Only a well-founded and precise cost calculation can enable contractors to complete more bids in less time, achieve cost security and thereby minimize their risks. Building contractors and turnkey contractors require profitability and cost analyses for the professional marketing of their properties. Designers also benefit from cost security: they can provide their clients with better advice and can use the time saved to recruit new clients and to significantly increase their income.
The key to a reliable cost calculation long before construction starts is the new planning method Design2Cost. The user clicks with the mouse to select the required CAD components and quickly obtains an object-oriented design from which reliable bills of quantities and costs are determined. Attractive plans and visualizations can be created almost instantly. The user can perform transparent cost calculations long before construction commences and react flexibly to design changes. The software updates the cost calculation automatically and relieves the user of the difficult task of updating the data. The Design2Cost solution also reduces contradictions between the design and the tender by supporting a division of labor during the design process. Designers can create the designs and estimators can simultaneously define the qualities in the schedule of rooms and buildings.

"Our new method will significantly change the industry, because it enables the complete CAD and cost planning work process to be radically improved. We have bundled 16 years of experience in object-oriented design and cost calculation to help our customers become more successful cost planners. They can improve their productivity and improve communication with clients. They work with reduced risk and earn much more from their projects, says Clive Flynn, International Business Manager at Nemetschek AG.

Design2Cost demonstrates Nemetschek's technological leadership regarding the use of construction data and item-oriented quantity takeoff with corresponding benefits for the user.