Construction PM’s Takeoff Wizard takes architect specs (PDF) and a blueprint with a colored legend, runs a project manager through a three-step configuration, and produces itemized material line items applied to the scope budget. Bids in the pipeline live on a kanban board, organized through to award.
The Takeoff Wizard is a five-step flow on each scope: upload architect specs, upload a blueprint with a colored legend, select a material system, configure coverage and components, and apply the result to the scope budget. The project manager owns the inputs and the final approval; the system parses the specs, suggests material systems from the catalog, and calculates line item quantities from the configured coverage, waste factor, and component yield rates. Manual entry is available for scopes without specs or drawings to upload.
Material systems span seven zone types: foundation (waterproofing, dampproofing, vapor barriers, slab, crawl space, basement), structure (wood frame, steel, concrete, masonry, mass timber, light gauge), exterior (fiber cement, brick veneer, vinyl, curtain wall, insulated metal panels, stucco, EIFS, stone), interior, roof, finish, and MEP. Each system carries components with yield rates and a cost tier (premium, standard, or economy), so the project manager can pick the system that fits the scope before the takeoff produces line items.
Each takeoff is configured with a coverage quantity (square feet, linear feet, or other system-appropriate unit), a waste factor that defaults to six percent and is editable per scope, and a set of components that produce the final quantities and totals. A 1,000 square foot dampproofing zone with a seven percent waste factor lands at the right quantity of fibered dampproofing and protection board, both priced from the configured material costs, and rolled into the scope’s material and labor budget.
Bids in the pipeline are organized on a kanban board with cards, columns, labels, checklists, and comments. The board is the system of record for which bid is in which stage.
The Takeoff Wizard takes architect specs (PDF) and a blueprint with a colored legend and produces itemized material line items applied to the scope budget. A project manager uploads the documents, selects a material system from the catalog, configures the coverage quantity and unit, confirms the waste factor and components, and applies the result to the scope budget. Manual entry is available for scopes without specs or drawings to upload.
The Takeoff Wizard supports material systems across seven zone types: foundation (waterproofing, dampproofing, vapor barriers, slab, crawl, basement), structure (wood frame, steel, concrete, masonry, mass timber, light gauge), exterior (fiber cement, brick veneer, vinyl, curtain wall, insulated metal panels, stucco, EIFS, stone), interior, roof, finish, and MEP. Each system carries components with yield rates and cost tiers.
Bids are organized on a kanban board with cards, columns, labels, checklists, and comments. The board is the system of record for which bid is in which stage, with drag and drop to move bids through the pipeline.
