Remodelers Sage Master Builder takes care of the details—

and lets you concentrate on your remodeling business.

A facelift on a kitchen, an updated bathroom,a major addition: whether you’re involved infast fix-it projects or high-end remodels, youcan work more efficiently—which means more profitably—with the right constructionmanagement software.

Sage Master Builder is designed to automatethe complexities of your business. The software’sRemodeling set-up includes a chart of accounts,cost codes, and an estimating database—morethan 19,000 parts and materials—that helpyou move quickly through the estimatingprocess. You’ll especially like the way estimatingsmoothly integrates with scheduling, projectmanagement, and accounting—and yourclients will love the greater speed, accuracy,and attention to detail.

Take Command of Your Business Like

Never Before

Sage Master Builder puts you in command byorganizing your business processes into foureasy steps—estimating, production, accounting,and analysis— that streamline and integrateconstruction management workflow. Its assembly-based estimating features, construction-compli-ant accounting engine, rich production resources,and leading-edge analysis tools can help you:

> Win more profitable bids.> Finish jobs faster and minimize risks.

> Better manage your money and collect itmore quickly.

> Make each new job more profitable than the last.

The Best Power Tool You Can Buy

Designed exclusively for construction, SageMaster Builder combines industry best practiceswith trade-specific functions in a single, all-inclusive integrated system. For efficiency andaccuracy, you enter information only once.Plus, you can configure Sage Master Builder for the way you work and extend your solutionwith add-on modules and custom applicationsto meet your unique requirements.

Uncompromising Service Helps

You Succeed

Sage Master Builder is delivered with uncompromising service before, during,and after your purchase—to help you get up and running quickly and grow your businessprofitably. You’ll benefit from easy access to:

> Online classes > Live online seminars > Excellent technical support > Customer Knowledgebase > Product updates, including tax tables, provided

with our Product and Support Program

> Our nationwide network of local BusinessPartners, offering onsite implementation,data conversion, product training, and business consulting services.

Estimating

> Estimating* Create fast, accurate plan takeoffs with one of the easiest-to-use,assembly-based estimating systems available.You get complete information—with fullmaterial, labor, equipment, and subcontractdetails—for every part of a project.

> Proposals Automatically export your takeoff or budget; then use the built-in custom document formats to produce a professional and complete proposal.

> Client Tracking Manage sales leads fromfirst contact to signed contract. Assign sales-persons, keep notes, and use the lead sourcelist and client reports to track the effectivenessof advertising and other promotions.

Production

> Budgets Verify job costs as you enter them.Budget integrates with Work in Progress,bonding, job status, and several reports thatfacilitate cost comparisons.

> Job Cost Post current job costs fromGeneral Ledger, Accounts Payable, AccountsReceivable, Payroll, Equipment, ServiceReceivables/Inventory*, and a stand-aloneJob Cost entry window. Use the built-inreports or create your own.

> Scheduling Allocate resources and schedule updates quickly and efficiently withthe Scheduling feature’s easy-to-use Critical Path Management (CPM) tool.

> Purchase Orders Generate purchase ordersfrom your completed estimates. Get the rightmaterials to the right job at the right timethanks to integration with Scheduling. Simplifyaccounts payable and avoid overpayments.

> Subcontracts Manage your interaction withevery subcontractor—retention, approvedand open change orders, expired workers’compensation, and liability insurance—fromstart to finish. Avoid overpaying subcontracts.

> Change Orders Update your contract,budget, and subcontracts in just one step.Because you can approve each part of thechange independently, you can still negotiatesubcontracts after approval of the primecontract.

> Document Control Don’t lose track ofimportant documents. Gain easy access to correspondence and accurate projectplans, hot lists, punch-list items, and dailyfield reports.

Accounting

> General Ledger The backbone of theaccounting system, the General Ledgerdraws information from Accounts Receivable,Accounts Payable, Payroll, ServiceReceivables/Inventory*, and all other accounting functions.

> Accounts Receivable Utilize as a marketing,sales contact, and document managementtool, as well as for managing receivableaccounts.

> Billing: Progress Billing Calculate percentage-of-completion line item billing and print onthe AIA G702 and G703 formats—or createyour own customized billing.

> Billing: Time and Materials Use accruedjob costs for a project as the basis forbilling. Meet unique time and materialsbilling requirements with flexible markups—a must for contractors who perform timeand materials work.

> Accounts Payable Enter a purchase ordernumber to complete your entire invoice entryin one step. Compare invoices to purchaseorders, preventing over-pricing or over-delivery.Fully integrates with Purchase Orders,Subcontracts, Job Cost, and ServiceReceivables/Inventory*.

> Payroll Manage payments for prevailingwage, union benefits, qualified benefit plan, and more. All payroll is calculatedautomatically.

Analysis

> Financial Review Easily generate graphs of trends and ratios to identify and analyzeyour company’s finances.

> Reporting Choose from more than 1,000professionally designed reports with easy-to-enter selection criteria, or let Report Writerhelp you create your own.

> Job Cost Analysis Easily research expensesusing job costs that are maintained in fulldetail throughout the entire project. Takeadvantage of job costs when reporting laborhours and equipment time.

Choose a Sage Master Builder SolutionIf Your Business:

> Makes decisions based on inaccurate orincomplete job cost reporting.

> Has trouble tracking and collecting money owed.

> Needs construction-specific payroll.

> Takes unprofitable jobs.

> Needs to speed up estimating and proposalprocess.

> Can’t gauge crew productivity for differentkinds of work because of inaccurate orincomplete job cost reporting.

> Needs to do a better job managing projectschedules.

> Needs to save money by using variable rateworkers’ compensation per employee task.

> Needs flexible time and materials billing.

> Needs to manage punch lists.

*Add-on Module