Stimaro™ help docs

Installing Stimaro, signing in for the first time, and building your first estimate.

• Welcome to Stimaro
• Installing Stimaro
• Your First Sign-In
• A Tour of the Stimaro Interface
• Reading the Overview Dashboard
• Create Your First Estimate

Labor, equipment, and material rates, crews and factors, cost codes, and your customer and vendor libraries.

• Understanding Cost Libraries in Stimaro
• Setting Up Labor Rates
• Labor Rates and Prevailing Wage
• Setting Up Equipment Rates
• Setting Up Rental Rates
• Setting Up Material Costs
• Setting Up Subcontractor Costs
• Setting Up Other Costs
• Building Crews
• Overtime and Shift Factors
• Setting Up a Cost Library
• Customers and Vendors Libraries
• Importing Rates from a Spreadsheet
• Copying from Another Job

Item-level cost breakdowns, resource assignment, and reusable assemblies.

• Understanding Items vs. Resources
• Creating an Item Sheet
• Adding Resources to an Item
• Building Your Marine Item Library
• Building Reusable Assemblies

Getting quantities into your estimate and keeping them tied to your items.

• Understanding Takeoff in Stimaro
• Entering and Managing Quantities
• Takeoff Quantity vs. Bid Quantity

Linking item sheets, organizing sections, applying markup, and balancing your number.

• Linking Item Sheets to the Bid
• Organizing Your Bid with Sections
• Importing a Pay-Item Schedule
• Write-In Line Items
• Understanding Markup: Category Markup, Overhead, and Profit
• Applying Markup to Your Bid
• Using the Markup Simulator
• Bid Balancing and How It Works
• Auto-Balancing Your Bid
• Moving Money Between Bid Items
• Bidding Alternates and Allowances
• Working with Scenarios

Checking your estimate for gaps and errors before the bid goes out.

• Using the Validation Feature
• Pre-Submission Bid Review Checklist

Bid snapshots, cost summaries, and PDF/Excel/CSV exports.

• Generating Reports and Bid Sheets
• Report Types and When to Use Them
• Customizing Report Output
• Exporting Your Data

RFQs, the Analyze tab, bond tables, and overhead checklists.

• Using the RFQ Feature
• Comparing Vendor Quotes
• The Analyze Tab: Market Intelligence and Risk
• Benchmarking Your Rates
• Checking Wage Compliance
• Tracking DBE, MBE, and WBE Participation
• Tracking Material Price Trends
• Understanding Bid Risk with Monte Carlo
• Reviewing Your Bid Results
• Bond Tables
• Overhead Checklists

Managing your team, your subscription, and importing existing templates.

• Managing Your Team in Stimaro
• Your Stimaro Subscription
• Importing Existing Templates

Common issues, keyboard shortcuts, and quick-reference material.

• Contacting Support
• Common Issues and Fixes
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Glossary of Estimating Terms