“Before Ensign, I’d look at a huge pile of drawings and think ‘Oh God.’ Now the software saves me about 70% of my time. Quotes that took 5 days before now take me under 2 days… and the team always try their best to help.”
JKM Contractors were printing drawings, measuring by hand, and rebuilding quotes in spreadsheets. Turnarounds stretched to days, variations meant rework, and evenings disappeared to admin instead of moving live work forward. They needed a faster, more accurate flow with professional outputs — and real people to help when questions cropped up.
JKM moved to Ensign MEP Take-off & Estimating as a single, connected workflow. Measurements on PDFs and images are captured neatly with auditable mark-ups, then pushed to Ensign Estimating with one click to produce labour-timed, UK-priced schedules of rates, tender summaries, and material breakdowns — no re-keying required.
Scope changes are easy to manage, with items adjusted and outputs rerun without rebuilding the job from scratch. All of this is supported by Ensign’s UK in-house team, with the JKM team noting, “No matter what the problem, they always try their best to help.”
JKM achieved around 70% time savings across the estimating process, turning week-long quotes into jobs completed in under two days. Take-offs and QS-ready breakdowns are cleaner and more accurate, reducing back-and-forth and boosting confidence. Faster turnarounds mean less late-night printing and an improved work–life balance, while the team benefits from responsive, human UK-based support that keeps projects moving.
Company Profile
Company
JKM Contractors
Trade
MEP
Overview
A UK contractor replacing paper take-offs and spreadsheets with Ensign’s connected PDF-to-Estimating workflow. JKM now turns around faster, cleaner bids with far less effort — supported by a team that’s “always there to help.”
JKM transformed their workflow with Ensign MEP Take-off & Estimating, saving time, improving accuracy, and boosting team confidence. Book a demo today to see how your business can achieve the same results and take control of every project from tender to completion.
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