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01 · What is in the job?
ScopeGen
Writes the scope of work from your drawings and specs.
$249a month, or $2,239 a year
- What it does
- You load your drawings and specs. ScopeGen reads them and builds a scope of work for each trade, in a spreadsheet.
- What you get
- Scope lines by trade, plus a list of what looks missing and the questions (RFIs) to send.
- Who it is for
- General contractors, subcontractors, and design teams who bid and manage work.
- Runs on
- Windows
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02 · How much is there?
Takeoff Studio
Measures and counts right on your PDF drawings.
$499one time. No monthly fee.
- What it does
- Click to measure lengths and areas, and to count items like doors and fixtures. Colors and a legend show what you have done.
- What you get
- A neat Excel workbook of your quantities, and a marked-up PDF you can share.
- Who it is for
- Estimators in any trade who take off quantities from drawings.
- Runs on
- Windows. Your drawings stay on your computer.
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03 · Learn the whole method
Estimating Fundamentals
The book. How to build an estimate, from scope to final review.
$49.95paperback, 87 pages
- What it teaches
- Scope, takeoff, pricing, and review, in the order real estimating work happens. Then one full estimate, start to finish.
- How it is built
- Six short chapters. Each one ends with review questions and a hands-on exercise.
- Who it is for
- Students, new estimators, and anyone who wants to check their method. It works as a class textbook.
- Written by
- David V. Jackson, who taught construction estimating at the College of DuPage.
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04 · What will it cost?
CostGen
Quick budget prices for comparing your choices.
- What it does
- Type in what you are pricing. CostGen finds a material price and shows where each price came from.
- Best for
- Budgets and value engineering. For example: what changes if we use one kind of drywall instead of another?
- Not for
- Final bids. Get real quotes from suppliers for those.
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05 · How much is there, faster
TakeOffGen
AI helpers that work inside Takeoff Studio.
- What it does
- Traces walls, finds rooms, and counts things like doors and fixtures on your drawings.
- Who stays in charge
- You do. Every result lands in your Takeoff Studio takeoff, where you check it, fix it, and decide.
- Who it is for
- Takeoff Studio users who want the repeat work done for them.
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06 · How long will it take?
SchedulingGen
Builds a clear, professional job schedule.
- What it does
- Asks you simple questions about your job, step by step, then builds the schedule and a chart that shows it.
- Who it is for
- Small and medium contractors who need a good schedule without a scheduling degree or years of practice.
- How it works
- It uses the critical path method, the standard way to find which tasks set the finish date.