Stone Will - Seven Hills, NSW, Australia. Downer EDi Works - Auckland New Zealand. Midwest Civil - Ballarat VIC Australia. SBc Contracts - Scotland

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1 Stone Will - Seven Hills, NSW, Australia Maximising profit and be more competitive We can make adjustments to our estimates in the future to maximise our profitability. Benchmark has saved me so much time and money. Overall, Benchmark has given me greater control of our costs; it makes our estimates, and Stone Will as a whole, much more competitive. David Black, Owner Downer EDi Works - Auckland New Zealand Produce estimates quickly and accurately We have selected Benchmark because, no matter what line of work each individual business unit is in, the software can produce estimates quickly and accurately. Benchmark will be utilised in a way that can be rolled out throughout the entire organization. Downer EDI Works is growing strongly and we were impressed with how quickly we can implement Benchmark Estimating Software into new business units. Paul Reidy, Chief Operating Officer Midwest Civil - Ballarat VIC Australia Better than any other estimating system Benchmark is better than any other estimating system I have used at any other company. The Advanced User Course gave me many great hints and tips allowing me to utilise many more of Benchmark s features. Benchmark is responsive to our requests and their overall support is excellent. Paul Sheridan, Estimator SBc Contracts - Scotland Practical training We found the training for Benchmark Estimating Software to be a hands-on and practical experience run by professionals. Presented in a relaxed and enjoyable format, the course was comprehensive without being confusing. Mark Douglas, Estimator BORAL Shared Business Services - Sydney NSW Australia Professional and timely support services We have worked with the team from Benchmark for over 7 years and they have always provided BORAL with good, timely support. Their support services are quick to respond and give assistance whenever called upon. No problem is too great or challenging. The Training they provide is very professional and the new User Manual is well written and easy to refer to. Stephen Meredith, Business Support Analyst

2 Abergeldie Complex Infrastructure - Sydney NSW Australia An excellent software package for construction The Quantity Takeoff sheet function is a most valuable and highly used function in my estimates. It allows me to attach detailed descriptions to my measurements which makes checking for omissions easy; it allows the project crews to follow my calculations and know exactly what is included in the project; and most of all it ensures accuracy in calculations. As an Estimator and Quantity Surveyor I find Benchmark Estimating Software an excellent software package for construction. Joe Franco, Estimator Big Fish Estimating - Perth, WA, Australia Ease of use, flexibility and speed After trying the others - I returned to Benchmark - for its ease of use, its flexibility and its speed in putting the total bid together. The Subcontractor Manager aspect of Benchmark allows me to change Suppliers and Subcontractors at a moment s notice, with the added flexibility of locking in their quotes to my bid. Changing material costs couldn't be simpler in Benchmark, two clicks and it s done - no messy recalculations and respreading. What you see is what you get printed in the resource costs against the items. Brian Salmond Hisway Earthmoving - Nowra NS, Australia Benchmark ensures fast, rational growth Benchmark acts as a central store for all the estimating knowledge in our company. We can create an Item in the Item Library broken down into its Resource components. Then for a new project with different parameters we only need to amend the existing Items. It also means that when we employ additional people the procedures will be established and they will become effective in a very short time. Benchmark will ensure that growth of our Company can occur rationally and quickly. Bec Davies, Assistant Manager Allen's Asphalt - Caboolture QLD Australia Make staff happier Benchmark is very good for me because the less typing I have to do the happier I am. Benchmark's many business reports allow me to review historical performance when I need to, which greatly helps when making business decisions. The software provides a good benchmark pardon the pun for producing our estimates because we know that our methods are standardised and our prices are accurate and consistent. The Word quote feature is also great; it improves the aesthetics of what we send to our client. Geoff O'Rourke, Chief Estimator

3 Brisbane City Works, Asphalt Operations Group - Brisbane QLD Australia Ideal for working to budgets Benchmark's structure makes it very easy to drill down into your estimate in great detail, to allow you to plan your costs and work tightly with your fixed budget. It is also very easy to update to ensure accuracy; we recently had an increase in wages, and updating the costs for labour across all of our estimates and field projects was achieved from the one screen. The new Resource-based Export to Microsoft Project helps us to balance our demand for shared plant resources across council, so we can evaluate resource demand in the short to medium term to optimise the resource utilisation. Doug O'Brien, Asphalt Operations Manager The JDS Group - Cooma NSW Australia A hallmark of our business Benchmark is a hallmark of our business. Danny van der Toorn, Director Cairns City Council Cairns QLD Australia Easy to use The Council took on Benchmark Estimating Software to ensure consistent estimating practices and because of its ease of use. Benchmark is a great estimating system for Councils and their training and support is very good. They also understand Local Government needs. Jack Mitchell, Design and Support Services Coordinator Gleeson Civil Engineering - Newcastle NSW Australia Excellent support Benchmark makes estimating easier and more organised. Benchmark s Support is excellent! Paul Gleeson, General Manager Pioneer Road Services (now Fulton Hogan) - Melbourne VIC Australia Day-to-day quotes and major projects with ease Benchmark can manage day-to-day quotes quickly and accurately as well as handling major projects quoting with ease. The ultimate benefit of using Benchmark Estimating Software is the ability to improve the business by easily and accurately comparing field performance to our estimates. Benchmark provides the ideal starting point for this. David Rodger, Project Manager National Rollout City of South Perth - Perth, WA, Australia Benchmark forms an invaluable knowledge base Benchmark stores all of our estimates in one data file. This data file also stores our standard Annual Rates which also includes Production Rates and Plant Availability, thus increasing the accuracy of job costing. Preparing an estimate in Benchmark is also easier and faster than in our previous

4 spreadsheet-based system - press a few buttons and it s done! That said, perhaps the greatest benefit of using Benchmark Estimating Software is the improved accuracy of our estimates. Benchmark forms an invaluable knowledge base for our organisation. Robert Hemington, Infrastructure Assets and Design Civil Estimating Pty. Ltd. - Kiama NSW Australia A competitive advantage We consider Benchmark offers good value for money and provides a competitive advantage to this company. We are reluctant to recommend this product to our direct competitors for fear of losing that advantage. Russell Drury, Senior Civil Estimator Shire of Hinchinbrook - Hinchinbrook QLD Australia User friendly I have used Benchmark to compare with our previous system, with outstanding results... the program has been found to be user friendly and thinks the way an estimator does. John Gray, Design Glenorchy City Council - Glenorchy TAS Australia Produce estimates for any type of Local Government works Benchmark is flexible enough to produce estimates for any type of construction work, because it speeds up the estimating processes and because it is great for determining the composition of your budgets. We ended up getting the estimate for the Main Road upgrade within 5% of the actual costs for the $750,000 project. Michael Jackson, Coordinator of Capital Works Landscape Contractor Magazine - Australia Flexible system to enhance financial management An outstanding feature is the opportunity to save Excel spreadsheets directly from clients with their project specific Schedule of Items, making it possible to create fast accurate quotations and submit them rapidly. Benchmark is a flexible system providing a multitude of features designed to enhance the financial management of landscape businesses. Kate Heffernan, Reviewer Georgiou Group - Perth WA Australia Easier to integrate with accounting systems The 'Resources by Item Export to Excel' assists us with our budgets. It shows us the Cost Code information for the Resources in a project, making it much easier for our accounting staff to integrate with our financial systems. The new Quick Find in the Project Browser is also making finding projects much, much easier. Kelly McDonald, Sales and Tendering

5 Integral Landscapes - Hornsby NSW Australia Control projects and analyse estimate versus actual figures The Project Review Export to Excel enables us to follow our actual costs from start to finish, which will help us to both control our projects, and to give us an analysis of our estimate versus our actual figures. James Simpson-Lee, Proprietor Northpipe Constructions - Nambucca Heads NSW Australia Improving the Win Rate Since purchasing Benchmark, our strike rate has been really good; we are winning all sorts of civil work in a range of different areas. Benchmark s support and business expertise has been exceptional, and they are very helpful and responsive with support services and software modifications. I would say the overall experience with Benchmark has been very good. Barry Hezlett, Proprietor Georgiou Group - Perth WA Australia Pricing Subdivisions in as little as one hour Our usual subdivisions are anywhere between $1-$3 million dollars and use up to 150 items. By using Benchmark s Auto Allocate feature we can generate prices very quickly; for simple subdivisions we can allocate our Items in as little as one hour! Benchmark s support has also been excellent. Whenever we have suggested changes or modifications someone has helped out or been working at it straight away. Benchmark is also easy for new users to pick up so they can get up and running quickly. Joel Norman, Chief Estimator MidCoast Water - Forster NSW Australia Outstanding implementation support Benchmark s support with implementation has been brilliant. They have assisted us with implementation into our business systems and have also helped with project management for this task. Added to this, the software s ability to link with our other systems is vital for proficient operations. We can also see great benefits in Routines, as we are able to price water or sewage pipelines and pumping stations by simply answering 7 or 8 questions regarding the job. Brendan Guiney, Development Design Engineer GW & BR Crameri - Myrtleford VIC Australia Power Routines success Power Routines most definitely helped us to secure the Indigo Shire Roads Maintenance contract; it worked out the prices incredibly quickly and gave a more accurate indication of what each element of the job was worth. The resultant estimate was also more transparent. It is so easy to use, and the after sales support has been excellent. Janine Crameri, Estimator

6 Wyong Shire Council - Wyong NSW Australia Ease of use & windows based feel Benchmark s ease of use and windows-based feel has made estimating much more efficient in our Council. The system is also very flexible and we can easily customise it to suit our needs. One of the features I use a lot is the integrated ; this makes the whole estimating process much easier and faster. The reports are also fantastic we can instantly generate reports showing the total plant, labour, materials and subcontractor requirements for our works. Richard Munro, Estimator Pioneer Road Services (now Fulton Hogan) - Melbourne VIC Australia Save time and money Our ability to accurately estimate project costs has been critical in determining which projects and market segments we want to work in. We can now reliably measure the performance of field crews, geographic markets, customer segments, even estimators for that matter. Jim Carr, National Sales and Marketing Manager Robinson Civil Contractors - Townsville QLD Australia An asset to our business Tendering for projects with Benchmark is cost effective due to the amount of time saved in preparing the costings. Benchmark s reports are also excellent! A Client recently commented on the clear, professional layout of our Benchmark quotation, a Tender which we went on to win. Despite being several thousand kilometres away, Benchmark always provides great support. The software is an asset to our business. Ron Robinson, Managing Director Eire Contractors - Port Macquarie NSW Australia Benchmark s Progress Claim Feature is fantastic Benchmark's Progress Claim feature is fantastic. Using our previous spreadsheet system, producing different claims for the different jobs we have running at the one time, took many hours and was fraught with potential errors. Benchmark's Progress Claim feature makes our Claims process a lot more efficient and eliminates the possibility of mistakes. It works really well for us that's for sure. Claudine McBeath, Financial Controller / QA Manager Moreton Bay Regional Council -Caboolture QLD Australia Quick and Easy to use We originally purchased Benchmark as it suited our needs best. Benchmark also reacted very quickly to modify the software for the things we required. Benchmark's support is very good, and we always get a response quickly. Benchmark is quick and easy to use, gives us a standard format for estimates, provides good report formats for different purposes, and allows us to have more control over the rates we use in our estimates. Derek Yarrow, Chief Draftsman Transport Planning

7 ADH Plant Hire - Panton Hill VIC Australia We can't do without Benchmark We can't do without Benchmark. I can quote a small straight forward carpark from start to finish in half an hour now that I have modified it to suit our requirements. It's that easy. The Training provided by Benchmark was very worthwhile and was one of the best things we have done. I love it! Sonia Broderick, Owner Shoalhaven City Council - Ulladulla NSW Australia Return on Investment Having a database of rates that is easily maintainable, and being able to adjust estimates easily are just two of the benefits of Benchmark. The software is easy to pick up, and we have definitely gained a return on our investment. Troy Punnett, Construction Engineer Sutherland Shire Council - Sydney NSW Australia Benchmark is excellent! Benchmark is excellent! We can create new items in a matter of minutes. Our estimators can then be using the new rate in all their estimates immediately. No other estimating system would allow us to do this as easily. We've had great success with it - that's for sure. Steve Poulton Moree Plains Shire - Moree NSW Australia Save time with excellent project management information I knew that Benchmark would provide us with a simple but highly effective system for improved estimates. Our people have found Benchmark easy to use. It provides us with consistent, accurate estimates, saving time with excellent project management information. Dave Aber Gleeson Civil Engineering - Newcastle, NSW, Australia Version 7 makes us more productive The speed improvements in Version 7 are fantastic and will make our estimating and management team a lot more productive." Ben Holmes, Civil Manager Glendale - Exeter, England More consistent estimating Glendale s existing comprehensive lists of items and rates was made much more accessible and consistent using the Library database function in Benchmark. Mike Dennys, Chief Estimator and Contracts Manager