Case Study: Hoar Construction achieves highly accurate, fast conceptual estimates with Trimble WinEst and Modelogix

Creates Highly-accurate Conceptual Estimates in a Fraction of the Time With Trimble Winest and Modelogix

Hoar Construction, a national contractor founded in 1940, needed a more standardized, efficient approach to cost estimating. Estimators were spending days on one‑off conceptual budgets that rarely transferred into operations, limiting consistency and improvement across teams and making it hard to support clients with reliable early cost guidance.

Hoar adopted Trimble WinEst and Modelogix — a database‑driven estimating and cost‑modeling platform that integrates with accounting and ERP systems and benchmarks budgets against historical actuals. The tools let teams normalize costs by time and location, compare scenarios, and produce conceptual budgets in 2–3 hours instead of days; they also improved reporting, owner confidence, and plan to expand automation and BI reporting across the firm.

Hoar Construction

James Goree

Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) Manager