Timeline


2018

Estimators opens new Technical Services Centre
Estimators Ltd becomes Estimators Online and MicroBuild group is formed.

2016

Program of works launched
Record sales following the introduction of paperless estimating

2015

Paperless estimating is finally here
Client copy estimate

2014

Same day estimating
New recruits
FREE Training
Over 100 jobs

2013

500th Materials Only take off
Welcome TG Builders Merchants
Welcome JT Atkinson Builders Merchants
Welcome Thistle Building Supplies
Welcome George Bence and Sons
Customise your estimates
Over 100 jobs
Download estimates in Microsoft Word and Excel
Launch of new MATERIALS ONLY take off service
New website launched
New estimators
150,000th Estimate completed
Reached 12,500 trade customers
150 estimates for a single Travis Perkins branch
Staff training
New estimating system
Over 30,000 Self-Build estimates
Welcome Sydenhams
Welcome Elliott's
Staff training
Single merchant branch passes 500 estimates

2012

Testing new estimating system
New estimators
Over 23,000 estimates for Jewson
Welcome RGB
New Technical Services Manager
Customer training vehicle on the road
Emerys Building Supplies
Training provided to 400 Jewson branches
Welcome County
LBS
Gibbs and Dandy
Welcome Kent Blaxhill

2011

Over 10,000 trade customers
Materials portal launched
Naylor Myers
Direct Builders Merchants
New merchant
Ridgeon's
Welcome Interline
Over 300 Jewson branches visited
£10 billion
Parker Building Supplies
Another innovation
Chandlers

2010

Build Center branches trained
20,000 Self Build estimates completed
Three Counties Building Supplies
Training for Jewson branches starts

2009

Howarth Timber branch training completed
First branch trained using our Customer Service Vehicle
New Estimating system design agreed
Customer Training Vehicle
Welcome to Brickies
Boys & Boden
Howarth Timber & Building Supplies
Estimators pass 7,500 trade customers
75,000 estimates completed
New estimators

2008

£5 billion
New office ready for business
New staff
Benchmark
We're moving
500 self build this month!
JT Dove
Paslode
1,500 estimates in a month
Welcome Jubilee Building Supplies
Next generation software
Ernest Bentley
Huws Gray

2007

50,000 estimates
Welcome Connell's
Exall and Jones
BPS

2006

ECD Building Supplies
Fossway
Welcome MKM
KRM Building Supplies
Welcome Blanchford
John Nicholls
Welcome Lawson's
Welcome Kellaway
CRS

2005

Jewson
Download estimates
Bradfords Building Supplies
Profile
EH Smith
Build Center electronic link

2004

Tudor Building Supplies
Welcome James Burrell
Turnbull Building Supplies
1,000 estimates for Build Center
Estimate details passed directly to Jewson
First independent merchant
Available at all leading builder's merchants
Covers Timber & Builders Merchants
Available at BuildBase
Available at Jewson
Welcome Build Center
£1 billion
10,000 estimates completed
New staff
Hepworth PlastiDrain added to estimates

2003

5,000 self build estimates
Velux windows
20,000 estimates produced
Catnic lintels

2002

2,000 builder customers
Redland Roof Tiles
British Gypsum
1,000 customers
Live estimate data passed to Travis Perkins
Marley Roof Tiles
Estimators send material data electronically to a builders merchant
Build-the-Dream
Began talks with builders merchants

2001

1,000 Estimates completed
Service launched for homeowners
John Carr

2000

Service for small builders launched
Estimators Online Limited formed

1998

Simon Lees

1996

Work begins to speed up the building estimating process

1978

Innovative from the start

About Us

We have completed:

300,000+ Building estimates

50,000+ Self Build estimates.

Estimators Online is home to the industry's benchmark labour and material database, updated daily by our trade users. This knowledge resource enables us to use accurate localised labour and material rates.

We are the only company using real builders' buying-price data to produce estimates that truly reflect local market conditions.

We are the UK's only paperless and fully digital building estimating service setting industry standards for knowledge and expertise.

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