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WINESTIMATOR, INC.®  AND COST CORE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC® FORM ALLIANCE FOR E-COMMERCE FORUM


WinEstimator, Inc.,® a leading global supplier of software for the AEC industry, and Cost Core Technologies, LLC® (ContractorHub.com®), a leader in Internet business-to-business (B2B) electronic commerce, today announced an agreement to form a strategic partnership and joint sales and marketing relationship. This alliance will enable ContractorHub.com® technology and services to seamlessly interface with WinEstimator’s® best-selling WinEst® Cost Estimating software applications WinEstimator® estimating software interface, or ‘Cost Core Workspace’ technology, coupled with Cost Core Technologies, LLC’s® “ContractorHub.com®” web portal platform, provides a comprehensive business-to-business e-commerce solution well designed for the construction marketplace. 

Customers will receive value added e-commerce pricing and procurement solutions through the interface, by subscribing to the “ContractorHub.com®” Purchase Portal. This exciting new interface enables customers to create Bid-package RFQs and seamlessly post them for return quotes from the Web. The interface between the industry’s leading cost estimating software supplier and a leader in Internet business-to-business commerce will revolutionize the AEC marketplace, ensuring ContractorHub.com® network vendor price quotes and the contiguous procurement management functions to all WinEst® customers. The role of estimating software becomes even more pivotal in e-commerce transactions. As the cornerstone of online purchasing activity, all incoming and outgoing data is generated and transferred from the estimating software nucleus, the “Cost Core”. 

“WinEstimator® is excited to join Cost Core Technologies, LLC® in offering customers a means to electronically purchase more efficiently and effectively,” said Istvan Szabo, WinEstimator® CEO: “Because cost estimates consist of detailed information concerning all aspects of construction projects, from materials purchased to services supplied, we see our relationship with Cost Core Technologies, LLC® as creating a powerful competitive advantage for customers. Managing one of the biggest headaches for construction projects, procurement, just became easier.  In addition, customers will also benefit from being able to reuse estimate information to buyout their projects, saving a significant amount of time and money."

About Cost Core Technologies, LLC
Cost Core Technologies, LLC® (CCT), is headquartered in Kent, Washington, and the company’s owners have a well established prior history of serving key A/E/C industry technology needs. Their record of past experience and expert contributions, to A/E/C industry software, will impel industry B2B market-driven demands for innovative, user-friendly solutions, software, products and construction web services. CCT’s ‘ContractorHub.com®’ is a cutting edge business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce exchange and web resource for the construction industry. ContractorHub.com® leverages the emergent power of the World Wide Web to help contractors to increase margins and productivity by streamlining the competitive bidding, materials management, procurement and payment processes. It enables contractors to interact thru the Internet and to co-communicate with suppliers and manufacturers through a centralized web location, or the ‘HUB’ (ContractorHub.com®). The HUB is expertly designed to benefit both the purchaser and the supplier in many ways. For example, by minimizing data entry errors, automating the transactional process, better managing cash flow, aggregating purchasing power, and managing the flow of material to the jobsite while ultimately eliminating hours of conventional paperwork.

For more information, please visit ContractorHub.com®  at www.contractorhub.com. The company can be reached at: 253. 856. 0823.

About About WinEstimator Inc.
WinEst® is a leading AEC industry software tool enabling one to quickly and easily create accurate and detailed cost estimates. Utilizing a   user-friendly interface featuring a combination spreadsheet/database, WinEst® extends a powerful level of customization to estimates and projects. The comprehensive suite of tools provided by WinEst® is designed to significantly enhance productivity and profitability. Founded in 1992 as the first Windows®-based construction estimating package, thousand of companies in over forty countries rely on WinEstimator® to successfully manage their AEC projects. All WinEstimator® products are developed for the Microsoft Windows® platform and are fully compatible with Windows 95, 98, 2000 and NT.® 

For more information, please visit WinEstimator®  at www.winest.com. The company can be reached at: 253. 395.3631.

ContractorHub.com is a B2B e-commerce exchange that improves the procurement and invitation to bid processes for the construction industry. ContractorHub.com’s comprehensive exchange gives contractors the most efficient method for procuring materials and services. For suppliers, wholesalers and manufacturers, ContractorHub.com provides access to an established customer base. Since its inception in 1999, ContractorHub.com has attracted a core group of general contractors, large subcontractors and suppliers. Headquartered in Kent, Washington. For more information, please visit ContractorHub.com on the World Wide Web at www.contractorhub.com.

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