Construction estimating software for the UK prices work in GBP with VAT applied per line at 20%, 5% or zero, accounts for CIS deductions on subcontract labour, and holds retention against practical completion. WinkScope builds estimates from a rate library based on UK merchant pricing, produces a client-facing quote and an internal cost build-up from the same data, and converts the accepted figure into a job budget that actual costs are tracked against.
Estimating software written for the US market prices in dollars, applies sales tax and treats subcontractors as a single line. UK work needs pounds, VAT at more than one rate, CIS deductions on labour and retention held back to practical completion. WinkScope does those as defaults, not workarounds.
The internal cost sheet shows labour hours, material cost and margin. The client sees the version you choose. Both come from the same numbers, so they cannot drift apart.
Price in metres, square metres and lineal metres with waste percentages applied per material, rather than converting from imperial takeoffs.
Price subcontract packages separately, record quoted vs allowed, and see the difference land on job margin rather than discovering it at final account.
Carry prelims, scaffolding, welfare and skips as their own section so they are recovered on the job rather than absorbed into your overhead.
Once the job is live, purchase invoices, labour hours and variations post against the estimate so you can see margin moving while there is still time to react.
Yes — bring a price list in by CSV with column mapping, or build it up as you quote. Rates can be updated in bulk when merchant pricing moves.
It does. Rate is set per line, so a reduced-rate conversion with standard-rate additional works totals correctly on the quote and the invoice.
Set a retention percentage on the job. Each application holds it back, with release at practical completion and after the defects period tracked separately.
Yes. Most WinkScope users in the UK are doing extensions, refurbishment and fit-out rather than volume new build.
Construction estimating software for the UK prices work in GBP with VAT applied per line at 20%, 5% or zero, accounts for CIS deductions on subcontract labour, and holds retention against practical completion. WinkScope builds estimates from a rate library based on UK merchant pricing, produces a client-facing quote and an internal cost build-up from the same data, and converts the accepted figure into a job budget that actual costs are tracked against. WinkScope subscriptions are charged in USD worldwide. Local currency here is how you price your own jobs inside WinkScope — quotes, invoices, price book and reports all render in it.