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DESIGN & ESTIMATE KIT.
AN AUTOMATIC ESTIMATE FROM
YOUR OWN DRAWING OR TRACING.

Easily design building plans from scratch or trace existing drawings in PlansXpress.  Then give the data-rich plans to EstimatorXpress to extract all the information it needs to create an automatic estimate and customer quotation. It means you can offer Design & Build – putting you in control.

The customer benefits from a single point of contact – and you can stop the to-ing and fro-ing and delays with external designers. Decisions and design and budget amends are made more quickly and you can immediately inform customers of the budget impact. It’s a win-win. Which is exactly why our Design & Estimate kit is so popular. Why wouldn’t you?

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Take your business to another level. Add value. Improve profits.

Some would say that to secure a long-term, profitable future for a building firm, offering Design & Build is essential. You can overtake the competition. You can avoid the architect’s delays. It’s business on your terms. With HBXL’s PlansXpress and EstimatorXpress you really stand out from the crowd. Bypass complications and concentrate on offering practical, achievable plans and accurate costings that will win you (rewarding) work.

Architect
quality

Save on outsourcing

Impressive 3D Models

Automatic estimates

EASY TO USE DRAWING TOOLS

“What emerges at the end is amazing considering the simple to use tools. It makes you feel like you’re cheating at CAD.”

It’s really straightforward. You select your choice of exterior wall from the menu, provide dimensions, then you click, drag and drop your walls onto the ‘drawing paper’. Do the same with floor slab, windows, doors, stairs, roof…

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ARCHITECT-QUALITY DRAWINGS

“It’s like having an architect on your shoulder. The amazing technical-cum-construction knowledge is in-built. It’s the business.”

The drawings you produce will be of an architect-level quality. Dimensions, floor plans, elevations, section showing levels, scaffolding plan, joist layout, notes… all the detail. And you’re guided every step of the way.

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AUTO-HATCHING MADE EASY

“I assumed overlaying the detail would be a protracted manual process. But of course, with PlansXpress, it’s automated.”

Using the hatch buttons on the toolbar you select areas of wall, roof, tree and so on. Different block paving, brick and tile styling, clay, concrete effects, and so on. Once selected, the software automatically adds texture and patterns in your chosen colours.

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MASSIVE CHOICE OF SPECIFICATIONS

“We design and build properties for customers. PlansXpress makes it easy to offer them two or three design options. I’m retiring early thanks to the successful career enabled by HBXL!”

Pick and mix. Walls – from standard brick and block walls to rendered block & timber frame, from rendered ICF to stone & SIPS (all with or without parapets) – it copes with it all. Floors – from suspended to beam and block. Roofs – from lean-to and hip to Mansard and Gambrel. Doors – from pocket doors to sliding patio doors. Windows – from rooflights to roof lanterns. And so many more specs.

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AUTOMATIC IN-PROGRESS FULLY TEXTURED 3D MODELS

“The steps are logical. The prompts are handy. And the 3D model is just amazing. It brings my projects to life.”

As you draw your design, the powerful 3D engine automatically creates a 3D model (solid, textured or wire-frame) in a window so you can check your design as you go. The onboard model rotates and re-angles to give the full effect. You can email them to the customer!

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3D ARCHITECTURAL SYMBOLS LIBRARY INCLUDING LANDSCAPING

“Basically, HBXL bring the user-friendly drawing tools and I bring my building knowledge. It’s a partnership that works.”

Hundreds and hundreds of symbols. All the way from bricks, tiles, flashing, gutters, steels, downpipes, baths, lawn, through to sofas, tables, glazed balustrades, Air Source Heat Pumps, electric vehicle charging points, USB sockets and parametric radiators.

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OPTION FOR PHOTO-REAL VISUALISATIONS

“It would cost hundreds of pounds to get an image like this from the architect. I give the customer added value.”

Our 3D PhotoVisualiser Plug-in comes with the Premium version and can be added to the Plus. The colours and textures you applied are re-rendered to be even more realistic. You can choose the direction of the sun and drop the design into a supplied background or your own photo.

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TAKE-OFF EXISTING PLANS

“When I’m not drawing from scratch, I’m manipulating existing plans. Customers give me their architect’s plans to alter – and I’m cheaper!”

Import your plan, then trace. The software captures all the information. You can then edit the plan as though you’d produced it originally. Or you can import the captured data into our estimating software, EstimatorXpress for an instant cost.

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INSTANT, AUTOMATIC ESTIMATE

“Once I’ve designed an extension I will have the cost in no time as well – customers love the speed I can change things.”

Your drawn from scratch or traced plan, full of valuable information, goes into EstimatorXpress to produce an INSTANT cost estimate, quotation and reports. Adjust your designs and costs quickly and easily. Management Reports are included.

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LIVE PRICE-TRACKED MATERIALS

“I was literally losing money from out-of-date prices. Not anymore.”

The built-in price book has well over 6000 resources from sand to steels, ties to tiles, basins to boilers, wall plugs to windows… Our unique Price Tracker+ keeps your price book up-to-date by scouring the internet for the latest prices. Got your own special prices? Add them in.

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BUSINESS-WINNING QUOTATION

“The feedback I get on the quotes is amazing. They literally win us work.”

People are swayed by appearance not just price. Customers who recognise quality and have a profitable job for you, want to see professionalism. And the quote that EstimatorXpress automatically produces from the estimate, says it all.

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YES TO COST REPORTS

“I don’t recognise myself! I talk about being ‘on budget’. I keep tabs on hours. It’s all about profit!”

You need more than an estimate and customer quotation. Readymade reports that show you cash in and out, a breakdown of your plant costs, your spend on labour hours, your sub-contractor outlay… keep you on track and across all your expenditure.

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Before I discovered HBXL I was using paper and pencil for my estimates. Not surprisingly I was always forgetting something in the quote that either reduced my profit, or actually lost me money. Since using HBXL I reckon my win rate is better than 50%, which is all I can ask for. So I’m very pleased.
Graham Saunders, Trentace
We use Health & Safety Xpert daily on site as well as the office in order to comply with the constant changes in the H&S regs such as risk assessments and method statements. It helps make the job a lot, lot easier. We use the software no matter what size or sort of project. We now use it on everything from new builds, renovations, ground works, extensions, heating and plumbing jobs and any electrical work.
Mark Jones, MJ Building Services
My whole experience of the HBXL team, including the support I received from the tech guys and the Estimating Service estimators, was great – they are clearly used to dealing with builders and know how to fit communications around our busy working lives! With EstimatorXpress we know from the very beginning that we’ve priced the job right. It also saves us thousands of pounds in quantity surveyor fees, so even after a couple of projects the software has paid for itself. When we showed our accountant the software he was so impressed he left the meeting to call two other clients saying they need to take a look at it.
Charles OKell, UK Pro Build
SIMPLY OUTSTANDING!!! The software is a pleasure to use and has made the most boring task of manual estimating a thing of the past. Customer service and back up ‘just puts other companies to shame’. Well Done HBXL.
Bob, Worthy Builders, with HBXL since 20XX.

Pricing

You can choose between an annual or lifetime licence. Annual subscribers automatically get Support & Updates and customers who buy the software outright, have the package free of charge in year one. It includes software updates, regular material price updates, and uncapped award-winning telephone, email and chat support.

Design & Estimate Kit Plus

Draw:
Building plans and elevations | For planning applications | Building regulation submissions

Estimate:
Extensions | Renovations | Lofts | Plumbing & Heating


System Requirements
£1079+VAT for annual subscription
£2,699+VAT for perpetual licence
Design & Estimate Kit Premium

Draw:
Building plans and elevations | For planning applications | Building regulation submissions | Includes: 3D PhotoVisualiser | Electrics & Plumbing templates

Estimate:
Extensions | Renovations | Lofts | New Builds | Office Refits | Basements | Plumbing & Heating


System Requirements
£1,309+VAT for annual subscription
£3,239+VAT for perpetual licence

Our Amazing Support Team is here to help you.

Tom, Joe, Ruth and Nik are ready and waiting to point you in the right direction, answer questions – by phone, email or live chat – it’s all included in your Support & Updates package.

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WE KNOW THE SOFTWARE IS GREAT AND OUR TEAM IS AMAZING,
AND CLEARLY SO DO THE AWARD PANELS.

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

Sync Design & Estimate Kit with our other construction software tools.

Health & Safety

Health & Safety

Complete your estimate in EstimatorXpress. Drop the estimate file into Health & Safety Xpert and automatically get the relevant H & S documents. Cheaper than an HSE fine!
Management

Management

Our first cloud product. You can track, share and manage your projects whether you’re on your laptop, Mac, tablet or iPhone. Add your estimate or type directly into BuildProjex. You're in control.
Contracts

Contracts

Drop the completed estimate into ContractsXpert and it will automatically give you the customer and sub-contractor contracts and legal letters relevant to the job. All the hard graft done for you.
Scheduling

Scheduling

Drop the completed estimate into ProjectXpert and with a click of a button you’ll see your daily, weekly, monthly tasks for this job and all your EstimatorXpress jobs. It's that easy.