Stop Losing Money on Steel Bids

AI-powered estimating and bid management for structural steel contractors. Estimate tonnage accurately. Bid faster. Win more profitable work.

Structural Steel Contractors Battle Margin Pressure

📐 Manual Tonnage Takeoff is Time-Consuming

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 Pricing Volatility

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.

⏱️ Fabrication Labor Estimation

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.

⚠️ Hidden Schedule & Specification Traps

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 Structural Steel Estimating Platform

AI-powered tonnage extraction, real-time mill pricing, and smart labor estimation for structural steel contractors.

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AI Structural Steel Takeoff

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.

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Real-Time Mill Pricing Integration

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 Know your real material cost at the moment you bid — not locked into outdated pricing.

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Fabrication Labor by Member Type

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.

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Contract Risk & Scope Review

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.

How It Works

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Upload Structural Plans

Provide structural drawings with beam/column schedules. PDF or image files. Our AI reads all standard drawing formats.

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AI Extracts Tonnage

Our AI reads schedules, calculates weights, identifies connections. Get complete tonnage takeoff with material breakdown in minutes.

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Build & Submit Bid

Combine AI tonnage with real mill pricing and labor rates. Create accurate bids and track the project from order to delivery.

Steel Fabricators & Erectors Succeed

Real steel shops, real profitability gains.

★★★★★
"Tonnage takeoff used to take 6-8 hours per bid and I'd still miss pieces. Now it's 20 minutes. We caught 3 tons of missed plate material in the AI review — would've cost $9K+ in absorbed labor."
James Patterson
Estimator, Patterson Steel Fabrication
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"Real-time mill pricing changed everything. I was padded on material costs because I didn't trust my pricing. Now I'm competitive AND hit margin targets. Real pricing improved margins by 1.9% — that's $45K+ annually on our tonnage."
Elena Rodriguez
VP Operations, Rodriguez & Sons Steel
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"Contract review caught design change liability language. We renegotiated to shift that liability to the GC. That single change protected us from potential $30K+ in unexpected scope. Platform paid for a year of service in that one catch."
Tom Blackwell
President, Blackwell Structural Steel

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