Construction Takeoff Software, AI or Outsourcing: How to Choose
Compare manual, on-screen, AI-assisted and outsourced takeoff with a six-check review list, a review-time worksheet and a decision table by bid volume.
Outsourcing decisions
Decision guides for choosing how estimating work gets done: keep it in house, hire an estimator, buy takeoff software, run a bid desk or send takeoffs to an outside desk. Each guide gives you a worksheet, scorecard or decision table to fill in with your own bids per month, hours per takeoff and hit rate. One guide adds a back-test on a bid you already priced, so the answer comes from your numbers. Takeoff Services LLC sells outsourced takeoffs. The scorecards are written so any provider can be tested, and each can end in keeping the work in house. Written for owners and estimating leads weighing software, a hire or an outside desk.
What ships with every package
- Editable Excel or CSV, unlocked and ready to price
- Color-coded marked-up PDFs of the sheets measured
- Written assumptions, inclusions and exclusions sheet
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Compare your own takeoff hours with an outside quote, score any provider on eight checks and back-test it on a bid you already priced before you change anything.
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