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CONSTRUCTION
SOFTWARE FOR YOU.
AND YOU. AND YOU.

Straightforward estimating, drawing, health & safety, legal contracts and job management software tools for your residential building firm. Built by builders for builders. Renovations. Extensions. New Builds. Something
for everyone - including your competitors...

UK Construction Estimating software. It's the best.

Estimating software made easy. Now you can select from 100s of extensions, new build, loft conversion and renovation templates - pre-loaded with the relevant materials and trades. All EstimatorXpress needs from you is a handful of dimensions and your specification tweaks. Then leave the smart admin tool to cost the lot in minutes. See your project costs and profitability via handy reports and graphs...automatically! And your estimate details can also be shared with our other software tools for almost instant Building Contracts, Health & Safety documents and Project Management. Take-offs and drawing are just as straightforward.
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Fast track your Estimating by choosing from 100s of Mix and Match templates to easily create 1000s of job types!

WORRIED ABOUT YOUR FREE TIME, BANK BALANCE AND STRESS LEVELS? HELP IS AT HAND…

Make the full amount

Link up to the latest materials prices. Know that every single build cost has been allowed for. Your profit will be yours to keep not dip into.

WIN MORE, BETTER WORK

Worthwhile customers want smart-looking quotes. (So do banks.) They also want detail. Accuracy. A plan. Lists. Schedules. Shiny shoes...

GET YOUR WEEKENDS BACK

Quoting, form-filling, scheduling, invoicing was never meant to take over your life. It stops here. Deal with paperwork easily with our estimating software.

TAKE BACK CONTROL

Easily track your projects. Manage daily, weekly, monthly tasks in a click. Organise trades, plant, materials. Stay on top of cash flow. Be organised.

SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE

The EstimatorXpress dashboard analyses your projects for an insight into your business. Simple charts show what’s profitable, your win rate….

IMPROVE EFFICIENCY

From pricing to getting paid. Our software uses unique X-Connex technology so all the products talk to each other saving time and ensuring accuracy.

AWARD-WINNING ESTIMATING SOFTWARE AND SUPPORT

UK Niche Technology Support Provider of the Year (Construction)
UK CAD Software Provider of the Year
SaaS Small to Medium Sized Business Solution of the Year
Best Building & Construction Software Developers – UK 2020

WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY.

I would recommend HBXL Software to any building firm that wants to run a successful, profitable, valued business. I don't know where we'd be without it, to be honest.

Emma's video testimonial

Emma Newman, Newman Construction

Everything's in one place. I design in PlansXpress, then import that into EstimatorXpress. Once I've tidied up costs, it goes into ContractsXpert. Then I can integrate the Health & Safety aspects.

Phil's video testimonial

Phil Barnaby

Our potential clients are very impressed with the speed with which we produce our estimates. We're ahead of our competitors in that respect.

Richard's video testimonial

Richard Price, DK Building

EstimatorXpress has massively improved our ability to tender accurately for a huge variety of work.

Paul's full testimonial

Paul Knapp, B S Knapp Limited
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Manage your building projects your way.
Pick your software tools.

Successful building projects start and finish with HBXL. So arm yourself with the best software and support in the industry. One set of data flows through the whole building project. Start light or tool up.
EstimatorXpress
EstimatorXpress

EstimatorXpress, a unique estimating software tool with hundreds of project templates that needs minimal input to give you a speedy yet detailed and accurate quote.

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Take-off & Estimate Kit
Take-off & Estimate Kit

Trace over your building plan in PlansXpress, specifying as you go, ready for instant pricing in EstimatorXpress estimating software for an accurate cost.

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Design & Estimate Kit
Design & Estimate Kit

Draft architect quality new plans with simple drawing tools in PlansXpress read by award-winning EstimatorXpress estimating software for an accurate cost.

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PlansXpress
PlansXpress

Possibly the easiest CAD tool around for drawing residential building plans. Spot on for winning the work, planning permission, Building Reg compliance…

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Mix & Match Software Tools
Mix & Match Software Tools

All these software products have X-Connex technology which means one lot of project data is shared across each product saving you time and avoiding errors.

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Health & Safety Xpert
Health & Safety Xpert

Keep everyone safe on site and meet your legal duties with Health & Safety Xpert. Gives you all the relevant documents that inspectors need to see.

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BuildProjex
BuildProjex

Stay in control of your building projects with BuildProjex, an easy to use, cloud-based project management tool which makes working with others more efficient and deadlines more achievable.

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ProjectXpert
ProjectXpert

To have everyone and every thing in the right place at the right time requires ProjectXpert - especially when one delay can throw everything. Time is money!

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ContractsXpert
ContractsXpert

Legal security. Avoid disputes and ensure that you get paid on time with ContractsXpert. And not just the contracts - all the letters required by law too.

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So let us take a load off your mind and
make light work of your paperwork.

Why smart builders choose HBXL!
Tick They get more done in less time
Tick The software is easy to use
Tick They win 230% more business
Tick We’re tried and trusted by 1000s of building firms
Tick The support is amazing - 
award-winning in fact
All our HBXL users have access to:
Tick Unlimited Support Mon-Fri 9-5 (phone / email / Support website)
Tick Regular update releases
Tick Free EstimatorXpress Software Skills course
Tick Video tutorials
Tick Regular business tips
And 12 months on (for those with a lifetime licence)
Tick The option to continue support and updates for a small (really small) annual fee
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Black Friday Fortnight – construction software sale now on!

Our construction software sale is a big one! Scroll further down the page to see the great deals on offer over the Black Friday fortnight. The sale has been extended until 30.11.23 so it’s the last chance to get your hands on some great savings! 30% off perpetual licences – that’s outright purchases of our...

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news November 1, 2023

EstimatorXpress 2023 and PlansXpress 2023

A huge number of new walls have been added to EstimatorXpress and PlansXpress in a big software update for 2023. And there’s more… What do you mean by lots more walls? You have way more flexibility to alter the make-up of a wall whether you’re designing or estimating. Users are already loving it! Choose from...

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news November 1, 2023

Free Skills Bootcamps – CAD for profitable take-offs

“CAD for profitable take-offs” – Skills Bootcamp ** 10-week course – Fridays 10am – 4.30pm – January/February/March 2024 ** Want to take-off a plan and get an accurate estimate from it? This is a great opportunity! On this particular course (part of our CAD for Construction series of Skills Bootcamps) rather than designing using CAD...

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news October 15, 2023

Free Skills Bootcamps – Business skills for a successful construction firm

“Business skills for a successful construction firm” – Skills Bootcamp  ** 9-week course – Fridays 10am-4.30pm – February and March 2024 ** Want consistent, sustainable profit? Does it feel like 2 steps forward, 3 steps back? This course comes at just the right time. The construction industry is in a challenging economic period. The 9...

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news October 15, 2023

Free Skills Bootcamps – Estimating skills for a thriving construction firm

“Estimating Skills for a thriving construction firm” – Skills Bootcamp ** 8-week course – Mondays and Wednesdays 2pm-6pm – February and March 2024 ** Want to improve the accuracy of your estimating? Want the professional advice of experts in their field? As well as learning to use industry-leading software to produce high quality customer quotations,...

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news October 15, 2023

Free Skills Bootcamps – CAD for Construction

“CAD for Construction” – Skills Bootcamp  ** 8-week course – Tuesdays and Thursdays 2pm-6pm – February and March 2024 ** Want to gain skills in CAD drawing specifically for construction? Want to be able to produce building regulation quality building plans and elevations? You’ll be taught by experts in their field and complete the course...

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news October 14, 2023

Free construction skills bootcamps with HBXL

Free and 90%-funded construction Skills Bootcamps are changing lives for people entering the building industry or wanting to gain new skills in it. Valuable skills are in demand and good business knowledge is an absolute asset. Could one of our courses be right for you – or someone you know? Read on! Our Skills Bootcamps...

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news October 6, 2023

Unlocking consistent profit: How EstimatorXpress is helping building firms

Maintaining a consistent flow of profit can be quite a challenge. The complex nature of the construction industry, combined with unforeseen project hurdles, often lead to profit fluctuations. However, there’s a powerful solution that’s changing the way residential building firms approach profitability – and that’s EstimatorXpress. This award-winning software is a specialist estimating tool for...

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