Bid faster, and know exactly what you bid.
Upload a planset and get a confidence-scored AI takeoff, library-priced numbers, and a clean bid PDF in your format. Win it, and it becomes a project in one click.
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From a planset to a confidence-tagged takeoff and a clean bid PDF.
Planset to bid
From a PDF to a bid you can defend
Construction estimating software that reads the plans, prices the work, and tells you what’s firm — before you put your name on it.
AI takeoff
Upload a planset, get a confidence-scored takeoff
Drop in a planset PDF and the AI reads the drawings and builds your quantity takeoff. Every line carries a confidence score — scheduled quantities pulled straight off a schedule score high; measured quantities the AI scaled off the sheet are tagged so you know exactly where to look.
- ✓Confidence score on every single line item
- ✓Scheduled vs. measured — labeled, not guessed
- ✓Reads the PDF; no manual digitizing to start
Pricing
Priced from a regional cost library and reusable assemblies
Quantities flow into pricing from a regional cost library tuned to your market. Reusable assemblies price repeat scope the same way every time, so your tenth retaining wall bids as fast as your first. Markup is buried in the numbers — the client sees a clean total, not your margin.
- ✓Regional cost library tuned to your market
- ✓Reusable assemblies for repeat scope
- ✓Buried markup — clean totals, protected margin
Verification
On-screen takeoff verification before it goes out
You stay in control. Review the takeoff on screen and click to confirm or adjust any quantity before the bid ships. The bid confidence report rolls it all up into one number: what percent of the bid is firm versus what still needs field verification — so you price risk on purpose, not by accident.
- ✓Click to confirm or adjust any quantity
- ✓Bid confidence report: % firm vs. needs verifying
- ✓Price risk deliberately, not by surprise
Scope discipline
The fence rule keeps un-measurable scope out of the base bid
Scope you can’t measure off the plans — unknown subgrade, hidden conditions, owner-driven unknowns — gets fenced out of the base bid and flagged to bill by change order. You stop eating costs you couldn’t have priced, and the client sees an honest base number with the unknowns called out up front.
- ✓Un-measurable scope fenced out of the base bid
- ✓Flagged to bill by change order
- ✓Honest base number; unknowns called out up front
Alternates & handoff
Alternates, then a one-click won bid → project
Carry alternates as add, deduct, or by change order so the owner can shape the number. When you win, one click converts the bid into a live project — contract, budget, draft change orders, and RFIs — all populated from the estimate. No re-keying, no drift between what you bid and what you build.
- ✓Alternates as add / deduct / by-CO
- ✓Won bid → project in one click
- ✓Contract, budget, draft COs, and RFIs auto-populated
Go deeper
It all runs on one platform
The bid you win flows straight into the budget, the books, and payroll — no re-keying, no drift.
Questions
AI takeoff & bidding, answered
What is AI takeoff in construction estimating software?＋
AI takeoff reads your planset PDF and builds the quantity takeoff for you — counting, measuring, and scaling off the drawings — instead of you digitizing everything by hand. Bullwork tags every line with a confidence score so you know which quantities are firm and which to verify before the bid goes out.
How accurate is AI construction takeoff?＋
Accuracy depends on the scope. Quantities pulled from a schedule on the plans are highly reliable; quantities the AI scales off the sheet are flagged with a lower confidence score for you to confirm. You verify on screen and click to adjust before anything ships, and the bid confidence report tells you the percent that’s firm versus needs field verification.
What is the best construction bidding software for general contractors?＋
For California GCs, the best fit is bidding software that does the whole loop — confidence-scored AI takeoff, regional cost-library pricing, reusable assemblies, buried markup, and a clean bid PDF in your format — then turns a won bid into a live project in one click. Bullwork does all of that on one platform with your first month free.
How do I keep risky scope out of a base bid?＋
Use the fence rule. Scope you can’t measure off the plans — unknown subgrade, hidden conditions, owner unknowns — is fenced out of the base bid and flagged to bill by change order. You give the owner an honest base number with the unknowns called out, and you stop eating costs you could never have priced.
Send your next bid out faster — and stand behind every line.
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