AI takeoff & estimating

Priced estimates from your drawing set — in hours, not weeks.

EstimaraAI ingests full PDF, CAD, and DWG packages, locks scope to what is actually on the sheets, and applies your price book or API rates — so your team bids more work without another estimator hire.

  • Trade-organized quantities and costs with page and keynote references on every line.
  • Renovation vs. new build awareness, schedule extraction, and confidence flags for QA before submit.
  • Parallel processing across pages — large sets finish in a fraction of serial manual takeoff time.
<2 hrs
Full Estimate

From drawings to priced output

10×
More Bids

Same team, same month

20+
Trade Categories

Demolition, framing, finishes, MEP & more

80%+
Extraction Accuracy

AI-powered precision

Built for real construction drawing sets

ArchitecturalStructuralMEPCivilSchedulesTenant improvement

From precon leads to lead estimators

The same pipeline works whether you are chasing GC work, self-performing trades, or trying to free senior staff from counting doors on fifty-page PDFs.

General contractors

Multi-discipline packages, compressed calendars, and bid lists that need consistent quantities and priced scope across the whole set.

Trade contractors & estimators

Tighter turnaround, fewer spreadsheet rebuilds, and exports that drop into Excel and your estimating workflow.

Preconstruction leaders

Take pressure off senior estimators while keeping margin discipline locked to your real rates and markups.

Takeoff speed and estimate integrity

Not just faster clicks — structured scope, your rates, and traceability your GCs and owners can follow. The same ideas competitors lead with on takeoff, extended through priced, bid-ready output.

Full drawing packages

Architectural, structural, MEP, civil, and schedules — PDF, CAD, and DWG without manual prep or cleanup passes.

Scope tied to the sheets

Confirms what is actually drawn before pricing. Reduces phantom scope and missed rooms that blow up lump-sum jobs.

Your book, your margins

Upload your price book or connect via API. Hybrid pricing labels every source so you always know what drove the number.

Audit-ready traceability

Page and keynote references on every line item — hand a GC an estimate they can verify without a treasure hunt.

Confidence, not guesswork

High / medium / low flags and a clear queue for lines that need estimator review before bid day.

Throughput without headcount

Parallel page processing: big sets finish in a fraction of the wall-clock time of serial manual takeoff.

Typical manual path

Spreadsheets, fatigue, and hidden risk

  • Weeks of estimator time per large commercial set
  • Scope drift and missed lines that eat margin on lump-sum work
  • Generic cost data that does not match your subs or suppliers
  • GC questions you cannot answer without re-opening the PDF
With EstimaraAI

One system: scope, cost, proof

  • Wall-clock hours from package upload to priced, trade-organized export
  • Scope grounded in the drawing set — with items you should review called out
  • Your price book or API first; hybrid sources labeled on every line
  • Page and keynote references so verification is seconds, not hours

You Know Exactly What This Costs You

01
20 hrs
per commercial takeoff, manual
Your Estimator Is Your Ceiling

One person. 20 hours a takeoff. That means 3, maybe 4 bids a month — every job above that cap gets a pass or a rushed number.

02
25%
bid-win rate — industry average
75% of Your Estimating Time Earns Nothing

For every four bids your team builds, three go in the trash. That's 60+ hours of estimator time producing zero revenue.

03
$50K+
average cost of one bad estimate
One Miss and the Job Pays You Nothing

A missed scope item on a lump-sum contract comes out of your margin. One overlooked room. The job you bid to make money becomes break-even.

04
$85K+
estimator salary — not counting benefits
Your Best Person Is Counting Doors

You hired a senior estimator to win work. Instead they're manually flipping through 50-page PDF sets, counting keynotes, building spreadsheets from scratch.

From upload to bid-ready export in four steps

01

Upload Your Drawings

PDF, CAD, DWG — drag in any drawing package. Architectural, structural, MEP, civil.

02

AI Reads Every Page

Identifies drawing types, records quantities and specs. Scope confirmed — no phantom items.

03

Scope Confirmed

Renovation vs. new build auto-detected. Right scope, automatically.

04

Download Your Estimate

Line-by-line, priced with your rates. Page refs on every item. Ready to bid.

Drawing set in — priced, traceable estimate out

The same workflow general contractors expect from modern takeoff platforms — plus centralized rates, roll-up logic, and exports aligned to how your estimators already review bids. No generic AI chat: construction-specific classification, scope rules, and your numbers.

What the engine does

Ingests the full package, confirms scope against what is drawn, and prices with your book — every line tied to a page reference so nothing is a black box.

PDF & CAD drawings — all types

Floor plans, details, schedules, elevations, structural, MEP, civil — any format, handled automatically.

Locks in your exact scope

EstimaraAI confirms what's actually in the drawings before pricing — no phantom items, no missed rooms.

Priced with your own rates

Upload your price book or connect via API. Your negotiated rates, not generic market data.

Every item traceable

Page reference and keynote on every line item. Hand it to a GC with full confidence.

What lands in your hands

Bid packages your GCs can scrutinize — and your team can defend — without rebuilding the narrative in Excel.

Line Items by Trade

Every item organized — Demolition, Framing, Cabinetry, Plumbing, Electrical, Finishes, and 15+ more. Quantity, unit, and cost on every line.

Page & Keynote on Every Item

Every line traces back to the exact drawing page and keynote. Full audit trail — verify any item in seconds.

Confidence Scoring

High, medium, and low flags on every item. Low-confidence and unpriced items surfaced separately so nothing slips through unreviewed.

What Needs Your Attention

Items seen but not quantified, inferred requirements, and owner-furnished items called out explicitly. No surprises mid-job.

Built for construction workflows

PDF & CAD — Every Drawing Type

Floor plans, details, schedules, elevations, structural, MEP, civil. No reformatting. No prep work.

Scope That Stays Honest

Builds a confirmed scope list. Hard-filters any item for a room not in the drawings. No phantom spaces.

Renovation vs. New Build — Auto-Detected

Project type from title block. Renovation gets demo + install + patching. New construction gets install only.

Your Rates, Not Market Averages

Upload your price book or connect via API. Your costs first. Unmatched items fall back to regional rates — every source labeled.

Full Audit Trail on Every Item

Every line traces to page and keynote. Verify any item in seconds or hand the estimate to a GC with confidence.

Volume Without Headcount

Every page processes simultaneously. A 50-page set finishes as fast as 5 pages. Run 10 bids at once.

Your Rates. Your Margins. Your Way.

Your supplier agreements, sub rates, and in-house labor costs took years to build. EstimaraAI plugs into your existing price book — every estimate reflects your actual margins.

Upload Your Price Book

Drop in CSV, Excel, PDF, or plain rate sheet. We map your trade codes and apply your rates to every matched line.

Connect via API

Using Procore, Autodesk, or custom ERP? Connect directly. Live rate data — no manual exports.

Hybrid Mode

Matched items use your rates. Unmatched fall back to regional contractor pricing. Every source labeled.

Benchmarked against real completed projects

Same drawing packages: manual contractor baseline vs. EstimaraAI — more complete scope in less wall-clock time. Your mileage varies by trade and set; these are internal package-level checks we use to stress the pipeline.

Kitchen + Living Room Renovation

Interior · 32 pages

More complete scope” — structured output vs. prior manual estimate on this package.

$89K / 2 days$99K / <2 hrs

Academic Building Structural

New Construction · 48 pages

90%+ classification accuracy” — structured output vs. prior manual estimate on this package.

$1.4M / 3 days$1.5M / <3 hrs

Commercial Tenant Improvement

TI · 38 pages

Caught items manual estimate missed” — structured output vs. prior manual estimate on this package.

$380K / 2.5 days$412K / <2 hrs

Simple tiers — scale with page volume

Pick monthly or annual billing. Every tier is built around how many drawing pages you process — not hidden per-seat games.

Supports all drawing types

Architectural
  • Demolition Plans
  • Construction Plans
  • RCP
  • Interior Elevations
  • Floor Plans
Structural
  • Foundation Plans
  • Framing Plans
  • Details & Sections
  • Beam & Column Schedules
Schedules

Door, Window, Finish, Room, Beam, and Column schedules — all extracted with cost estimation.

Quantities, classification, and estimating logic together

Everything below ships in the product — not a laundry list of future roadmap slides.

Drawing extraction

Partitions & Walls
Doors
Windows
Rooms & Areas
Building Statistics
Material Specifications
Site Work Quantities

Estimating & workflow

Smart Page Classification
Cost Estimation
Confidence Scoring
Dynamic Categories
Inferred Requirements
Inline Editing
Audit Trail
Page References
Excel Export

Your data. Your control.

Encrypted & Private
Your drawings stay yours
We Never Train on Your Data
Your files are never used to train AI
Full Audit Trail
Page reference on every line item
Your Price Book
Your rates, not market averages

Built for construction professionals

Estimators

Generate quantity takeoffs in minutes. Export directly to Excel and estimating software.

Project Managers

Track progress, review confidence scores, and collaborate across teams.

Contractors

Assess scope instantly. Get accurate cost estimates. Bid smarter and win more.

Questions we hear on every demo

What file formats do you support?

PDF, CAD, and DWG drawing packages — architectural, structural, MEP, civil, and schedules.

How do my rates get into the estimate?

Upload your price book or connect via API. Matched lines use your rates, and every source is labeled on the line item.

Is my data used to train AI?

No. Your drawings and estimates are not used to train shared models.

What does the export include?

Trade-organized line items with quantities, costs, confidence scores, and page or keynote references so you can verify anything quickly.

How is this different from click-and-measure takeoff tools?

EstimaraAI reads the full set, classifies pages, and builds scope-aware quantities and costs — then ties every line back to the drawing so you review strategically instead of measuring every object by hand.

Can we run multiple bids at once?

Yes. Pages process in parallel so large sets and concurrent jobs spend less wall-clock time waiting on takeoff.

Bid More.
Win More.

Stop turning down jobs because you can't get to them. EstimaraAI gives your team the capacity to bid everything worth bidding — and win more of it.

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