Success Estimator 6.8

Success Estimator by U.S. COST, Inc. is a professional cost estimating and cost management solution for capital projects and facility programs. It helps owners, program managers, and estimators produce clear, defensible budgets from early concept through detailed design, procurement, and change management. Built on cost engineering best practices, it standardizes how estimates are created, reviewed, and reported so teams can make confident, data-driven decisions.

Key capabilities include:

• Structured cost databases with reusable assemblies, unit costs, and templates to accelerate estimate development
• Support for multiple estimating methods—conceptual/parametric, system/assembly, and detailed unit-price approaches
• Organization of scope using common industry classification structures (for example, CSI divisions and UniFormat elements)
• Location factors, escalation, indirects, markups, and allowances to reflect real-world market conditions
• What-if analysis for alternates and options, plus contingencies to account for uncertainty
• Version control, change history, and user permissions that improve governance and collaboration
• Customizable reports and dashboards, including WBS summaries, variance analysis, and benchmarking views
• Easy import/export with spreadsheets and compatibility with common takeoff and project controls workflows
• Transparent traceability to quantities, assumptions, and sources for audit-ready documentation

By unifying methodologies, data, and reporting in one environment, Success Estimator improves estimate accuracy and consistency, shortens turnaround time, and increases confidence in budgets across a portfolio of projects. Backed by U.S. COST, Inc.’s decades of cost engineering expertise, it brings proven standards and repeatable processes to every stage of the project lifecycle.

Success Estimator is developed by U.S. COST, Inc.. The most popular version of this product among our users is 6.8. The name of the program executable file is Success.exe.