Residential contractors win more accounts with faster, accurate estimating

Rely on the smart remodeling estimating software designed for more successful project bidding

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Win more residential construction work with complete remodeling estimating software

You need more than estimating software. You need a smart estimation tool with optional AI-assistance to check for missing items and quickly generate bids up to 7x faster! Uniquely designed for remodeling contractors and custom home builders, Buildxact digital tools ensure remodelers and builders bid more successfully to earn 63% more revenue per job.

Bid 7x faster

Use the digital takeoff tool to measure in a few clicks, align with labor and material costs to produce professional proposals faster and without the errors of clumsy spreadsheets.

Simplify everything

Never miss an item with a checklist style construction estimating tool and optional AI-powered intelligence that easily creates an accurate estimate and checks your work based on a database tailored for home construction. Rest easy knowing your clear estimates cover all of your overhead!

Gain a competitive edge

Use remodeling cost estimator software to build estimate templates to reuse over and over for more consistent cost forecasting. Or use AI prompts in your own words to quickly generate project tasks that clearly outline all of your work. Eliminate those manual calculations and create repeatable remodeling plans that create a more efficient home construction business.

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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.
  •  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.
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Live material prices are displayed in the Buildxact pricing assistant

Know Your Numbers With Simple Remodeling Estimating Software

  • With the Blu Building Assistant, builders can quickly create new estimates with prompts written in their own words. Blu also checks existing estimates for errors and missing items.
  • With Buildxact, you create estimates that benefit your current remodeling projects and improve ongoing project management for more accurate bids in the future.
  • Add material and contractor labor costs based on your project location or favorite dealer’s catalog to ensure complete project estimates that achieve targeted profit margins.
  • When using online templates of common construction projects, you overlook nothing, even for repetitive tasks that require many types of materials.
  • Moving to Buildxact remodeling estimating software is easy because manual templates saved to spreadsheets can be uploaded to Buildxact. Past estimates benefit future work.

Bid Faster, Win More Work Using Digital Remodeling Tools

  • Use the on-screen takeoff tool to scale and measure your plans with just a few clicks of your computer mouse. Your takeoff data aligns your remodeling plans to specific estimate tasks organized by categories.
  • Digital plans are easy to upload. No plans? No problem. You can create your own floorplans with a mobile device and Buildxact’s Rendr integration.
  • The Blu Takeoff Assistant is an optioal way to work with digital plans more quickly.
  • Buildxact construction estimating software serves as a bid management tool that tracks home remodeling bids in a simple dashboard. See what’s worked, what’s been sent to customers, and what they have approved.
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A concept of the Buildxact estimate tool showing real-time pricing

A Stronger Business Begins With Modern Construction Estimating

  • Within minutes, be well on the way to a detailed quote with regional cost estimates that include specifications and images.
  • As homeowners review multiple bids, stand out with professional proposals that clearly detail labor and material costs.
  • Share project documents online so customers make material selections and approve documents using a digital signature.
  • Build a bid process that becomes a reliable tool that increases customer satisfaction.

Include Accurate Material and Labor Costs for Complete Custom Pricing

  • Ensure your estimate and bid have the latest pricing using real-time pricing integration.
  • Use your estimate once or save it to use again as a template.
  • Add labor rates for subcontractors to create quotes that include overhead, wages and other indirect expenses, such as taxes and time off. 
  • Include markup to ensure proper margins.
  • Maintain a library of your most common jobs and tasks to make future jobs easier.
  • Templates and past projects from Buildxact construction estimating software, give you consistent pricing and predictable profit margins.
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Real-Time Pricing Ensures Profitability

  • Be the premier choice among construction professionals as you create an estimating process that uses the latest material pricing sent straight from your dealer.
  • Collaborate with your dealers online to order the highest quality materials and have them delivered to your job site when you need them.
  • Be confident knowing costly delays are avoided when no items are missed.
  • Through Buildxact, have your dealer carefully review your order and suggest the best materials for the job.

Supercharge Your Contractor RFQs With Buildxact Bid Management

  • Save time when you send RFQ invitations to multiple subcontractors in your labor network.
  • Ensure labor costs are in line with budgets and stay on target throughout the project to consistently generate profit margins.
  • Use Buildxact’s construction estimating software for easy bid management. 
  • Track who’s accepted your invitations, compare quotes based on consistent responses, and pick the most suitable one for your next home construction project.
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All the Tools for Total Project Management

Buildxact offers an entire platform of digital tools for comprehensive home construction management. Save time on bid requests with efficient takeoffs, estimates, schedules and invoices. Buildxact makes construction project management easy with templates, real-time pricing and AI-tech via Buildxact’s Blu Building Assistant.

Faster Takeoffs

Automatically generate takeoffs, bills of quantities, and instantly add costing information to your bid letter. Just upload your PDF plans, then measure and price your jobs with a few easy clicks. No plans? No problem with Rendr mobile 3D scanning.

More Accurate

Complete accurate estimates with real-time prices and item information directly from  dealers’ price lists. Do your estimates wherever, whenever you need to get work done.

More Professional

Quickly turn your estimates into sharp-looking bids and invoices, using templates personalized with your logo, specifications, and PC/PS breakdowns.

More Efficient

Generate schedules automatically from your estimates. Identify critical paths. Adjust automatically when pushbacks occur. Save more time by keeping subcontractors in the loop via email and text.

Easy to integrate

Your Buildxact information flows straight into your accounting and management software. Integrations with Xero, Quickbooks, Deputy and other software steps you through each project phase,  from takeoff through billing.

Support

Get the support you need. Our friendly team of experts are available to answer any question. We also offer interactive workshops, on-demand training webinars, a rich knowledge base of FAQs and tips and 1:1 consultation.

A simple monthly payment includes customer support, training and upgrades.

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FAQs

Our three subscription options come with unlimited users and free training and support. Buildxact has designed all three levels to fit the exact needs of custom builders and remodelers as they grow their skills using construction management software. 

Foundation – this subscription allows small builders to quickly learn how easy estimating and customer communication can be with digital tools. Perform takeoffs and project estimates for greater accuracy, connect with local material dealers for real-time pricing, and use optional AI task-level calculations so estimating accurately takes no time at all. 

Pro –this option is perfect for growing builders who are focused on estimating and bidding jobs as well as scheduling work and setting project budgets. Included with Pro:  

  • GANTT Charts for scheduling 
  • Buildxact Onsite mobile app 
  • Online contractor RFQs 
  • Online Client Portal with Digital Selections 
  • Accounting software integrations with Xero and Quickbooks 
  • Paid add-on bundles with AI-powered tools for takeoffs and estimating 

Master – experts in all phases of construction project management have a sophisticated subscription level all their own. All features from Foundation and Pro are combined and available at one price, including the full Blu Building Assistant suite of AI digital tools:  

  • Blu: Assembly Assistant 
  • Blu: Estimate Reviewer 
  • Blu: Takeoff Assistant 
  • Blu: Estimate Generator 

All subscribers access Buildxact AI technology using Blu, Buildxact’s digital building assistant.

Trained on thousands of residential projects and fully integrated into Buildxact’s estimating and planning workflow, think of Blu as your estimator, planner and project assistant with a digital toolbelt for fast, sharp and laser-focused help on the details that matter the most.

If you want to hire Blue to help you with a specific step in your preconstruction process, either subscribe to a plan that includes the desired assistant function, or add additional Blu functionality onto your base plan via the Buildxact Marketplace in your account dashboard.

You can find more information on Blu’s monthly add-on costs by assistant function on our pricing page.

There are no additional fees for Buildxact construction estimating software. Upgrades, maintenance, support and unlimited training are all included in your subscription fee. 

Any Blu: Building Assistant features not included in your base plan do come with an additional monthly cost, should you choose to add those onto your base plan. You can find more information on Blu’s monthly add-on costs by assistant function on our pricing page.

Each of the three subscription levels (Foundation, Pro and Master) are designed to meet your specific business needs and the needs of your construction team. You can choose either a monthly or an annual plan. Annual plans come with a 15% discount against monthly plans and require a 12-month commitment.

For full details on our plans and pricing structure, visit ourpricing page. 

No. Buildxact is for construction estimation and construction management. It does not offer computer-aided design or drafting functions. 

Yes, you can. It’s possible to make subscriptions changes. If you would like to move from Foundation to Pro or Pro to Master at any point, contact our Customer Support Team by clicking the chat button on the bottom right of your screen in Buildxact. 

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