WHY PRONAMICS? Pronamics specialises in accurate, customisable construction estimating and project management software. While many of our clients are construction (civil, commercial, heavy, infrastructure) and mining industry specialists, the application for great estimating software ranges far beyond, into: aviation rail manufacturing earthworks and landscaping road, water and sewer electrical piping defense renewable energy facilities management […]
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In 2006, Pronamics moved out of our home office. After several years and despite the Global Financial Crisis, Pronamics planned for a more stable future and purchased an office at Brendale in 2010, which is our current home. Pronamics now has over a dozen core staff and is located at Brendale, on Brisbane’s northside. The […]
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We spoke to Paul Goostrey, GENERAL MANAGER AT ERTECH… “I started using Expert Estimation properly in 2001 – I’d just moved to Ertech and needed to setup an estimating system quickly. I think my first tender closed around 10 days after starting to use the software – hence how easy it was to set up […]
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In 2001, Pronamics was launched as a company! Expert Estimation was rewritten in Visual Object instead of DOS, and young Ben Townsley started working for the company. The name Pronamics comes from merging the words “project” and “dynamic”. If you consider that dynamic is a “process or system characterized by constant change, activity, or progress” […]
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GLEN’S SOAPBOX – A history of Expert Estimation It’s the thirtieth anniversary of Expert Estimation this year, and it’s made me reflect on the history of the product. As I mentioned last week the first version of the software was similar in structure to all other DOS based programs, but freed them to roam the […]
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We spoke to GLENN FORDHAM, GENERAL MANAGER AT TRN GROUP… “We first bought Expert Estimation in January 2001, looked at it for a few months before “taking the plunge” and did our first tender with it. It was worlds apart from handwritten notes/workings and MS Excel that we were using at the time. I remember […]
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We spoke to Phil Bird, one of the original users of Expert Estimation… Back in the late eighties, Phil started out as an estimator after being a Project Manager. Sitting next to Glen Townsley, he helped to beta test the software, finding typos as well as incorrect formulas, making it better with each iteration. As […]
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Mal Bell witnessed the very birth of Expert Estimation… In late 1980s, Mal worked with Glen Townsley and did his best to break the new software in his spare time. Even after Glen moved on, Mal used the software to cross-check estimates done on other programs, providing feedback to Glen in order to fix bugs […]
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GLEN’S SOAPBOX – A history of Expert Estimation It’s been a while since I’ve reminisced on the origins of Expert Estimation, but it’s coming up to the thirtieth anniversary this November, so it’s made me reflect on how far we’ve come. When I started in an estimating department, all estimates were paper-based. That’s right, we […]
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IT’S 30 SEPTEMBER! What does that mean, you ask? Well, it means it is the LAST DAY of the 2020 Support and Maintenance Year. If you have an Expert Estimation or Expert Project licence, make sure you have contacted us to renew your Support and Maintenance so you can still have access to these amazing […]