Case Study: Pepper Construction achieves 50% faster takeoffs and more accurate, transparent estimates with Trimble WinEst and Vico Office

Pepper Construction Builds a Highly-Effective Model-Based Cost Estimating Process with Trimble Winest and Vico Office

Pepper Construction, a leading fourth-generation Midwest general contractor known for integrated and virtual construction services, needed more consistent, accurate and granular cost estimates to win work and give clients clearer project insight. Team leaders sought a way to speed takeoffs, reduce errors and produce detailed cost breakouts so owners could see line-item and area-level pricing rather than a single aggregate number.

Working with BuildingPoint Midwest, Pepper adopted Trimble WinEst and Vico Office to create a model-based 3D–4D–5D estimating workflow. The integrated solution halved digital takeoff time, improved estimate accuracy and consistency, enabled 4D/5D quantities directly into scheduling, and produced granular cost breakouts that drove higher-value client conversations—helping win a $60M project, support negotiations for a $70M job, and deliver detailed pricing on multi-hundred-million-dollar renovations.

Pepper Construction

Keith Dougherty

Vice President of PreConstruction