From BC3 to the ERP
Create the estimate and internal project with chapters, items, quantities and prices properly linked.
BC3 · ERP · CONSTRUCTION
An ERP that can read and understand BC3 is essential to running your construction company
The CADT system will adapt fully to your needs.
Contact us today.
Your entire project, connected.
HOW WE CAN HELP
Your starting point. A practical solution.
Contractors, consultants, engineers, manufacturers, distributors and software companies: each team has different needs.
01
We want to start using BC3
Someone has requested a BC3 file, or you want to use the format. We help define your first exchange.
↗02We need to connect systems
Connect BC3 to ERP, accounting, databases or internal applications with a defined scope.
↗03We develop software
Importers, exporters and BC3 workflows built around your product and its users.
↗04We want to publish a catalogue
Product and price data prepared for customers to include in their estimates.
↗05We keep converting spreadsheets
Review the template, the data that must be preserved and the steps that can be automated.
↗06We have another software need
Automation, applications and data exchange. Tell us about the problem, even if it does not involve BC3.
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CONNECTED BC3
BC3 should not work in isolation.
The file already contains a valuable part of the project’s cost structure. A sound integration reuses that data and connects it to the processes that continue in the ERP, Excel, procurement, accounting or custom software.
If an item already exists in BC3, it should not be typed again in every application.
02 / WHAT WE CAN CONNECT
One source. The systems that already run your business.
You do not need to replace every tool. We connect BC3 to your current ecosystem and define which data should travel in each direction.
- 01ERP
- 02Excel
- 03Procurement
- 04Accounting
- 05Custom software
03 / APPLICATION EXAMPLES
Integrations that remove repetitive work.
We start where the most time or traceability is currently lost. The same data model can then grow with the business.
From BC3 to purchase orders
Turn material and subcontract requirements into requests or orders without copying line items.
From BC3 to accounting
Link items and cost centres so committed cost, actual cost and margin share the same structure.
BC3 with Excel
Import or export controlled tables when spreadsheets remain a necessary tool for the team.
BC3 with internal software
Connect databases, CRM or custom applications through processes adapted to each company.
04 / BC3 TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
Automate without losing the project structure.
A useful integration does more than read a total. It must preserve hierarchy, resource breakdowns, quantities and the relationship between estimate and delivery.
- ~CConcepts
- ~DBreakdowns
- ~TText
- ~MMeasurements
- ~RWaste
- ~PParametric description
05 / PRACTICAL BC3 GUIDES
Answers that help you move forward.
FORMAT GUIDE01
What is the BC3 format and why does it matter in construction?
BC3 format guide: structure, uses, FIEBDC compatibility and criteria for importing estimates and valuations without losing information.
→PRACTICAL GUIDE02
How to open and review a BC3 file
Open a BC3 file, review chapters, prices and quantities, and investigate import errors or differences between applications.
→CONVERSION AND AUTOMATION03
Excel to BC3 and BC3 to Excel: what can you convert?
Plan a conversion between Excel and BC3: columns, chapters, quantities, resource breakdowns and checking totals.
→SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT04
Import and export BC3 in your application
Custom BC3 importers, exporters and integrations for software vendors and internal applications: scope, mapping, errors and testing.
→MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS05
Product catalogues and price libraries in BC3
Prepare a BC3 product or price catalogue: codes, units, descriptions, versions and distribution to estimating applications.
→REAL PROBLEMS06
BC3 import errors and integration problems
Diagnose BC3 files that will not open, incorrect characters, differing amounts and missing structure.
→How we will approach your case
Understand
Tell us your objective, current tools and the difficulties your team faces.
Define
Agree on the data, boundaries and a first solution that can be tested.
Validate
Test a representative case before extending the workflow across the team.
06 / LET’S TALK
What does your company need to solve?
BC3, integrations or custom software. Tell us your starting point and we can help define the next step.