AI-powered estimating and bid management for structural steel contractors. Estimate tonnage accurately. Bid faster. Win more profitable work.
Extracting beam sizes, column schedules, and plate weights from structural drawings by hand is error-prone. You're manually referencing steel weight tables, calculating piece weights, and tracking fabrication/erection scope. Missing tonnage directly hits margin on fixed-price bids.
Steel mill pricing fluctuates 15-30% annually based on global demand and scrap prices. Bid at January pricing and you're locked in while April prices are 20% higher. Real-time mill pricing is non-negotiable. Guessing costs you thousands per job.
Hours per ton varies wildly by member type, connection complexity, and dimensional requirements. A 50-ton simple frame fabricates faster than 50 tons of heavy moment connections. Labor estimation without historical data is pure guesswork.
Steel contracts often hide costs around shop drawing resubmittals, connection redesigns, and non-standard specs. One missed shop drawing requirement can cost $20K+ in unexpected labor. Contract language can make you liable for design changes you didn't cause.
AI-powered tonnage extraction, real-time mill pricing, and smart labor estimation for structural steel contractors.
Upload structural drawings. Our AI reads beam/column schedules, plate lists, and connection details. Extracts tonnage, identifies fabrication scope, and flags non-standard requirements. Get complete tonnage takeoff in minutes instead of hours. No more manual weight calculations or missed pieces.
Live pricing from major steel mills and service centers for bar, plate, tube, and shapes. Our AI matches your tonnage by type with current market pricing. Know your real material cost at the moment you bid — not locked into outdated pricing.
Simple members vs. heavy moment connections vs. complex connection details have wildly different labor costs. Our AI learns your shop's productivity across member types and proposes labor hours based on your actual historical data, not industry rules of thumb.
Steel contracts hide costs around shop drawings, design changes, and non-standard specs. Our AI flags clauses that could make you liable for resubmittals, design modifications, or schedule impacts. Catch these before they become $20K+ surprises.
Provide structural drawings with beam/column schedules. PDF or image files. Our AI reads all standard drawing formats.
Our AI reads schedules, calculates weights, identifies connections. Get complete tonnage takeoff with material breakdown in minutes.
Combine AI tonnage with real mill pricing and labor rates. Create accurate bids and track the project from order to delivery.
Real steel shops, real profitability gains.
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