For General Contractors

General Contractor Takeoff & EstimatingBuilt Around Your Workflow.

Upload your blueprints. AI quantifies every trade — structural, MEP, finishes — in minutes. Auto-generate BOQs by trade package and send professional proposals before your competitors even open the file.

AI

takeoffs from PDF plans

All trades

from one plan upload

CSV

quantity export

[01] The Problem

Manual Estimating Is Costing You Jobs

Every hour spent on manual takeoffs is a bid you didn't submit.

Multi-Trade Takeoffs Take Days

Manually measuring every trade scope — structural, MEP, finishes — burns your entire week on a single project.

Miss bid deadlines while competitors respond faster

Inaccurate Quantities Lose Money

Eyeballing counts and scaling measurements leads to under-bids that eat your margin or over-bids that lose the job.

Every missed item costs thousands on the project

BOQs Are a Manual Nightmare

Building trade-by-trade bills of quantities in Excel takes hours of formatting, pricing, and double-checking.

Subs get incomplete scopes, change orders pile up

Proposals Look Unprofessional

Cobbled-together quotes in Word docs and email don't inspire confidence from property owners or developers.

Lose jobs to competitors with polished proposals

[02] How It Works

From Blueprint to Proposal in 4 Steps

01

Upload Your Plans

PDF blueprints, or a ZIP of PDFs. Any trade.

02

AI Reads Every Trade

Walls, MEP, finishes, fixtures — all detected and measured automatically.

03

Get BOQ & Quantities

Detailed bill of quantities by trade package, ready for sub distribution.

04

Send Your Proposal

Professional quote with labor, materials, and margin. Win the job.

[03] AI Features

AI-Powered Estimating Built for GCs

Every feature designed to help you bid more jobs and win more work

Multi-Trade AI Takeoffs

Upload plans as PDFs. AI detects walls, doors, windows, MEP systems, and finishes across all trades — from one upload.

Every trade scope quantified in minutes

Auto-Generated BOQs by Trade

AI creates detailed bills of quantities broken down by trade package. Concrete, framing, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, finishes — all itemized.

Send complete scopes to subs for accurate pricing

Professional Proposals From Your Takeoff

Turn your takeoff into a polished quote with labor, materials, and markup. Send professional proposals that win developer and owner trust.

Bid more jobs without hiring more estimators

AI Item & Symbol Counting

AI counts every fixture, device, and symbol on the plans. Outlets, lights, sprinkler heads, plumbing fixtures — all detected automatically.

No more manual counting on complex plans

Automatic Measurement Extraction

Linear feet of walls, pipe runs, conduit lengths, duct runs — AI reads the scale and measures everything for you.

Accurate quantities without a scale ruler

Waste Factors & Labor Hours

Built-in waste percentages and labor hour calculations for every trade. Export BOQs as CSV for sub distribution.

Complete cost picture before you even call a sub

[04] Compare

Why GCs Switch to BuildVision AI

Manual Takeoff

  • 2-3 days per project
  • Human counting errors
  • Can't scale to more bids
AI takeoff in minutes, bid more projects

On-Screen Takeoff / Bluebeam

  • Still manual measurement
  • $3,000+/year licenses
  • No AI automation
AI detects and counts automatically, unlimited plans

Outsourced Estimating

  • $5,000-15,000 per project
  • 1-2 week turnaround
  • No control over accuracy
In-house AI takeoffs in minutes, unlimited projects

Procore / Heavy PM Software

  • $15,000+/year
  • No AI takeoff capability
  • Complex 6-month setup
AI takeoffs + quotes included, self-serve signup
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