"I was skeptical. Construction is my business and I’ve been estimating for 20 years. But the counting part — that’s not where my value is. That’s just time. AI took that back."
AI Is Everywhere. Construction Is Last. Here’s Why We Built This.
Every industry has adopted AI tools to automate the repetitive work. Construction hasn’t — because construction is different. There’s too much at stake, too much that can go wrong, and too much expertise required to just hand the keys to a machine.
Built for Construction
AI that enhances — doesn’t replace — your expertise
Manual takeoffs are the most expensive hour you do not bill.
A commercial plan set takes 8 to 40 hours to count by hand. At estimator rates of $75 to $150 per hour, that is $600 to $6,000 in labor on every bid. Most contractors do not skip bids because the work is not there. They skip bids because the counting takes too long to make the turnaround worth it. TakeoffBuilder does not replace your judgment. It eliminates the hours you spend before your judgment ever gets to work.
- 8 to 40 hours per plan set at $75 to $150 per hour equals $600 to $6,000 in labor
- One TakeoffBuilder credit: $199. Any size plan. 15 to 30 minutes.
- The math works on the first job. Every job after that is margin.
Every hour you count is an hour you are not bidding.
The bottleneck is not the pricing. It is the counting.
Manual takeoffs are the most expensive hour you do not bill.
A commercial plan set takes 8 to 40 hours to count by hand. At estimator rates of $75 to $150 per hour, that is $600 to $6,000 in labor on every bid. Most contractors do not skip bids because the work is not there. They skip bids because the counting takes too long to make the turnaround worth it. TakeoffBuilder does not replace your judgment. It eliminates the hours you spend before your judgment ever gets to work.
- 8 to 40 hours per plan set at $75 to $150 per hour equals $600 to $6,000 in labor
- One TakeoffBuilder credit: $199. Any size plan. 15 to 30 minutes.
- The math works on the first job. Every job after that is margin.
What We Built — and What We Deliberately Didn’t
TakeoffBuilder automates the counting. It doesn’t try to replace the estimator.
Where the Time Goes
6-12 hours counting. Minutes pricing.
The Gap in Construction Estimating
A contractor’s value is in pricing strategy, supplier relationships, crew knowledge, and site experience. That expertise took years to build. But most estimating time goes to counting — a necessary, time-consuming, error-prone task that has nothing to do with expertise.
- 6-12 hours counting per takeoff on commercial jobs
- Counting errors cost margin and reputation
- Less time counting = fewer bids submitted = slower growth
AI-Assisted, Not AI-Completed
You review. You decide. You price.
Our Approach: Automate the Simple, Keep the Human
We didn’t build a fully autonomous takeoff tool. We built an AI-assisted one. The AI handles the counting. You handle the judgment. Flagged items, site conditions, pricing decisions, and your years of expertise stay with you. We just freed up your time.
- AI counts. You review flagged items and verify.
- Years of expertise shouldn’t be discounted — we enhance it
- High accuracy focus on what matters: the count being correct
What Changes
More bids. Fewer counting errors. Less time.
What Actually Changes for Contractors
Contractors who use TakeoffBuilder don’t stop estimating. They estimate more. They bid on jobs they used to pass on because they didn’t have time to count. They submit faster, catch more errors, and spend their expertise where it actually matters — on winning bids.
- Bid 3x more jobs with the same team
- Counting from ~15 minutes instead of 6-12 hours
- Focus on winning bids — not counting items
Contractors Who Made the Jump
What happened when they stopped counting by hand.
6 reviews
"The fact that it flags what it’s not sure about is the whole thing for me. I don’t want a black box. I want to know where to look. That’s what this does."
"My expertise is in pricing, supplier relationships, and knowing what crews can actually do in the field. Counting diffusers isn’t expertise. Now I don’t have to."
"Use it to verify sub bids. Caught a 20% undercount on a recent electrical sub package. Paid for a month of credits on that one catch. Now I run every sub bid through it before signing."
"Sprinkler layouts are complex — density zones, obstruction calcs, riser diagrams. The AI catches head counts and pipe footage I'd need hours to verify manually. Especially useful on large commercial projects."
"No subscription is the key for me. I pay credits when I bid, not monthly whether I use it or not. Slow months cost me nothing. Busy months I load up credits at the 10-pack rate and save 25%."
Automate the Counting. Keep the Expertise.
Create a free account and we’ll show you a real example plan alongside the AI-generated takeoff output. No credit card required. See what AI-assisted counting actually looks like on real commercial plans.
- See a live example takeoff — free when you sign up
- 15 trade types, 95%+ accuracy on standard commercial plans
- AI counts, you review — expertise stays with you
AI-Assisted Estimating
Automate the counting. Win more bids.