Upload DOB-approved plans. Read the schedules, price the takeoff, cost the labor, and issue a client-ready proposal — built on current New York rates.
Discipline
Hard-cost estimate
Basis
Plan schedules + takeoff factors
Pricing
2025–26 NYC market
Accuracy / Build
± 20–30% · v20260903-0856
1 Upload plans
2 Verify extracted data
3 Takeoff, labor & estimate
Upload building plans
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Drop plan files here or click to browse
PDF or images (PNG/JPG). You can also add a CAD file (.dwg / .dxf) for exact wall lengths. For best results upload the key sheets: cover/zoning, floor plans, and schedules (window, door, MEP equipment).
Large files are fine — each plan is automatically compressed in your browser as soon as you add it (you'll see "12 MB → 0.8 MB ✓"), so it stays under the upload limit. For best accuracy, include the schedule sheets (window, door, MEP). Compression needs an internet connection. A copy of every file you add is saved to your account.
Or describe the project (no plans needed)
Reading your plans…
Extracting building metrics, unit counts, and schedule quantities
Review Review the values below and correct anything that’s off — every field is editable.
Project identification
Building metrics
Excavation & foundation support
Net floor area by floor
gross SF per floor. Sets floors, GFA, NSF (85%) and footprint
Floor
Gross SF from plans
Net SF from plans
Efficiency
TOTALS
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Measured values only — nothing is estimated. Gross and net per floor come from the plan’s floor-area / zoning analysis table (the AI reads that table when it appears in the uploaded set) or your own figures. Efficiency is computed from the numbers, never assumed. Totals update Total GFA and Net residential SF above only once every floor has a value — partial entry never overwrites your totals.
Type & scope
Schedule counts (from plan schedules)
Total hard cost
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incl. GC O&P + contingency
Cost / SF (GFA)
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Cost / unit
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Line items
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across divisions
Net SF is not set. The plans didn’t state it and nothing is assumed — net-area-based lines (finishes, interior demo) are priced at 0 until you enter Net SF or complete the floor-by-floor table.
Material quantity takeoff
Material / work item
Quantity basis
Qty
Unit
Unit $
Material $
Labor $
Extended $
Add a line item
Every quantity and unit rate in the table above is editable — type over it and totals update instantly. Use the – button to exclude a line from the estimate, or × to delete one you added.
Material—
Labor (loaded, embedded in prices)—
Direct work subtotal—
General conditions (8%)—
GC overhead & profit (12%)—
Loading material price index…
Pricing
GC %O&P %Contingency %—
Total estimated hard cost—
Target margin %Sell price at 0% margin—
Accuracy ±20–30%, pre-bid. Items from plan schedules (windows, doors, HVAC equipment, elevators) are counted; area/length materials (GWB, partitions, paint, insulation) are derived using standard takeoff factors. Excludes soft costs (design fees, DOB filing/inspection fees, financing, insurance, FF&E). Verify against dimensioned drawings before bid.
Scope of work · labor & schedule
Total labor
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man-hours
Loaded labor cost
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embedded in costs above
Project duration
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Labor rate adj.
× NYC loaded rates
Division / work package
Labor hrs
Crew
Work-days
Labor $
Timeline
Trade wage table — loaded $/hr, editable
Trade
Loaded rate
Basis
Loaded hourly rates (wage + burden), defaulted to NYC open-shop; one click swaps the whole table to union scale. Editing a rate re-prices that trade's labor everywhere it appears and updates the material/labor split. Rates are saved with "Save estimate".
Man-hours = estimate-grade productivity factors × takeoff quantities. Crew sizes and phase durations are planning-level: trades within a phase run concurrently, so each phase duration is the longest trade in that phase, and the project duration is the sum across phases. The labor dollars shown are the loaded crew cost already contained within the installed unit prices above — they are not added on top of the hard-cost total. Adjust the labor-rate multiplier for tighter local wage data.
Plumbing breakdown
Electrical breakdown
Materials & specifications
Every item in this estimate with its material type. Photos are AI-generated illustrations of the specified item, not manufacturer product photos — generated once and remembered in this browser.