonomously onprojects without the need for any real timeconnections (which can still be done whenrequired). Their contributions can be

majors again. With it's easyto understand and superbly designed outputroutines it's easy to export bills in print or ondisk in a wide variety of formats to suit your endneeds – all without the fear of including worktwice or missing sections out altogether

QSExpress™

■ 32 bit single user and real time simultaneous multi user SQL■ Enterprise editions ■ Remote user collaboration support ■ Import legacy libraries ■ Traditional take-off screens ■ Drag & drop technology■ AutoCheck™ dimsheet management■ Quantity rounding control■ Multiple libraries available■ Create own libraries

■ Group multiplier facility (timesing of major groups ie 25x house type)■ Priced library module■ Multi currency ■ Imperial & metric modes as standard■ Library FastSearch■ Traditional timesing, annotation, sidecasting, anding-on and paste link ■ Fully dynamic sidecasting - change once changes all ■ Real time document editing■ Single rate and rate build-up pricing■ Project archive function as standard

■ Integrated spellchecker ■ None destructive omissions (take out put back)■ Unlimited contractors to any project■ Export bills to CITE format■ Export full bills to Excel™■ Building and Engineering bill layouts■ Export valuation format bills to Excel™■ Multiple analysis methods (top down, bottom up, x-analysis) ■ Compare contractors rates■ Cost Control

■ Professional print management■ Drill down WYSIWYG BQ’s■ Professional presentation ■ Quality manual ■ Total after sales support ■ Automatic upgrades■ Multi level security■ Multi media Help/Tutorials as standard■ World Wide Web support with on-going development ■ Prelims and Preambles specification writing module

KEY FEATURES

One of the flagship systems of the QSToolbox™ range of software, QSExpress™ is the reply to the industry's requests for a better Bill

Production, pre and post contract system for the Quantity Surveyor, Engineer and Contractor.

Designed specifically to address the time and accuracy requirements of professionals requiring to produce bills and final accounts within

tight fee constraints, QSExpress™ delivers the real and immediate commercial benefits demanded in today's competitive industry

A Better WheelAll systems boast '32 bit 'built for Windows''fast' 'easy to use' but these are what we knowusers come to expect as standard of VisualPrecision software so we don't make thesebenefits headline news.

QSExpress™ is of course easy to use, we'vemade sure of it, but there's more toQSExpress™ than this. It's the design of thesystem that stands out. Throughout the designprocess we looked very hard at what usersreally needed and identified the key areas wherespeed and efficiency are key attributes for asolution to succeed, both perceptually andeconomically. This shows through in the endproduct and clients easily identify with thedesign skills of the development team,recognising sub-consciously the superiornature of the system.

Library handlingThe handling of libraries is a key issue to anysystem, that's why QSExpress™ has a strong

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