Stop Losing Money on Drywall & Framing Bids

AI-powered estimating for commercial drywall and metal framing contractors. Automate board count takeoffs, calculate stud and track requirements, and catch contract language that kills your margin.

Drywall & Framing Contractors Face These Every Day

📏 Board Count & Waste Factor Errors

Commercial drywall means thousands of sheets across multiple floor plans with varying heights, fire-ratings, and moisture requirements. Miscounting boards, underestimating waste on complex geometries, or missing a layer on a fire-rated assembly means absorbing $5K-$15K in extra material.

🏗️ Metal Framing Complexity

Stud gauge, spacing, track sizes, deflection heads, bracing, and blocking requirements change by wall type and height. A 20-foot demising wall is a completely different scope than an 8-foot office partition. Missing the gauge upgrade or deflection track on tall walls is money out of your pocket.

👷 Labor Productivity Swings

Drywall hanging speed varies dramatically by wall height, board size, fire-rating layers, and ceiling type. A crew hanging 12-foot board on scaffolding produces at half the rate of standard 8-foot walls. Without trade-specific labor tracking, your bids are built on guesses.

⚠️ Fire Rating & Acoustic Assembly Traps

Specs call for specific UL assemblies — 1-hour, 2-hour, STC-rated walls. Contract language often shifts full assembly compliance liability to the drywall sub. Missing an acoustic sealant detail or wrong resilient channel spacing means tearing out and rebuilding at your cost.

AI-Powered Tools for Drywall & Framing Contractors

Built by people who understand the trade. Every feature solves a real problem drywall contractors deal with every week.

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AI Board Count & Material Takeoff

Upload plans. Our AI identifies every wall, calculates board quantities by type (regular, Type X, moisture-resistant, abuse-resistant), factors waste by complexity, and generates complete material lists. Finish in minutes what takes hours by hand.

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Metal Framing Calculator

Automatic stud and track calculations by wall type — gauge, spacing, height, deflection heads, and bracing requirements. Our AI knows that 25-gauge at 24" OC isn't the same bid as 20-gauge at 16" OC on a 14-foot wall.

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Labor Estimation by Assembly

Different assemblies produce at different rates. Our AI tracks your actual productivity by wall type, height, and complexity, then applies those rates to new bids. Stop using generic SF/hour numbers that don't match reality.

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Fire & Acoustic Assembly Review

Our AI cross-references contract language against specified UL assemblies, acoustic requirements, and fire-rating specs. Flags clauses that shift assembly compliance liability before you sign.

How It Works

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Upload Floor Plans

Provide architectural drawings with wall types and finish schedules. PDF or image files accepted.

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AI Calculates Everything

Our AI reads wall types, calculates board counts, stud quantities, and identifies fire-rated assemblies. Complete takeoff in minutes.

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Bid Accurately & Track

Combine AI takeoff with material pricing and your labor rates. Submit competitive bids and track assemblies through completion.

Drywall & Framing Contractors Are Winning More Work

Real contractors, real results.

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"Board count on a 6-story hotel was off by 1,200 sheets when I did it manually. The AI caught the discrepancy in the stairwell fire-rated assemblies. That's $9K in material I would've eaten."
Marcus Johnson
Owner, Johnson Drywall & Acoustics
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"We were bidding 25-gauge studs on a wall that needed 20-gauge per the structural notes buried on sheet S-12. AI flagged it. The gauge upgrade alone was $4K — would've been a total loss on that scope."
Angela Reeves
Estimator, Reeves Interior Systems
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"GC tried to back-charge us $7K for an STC assembly that \"didn't test right.\" We had documentation showing we installed per the spec and the problem was their ceiling contractor. Collected back in full."
Keith O'Brien
PM, O'Brien Framing & Drywall

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