Generate precise numbers you can trust - and have the time to fine-tune your proposal. Reduce human error with automatically inserting the proper fittings according to your systems and specifications, adjusting for elevation changes, and making it easy to fix mistakes that do slip through - without re-doing takeoff.
Spec-Driven TakeOff
Because every item taken off is a generic entity defined by your chosen specification, you can easily adapt to change by modifying the specification after takeoff to instantly apply accurate global changes to your estimate without having to re-do takeoff.
Automatic Fittings
Correct fittings inserted and hanger length calculated based on your spec.
Accurate Hanger and Attachment Counts
The AutoBid® software calculates the most accurate hangers in the marketplace - competing systems just make an inaccurate guess based on total system length. Because the AutoBid application knows what pieces of pipe and fittings are connected, users will get hangers at changes in directions and at user-defined spacing based on pipe size. Attachments based on structure are also correctly picked up based on structure and vertical members and on elevation.
Automatic Joint Configuration
Joining two pieces of dissimilar pipe or end types? Correct fittings, joint counts and consumables for the connector are aiutomatically inserted - accurately and consistently.
Automatic Pricing Updates
With more than 50,000 different database items, trying to maintain pricing would be a full-time job. We've taken care of that by partnering with three leading national pricing services - Harrison Publishing House, Ferguson, and Allpriser - to provide automatic price updates.
Automatic Correction Factors
Do you need to account for the fact that items on higher floors or elevations require additional labor? Need to account for stacked trades or compressed work schedules? Easily adjust your labor - across a project or on a specific item - to address additional labor requirements.
Comprehensive Databases
We ship our system with a comprehensive database that is ready to go for many companies- needs, with MCAA and PHCC labor units available for their members. Tweak your labor units, modify your costs, and start bidding.
Bid More Accurately With AutoBid® Mechanical"With AutoBid, our takeoffs are more accurate, and the way the settings can be adjusted to match exactly what we want is just amazing."
Edward Musco, Estimator Nagelbush Mechanical Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL "AutoBid has made takeoff time faster and more efficient, leaving us more time to spend on the re-cap portion of our bids. Not rushing through a bid helps give us more time on the decision-making for the final bid numbers. We have the time to decide how we will actually "tackle" the project. I like how easy it is to do the takeoffs, and how accurate the reports can be. The system is very user friendly." Debbie Bing, Mechanical Estimator Total Comfort of Wisconsin, Pewaukee, WI "AutoBid allows us to bid more jobs and also to have better uniformity with our pricing." Mike Holznagel, Project Manager Gorham Oien, Mora, MN |
