SmartBidNet and President James Benham featured in San Diego ASPE Newsletter

As a recent speaker for ASPE Chapter 4 San Diego, SmartBidNet and President James Benham were featured in the chapter's January 2011 Newsletter. James was featured for his discussion of "Social Networking in the Construction Industry" with the chapter members at their January 18th meeting, but a chapter member also wrote an article sharing his experience with the SmartBidNet software.

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ASPE Estimating Academy 2010 National Convention

I spent last weekend in Grapevine, TX with an incredible group of estimators from across the country. They graciously allowed me to do a talk on social media, and I had a great turnout for 8am. Thanks to everyone who attended the conference and to everyone who peeled themselves out of bed for my talk. I hope you enjoyed the weekend as much as I did. And please don't hesitate to contact me for any information relating to (or not relating to) my talk. Hope you are somewhere a little cooler than Texas now. I also took a few pictures that I thought I'd share.

You can find a few pictures from the event here. 

Sincerely,
James
james@smartbidnet.com

The Estimator's Technology Toolkit

In traveling around our great country and visiting the majority of ASPE chapters I have had the opportunity to speak with many of you regarding the technology used in our industry. With each chapter, I’ve discussed a lot of different technologies, a few of which I will outline below. These are all tools that I think any estimator would want to use to improve their efficiency, reduce the cost of estimating and achieve a higher degree of accuracy with their bids.

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