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Bentley AECOsim and Sigma connected – 3D to 5D BIM

Sigma Estimates and Bentley AECOsim are now tightly connected, making it possible to bring in 3D BIM quantities directly from programs like MicroStation. The connection is established through Bentley iModel that connects a large variety of programs together both from …

Sigma Estimates Launches in U.S.

and Appoints Tech Industry Veteran Jeff Papows as Chairman Wakefield, Mass. – May 14, 2012 – Sigma Estimates, a technology company that specializes in cost estimation software for the construction, manufacturing and insurance industries, today announced the incorporation of its …

Revit and Sigma makes it possible to safely steer the economy from idea to fabrication

A tight integration between Autodesk Revit and Sigma makes it possible to compare the 3D model and 5D costs throughout all of the project phases – from idea to fabrication. All quantities are linked directly between the 3D model to …

Save hundreds of hours

At LK Gruppen in Helsinge, the goal is to work smarter. Almost three years ago the old spread sheets where traded in favor of Sigma® cost estimation. This has resulted in a long list of advantages for the lanscape gardening …

Gazelle 2010

The daily paper Børsen has named CodeGroup Gazelle-company for second consecutive year. To qualify for this award a company must be able to present growth of more than 100% in four years, among other things. Only approximately 30% of Gazelle …

Welcome to Sigma 2010

Sigma® 2010 is the result of dialogue with our visionary Sigma users and the future. We discovered that Sigma’s strengths lie in its user friendliness, fexibility, and the integration possibilities with more advanced systems, such as 3D modelling systems, ERP …

The idea behind Sigma® 2010

In light of the launch of Sigma 2010, Magnus Therkildsen, development manager, tells about the evolution in the IT market, CodeGroups strategy in relation to it, and more generally about staying at the forefront of development. Which direction is the …

Sigma® got a warm reception

Skælskør Anlægsgartnere A/S (Landscape architects) introduced Sigma about three years ago, after the product manager learned that this was a product which could be adapted to fit the cost estimation needs of the company. The IT solution has grown from one …

Big picture and better economy

In the four and a half years Anni Vinhardt has been tender liable at G. Tscherning A/S, the work process from calculation to finished project has gotten better and better. The company has introduced Best Practice for how things should …

A profitable new year?

We have entered a new year and if you want to ensure you end up with a profit when the year ends, you should already be thinking about how to create a positive development in your company now. Through our …

Gazelle 2009

The daily paper Børsen has named CodeGroup Gazelle-company for our line of Sigma calculation products. Besides having a good economy, a company must be able to present significant growth, specifically growth by at least 100% within the last four years. …

Get control and great savings

Efforts to make the budgets hold are becoming more streamlined everywhere in the public sector. Districts are no exception; they often have large costs associated with construction projects in which they often must act as developers, designers and contractors. At …

Calculation with overview

Cost estimating is gliding more easily than ever at the construction firm, Entrenørfirmaet Ivan Jakobsen A/S. Instead of pencil, paper, and calculator, they have taken a professional cost estimation tool in use and it has given them a long list of advantages. …

Work smarter not harder

“Time is money” according to the old adage. And there are definantly many people in the construction industry who can agree. Because what wouldn’t it do for your company, if there were just a few more hours in the day? …

Get to grips with the depression

The construction industry has been hard hit by the recession, and a good business sense and precise calculations are more important than ever. Because it is possible to make a profit, even during a recession. The construction firm C. Holbøll …

Everything in half the time

Master carpenter Lars Bregndahl Poulsen was fed up with typing the same things over and over in Excel every time he needed to calculate an offer. Now he has switched over to an effective cost estimating tool, and the result is …

The right projects

Source: Entreprenøren nr. 4/2009

Everyone within the construction industry knows how difficult it can be to get a positive bottom line. Even if there have been many good projects in the course of the year, a single assignment can get too far off track …

Cost estimating with databases

Everywhere in the industry, money making efforts are being effectivized and streamlined. The construction industry is no exception. One of the places where we still have room for improvement is when it comes to cost estimating, therefore the future of …

Easy cost estimation

Close to a year ago, Hanne Bak got tired of calculating the same things over and over. So she found a cost estimating program that is flexible enough to be used for demolition and reuse. Hanne Bak is a trained building …