/ What is RIB Candy?
Estimating, planning and project control connected
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RIB Candy is construction software that brings estimating, planning and project control together.
It allows contractors and construction professionals to build estimates from the resources needed to do the work, connect those resources and costs to the construction programme, and carry that information forward into forecasting and project control.
In practical terms, Candy connects quantity, resources, cost and time.
More than estimating software
Candy is widely used for tender estimating, but its value goes much further.
It also supports quantity take-off, planning, cash flow, forecasting, valuations, subcontract management and cost-versus-allowable control.
The important part is the connection between these functions. Information created during estimating can continue to support the project once construction begins.
Built around first-principles estimating
Instead of simply assigning a rate to an item, Candy allows you to build the rate from the resources needed to complete the work.
These can include labour, materials, plant, equipment and subcontractors.
This gives you more than a tender price. It gives you the detail behind the price, which can then support planning and project control.
Connecting cost and time
Estimated resources and costs can be linked to programme activities.
This helps answer two important questions:
What resources do we need?
and
When do we need them?
That connection can support resource planning, cash flow, forecasting and ongoing project control.
Who uses RIB Candy?
Candy is used by estimators, quantity surveyors, planners, construction managers, commercial managers and project-control teams.
Its greatest value comes when estimating, planning and commercial information are treated as connected parts of the same project rather than separate exercises.
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