Estimate faster and more accurately with the richest, deepest solution ever developed for contractors - ICE. Using Office® look-and-feel plus time-proven Knowledge Bases, ICE gives you the ultimate solution for concrete, masonry, drywall, civil, pipe, mechanical and electrical. You'll reduce takeoff time, bid more work in less time, and have more time available to study jobs and get the winning edge!

Reduce Takeoff Time by at least 50%
ICE dramatically reduces the time you spend in takeoff freeing you to focus on the real value of your job…finding a competitive advantage. Using a single entry form, ICE's predefined 35 x 35 matrix eliminates manually scrolling through thousands of items. Simply select the components you need and ICE generates the specified items. For rapid takeoff of groups of related work items, Assemblies help you estimate faster with increased accuracy by allowing you to tag takeoff items on the fly. Revolutionary Estimating Wizards allow you to create detailed conceptual estimates with ICE. Using a typical office building as an example, the Estimating Wizards will automatically generate a detailed estimate based on building parameters; length, width, number of rooms, etc. With Estimating Wizards, you help promote standardization within your estimating department while increasing productivity and profits. ICE's takeoff screen gives you instant calculations with live results. Combine that with the ability to change information on the fly and you'll breeze through takeoff like never before!

Digitizer Technology That Really Takes Off
Quickly and accurately digitize areas, perimeters, lengths and counts using our on-screen graphics with colors, fill patterns and your own comments to keep track of what you've done. And best of all, ICE stores these graphics along with your estimate so that if a job 'resurrects' you can go back at any time and see exactly how you took something off. Plus, you can print your takeoff graphics for presentations to clients or to management.

NEW! Do Takeoff Directly From Your Screen!
ICE now gives you the ability to do accurate and precise takeoff anywhere without the burden of digitizers and bulky plans. Integrated with On-Screen Takeoff® and Capture® Desktop, ICE allows you to simplify your takeoff process and save hours of manual takeoff labor. Both On-Screen Takeoff and Capture Desktop accept digital plans in a variety of CAD and image formats.

Link with Popular Scheduling and Project Management Systems
ICE allows you to easily set up project schedules, resources, activities and durations by linking with systems like Primavera P3® and Meridian Prolog Manager®.

Completely Open Data - Cut and Paste Directly Into Excel
Developed with your estimating needs in mind, ICE gives you completely open data. Created with Microsoft tools, ICE works seamlessly with your favorite Microsoft Office® products and ODBC software. The ability to cut & paste, drag & drop, and seamlessly exchange estimate data with other software is critical to the integration tools designed to save time and eliminate re-keying information. Access and modify your ICE estimate data using products such as Excel®and Access®. Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) links to the most popular scheduling and project management products such as P3 are included which eliminate exporting, translating and importing information or re-keying data such as resources, durations and dollars. With these familiar Microsoft Office® tools, ICE 2000 gives you the speed and accuracy you demand with the flexibility you need.