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Mission: To stop builders losing money because of expensive building materials
We’ve just launched the PlansXpress 2019 Take-off edition!
We’ve just launched the PlansXpress 2019 Take-off edition! It’s a brand new take-off only version of PlansXpress 2019. You use it to simply trace and take-off existing building plans, then import into your EstimatorXpress for an instant estimate. Keeping things really simple, with just the tools you need to take-off plans, PlansXpress Take-off costs just…
Builders! Six reasons why you need to be on your game…
Potential customers don’t like poor communication even if the quote is in the right ball park for them Do you ever have dead cert, ‘in the bag’ jobs that still go elsewhere? What went wrong? The price was slap bang in the middle? They seemed interested…? Well you might be surprised to know that often…
Award winning HBXL Building Software
Best Construction Software Provider – winner During the awards process Corporate Livewire invited over 100,000 corporate professionals, the general public and subscriber base to nominate associations, companies & individuals based on their achievements over the previous 12 months and HBXL is delighted to have won Best Construction Software Provider 2019. Information was submitted to Corporate…
Introducing PlansXpress 2019
The development team at HBXL Building Software have been working on a brand new version of PlansXpress! And it’s not your ‘average’ update either – an amazing amount has happened in development to make it a really, valuable piece of software. As you may or may not know, HBXL invest 25% of turnover into R&D to…
Mission: To stop builders losing money because of expensive building materials
Finding some building materials really expensive? You’re not alone. Last month the FMB reported that 98% of FMB members were experiencing price increases for building materials. And their September’s data represented the second-fastest rate for input cost inflation since recording began. What’s causing the price increases? Supply and demand is one reason. A backlog of…
Builder Testimonial: A Q & A with Paul Knapp, owner of B S Knapp, Bristol
Paul has been in the building trade all his working life. Following his father’s retirement, two co-owners joined Paul’s business in the last few years. One disability adaptation project led to another, then another, and although this has become something of a specialism, Paul’s firm also takes on regular extensions and refurbishments. Here’s the face-to-face…