Simplify Your Projects
Talbert simplifies your construction process by providing precise material estimates and optimized designs tailored to your project needs. Using cutting-edge tools like MiTek’s SAPPHIRE Supply with Boise Cascade’s BC Framer® and BC Calc® software, our team provides customers with detailed estimates for framing, roofing, building wrap, siding & exterior trim, and drywall. Once completed, these estimates are imported with the design bill-of-materials (BOM) into our Epicor BisTrack ERP system for pricing and order entry.
Accurate Estimates with 3D Modeling
With SAPPHIRE Supply and 3D BIM modeling, Talbert is at the forefront of technological innovation. We create precise material calculations based on your structure’s exact geometry and our time-tested custom formulas and deliver a comprehensive BOM that shows the material calculated for each building component. Plus, MiTek® Viewer lets customers view the complete 3D structure, giving you a clear visual of your project before breaking ground.
Optimized EWP Design for Floors and Roofs
Our design team specializes in Engineered Wood Product (EWP) layouts for floors and roofs, using BC Framer®, which shares a design platform with SAPPHIRE Supply. We create custom, optimized BCI® Joist packages and incorporate them into the estimating and design solution. With BC Calc®, we ensure your floor and roof systems meet high-performance standards and perform LVL beam calculations for customers. Our team also turns EWP designs into precision-cut BCI® Joist packages with our SawTek® Pro and sawyers.
Below, you will find more information on the companies behind these cutting-edge programs. Contact us to discover how Talbert Estimating & EWP Design can help you plan and build more efficiently and confidently.
MiTek® SAPPHIRE Supply
SAPPHIRE Supply is part of MiTek’s wide-ranging SAPPHIRE Suite. It is a single-source software solution combining materials estimating with EWP and structural frame design. MiTek Sapphire is a software system that uses a 3D virtual model to manage materials and improve collaboration for home construction. Identify and resolve potential design issues before the home is shipped, and provide verification of its Buildability™. Through MiTek® Viewer, offer your customers the benefits of collaboration by viewing and confirming your model during the estimating process. Empower your customers' construction through MiTek® Viewer, a superb tool for superintendents and framers.
BC Framer®
BC Framer® helps customers create floor and roof framing layouts quickly. This easy-to-use computer-aided 3D drafting program frames layouts and creates piece and price reports. It also draws framing drawings that use Boise Cascade’s engineered wood products (EWP) and develops schedules. BC Framer’s editing and drawing tools allow flexibility when modifying framing layouts. You can also customize the layout drawing with framing details, notes, symbols, and accessories.
BC Calc®
BC Calc® performs engineering analysis to help our customers size beams, joists, columns, studs and tall walls for their building projects. It is simple to use yet flexible enough to analyze a variety of common applications. The user enters the member geometry, adds loads, holes, and other relevant data then selects a product for analysis. The program helps the user identify which of Boise Cascade’s engineered wood products (EWP) meet the demands of the application. After the analysis has been run, the user can create an easy to read PDF design report that clearly shows important span and load information as well as the analysis results.