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Bid the projects that earn more with digital takeoffs and estimates that have you bidding faster than ever before. Finish projects on time, every time with scheduling and put an end to lost profits with easy-to-follow budgeting tools.
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Ditch the paper plans and scale rulers and leave the guesswork behind. Automate your teakeoff process by hiring our digital building assistant, Blu, as your Takeoff Assistant. Tap into the power of our takeoff tool to measure specs, count items, and scale plans in seconds.
2x
Annual Growth
Buildxact customers send more bids, win more jobs, and boost their profits in an average of 18 months.
Introducing Blu — Your Smartest Crew Member Yet.
- Blu is your always-on, digital building assistant – powered by AI, trained on thousands of residential projects and fully integrated into your estimating and planning workflow.
- Quote faster, smarter and with complete confidence knowing you have the latest pricing from your favorite material dealer.
- Build accurate estimates trained on real home builder data from construction pros like you.
- Â Work with Blu using your own words, as you would speak to team members.
- Blu offers a full array of tools:
- Assembly Assistant for accurate estimating on repeatable jobs
- Estimate Reviewer double-checks your estimate for common mistakes and overlooked items
- Takeoff Assistant to scale and measure digital plans quickly
- Estimate Generator for creating a complete, customizable estimate from scratch.
Double Your Annual Bid Rate
Buildxact now offers home builders more options to build bid proposals quickly and easily. No more messing with clumsy Word documents and Excel formulas. Summarize all your costs into a clearly laid out, professional looking bid that stands out from the rest. Buildxact builders quickly see value from their subscription plan, increasing their annual bid rate by 56% on average in their first year. Because they are quickly bidding more jobs, their subscription plans pay for themselves within the first 8-12 months.
Cut Time Spent on Takeoffs in Half
No more paper plans and scale rulers – our digital takeoff tool uploads your PDF building plans so you finish your takeoffs on-screen, in minutes. Get accurate measurements in a few clicks, then add wastage and rounding as needed.Â
Want to supercharge that time-savings even further? Hire Blu, upload your plans, and watch as your digital takeoff assistant in seconds automatically measures, scales and preps your takeoffs for you.
No plans? No problem. You or your clients can create your own digital measurements with your mobile device by leveraging our Rendr integration.
Accurate Estimating Has Never Been Easier
Use estimating software uniquely designed for builders and contractors. Saved templates and Blu:Assembly Assistant give your bid a head start and simplify how you build out your estimate costings.
Need a hand building the entire estimate or need to get your bid out the door quickly? No problem. Hire Blu: Estimate Generator and unlock the power of AI-driven technology informed by data from thousands of winning estimate templates, to create a complete, editable estimate for specific types of projects such as bathroom or kitchen renovations, in seconds.
Access Live Dealer Pricing
With the click of a button, connect with dealers to ensure you are working with the latest real-time pricing data, even as material costs fluctuate. Request dealer quotes and see their replies directly in your estimates. Buildxact also provides labor cost estimates based on regional data sources through our 1build integration. Next level cost management allows you to estimate with confidence!
Don’t Just Run Your Business, Grow It
Stay on budget with easy-to-use cost tracking. View by job, cost category or item to understand where your money is going. Send professional purchase orders and work orders to ensure all tasks are logged and everyone stays on the same page.
Simple Site Management
Connect with project teams across multiple devices using Buildxact’s Onsite mobile app. Schedule and update task lists direct from the job site. Update information on leads on-the-go with your mobile app and sync your data back to the home office.
Spend Less Time In Your Books & More Time On Site
Connect your Quickbooks or Xero account to sync income and expenses. Buildxact does the heavy lifting and sends everything to your accounting to be paid or reconciled. Buildxact’s two-way accounting sync allows for additional layers of reporting via your accounting systems.Â
Take Customer Communication Online
Move your project forward with the online Client Selections tool. Let your customers quickly review and select options for a wide variety of items, including flooring, paint and more. Then use the Digital Signatures feature to give your clients the power to sign off on project documents all online, without the use of email. After signature acceptance, your job status is quickly updated to reflect the customer’s approval.
A simple monthly payment includes customer support, training and upgrades.
