Estimating software by trade, not a blank spreadsheet

Room- and surface-based production rates: walls, ceilings, trim, doors, windows — interior and exterior, by prep level and coat count. Estimate a repaint from a walkthrough in minutes, then bill the GC with AIA-style pay apps when it's commercial work.

Board counts and labor split by phase — hang, tape, finish level, texture — with ceiling-height multipliers and metal-stud framing assemblies. Built for subs bidding commercial interiors off plans and billing monthly.

Flatwork, formwork, and reinforcement assemblies: slabs by thickness and finish, footings, walls, rebar and mesh, pump time. Yardage math handled, waste factors explicit.

CMU, brick veneer and stone by wall type, with the lines that decide the bid: grout at reinforced cells, bond beams, lintels, flashing, scaffold time, wash-down — plus repointing and cut-and-tooth for restoration work.

Cut and fill by soil type, trenching by depth (shored over 5 ft priced separately), haul-off by truck cycle, imported structural fill, compaction in lifts, plus mobilization, clear-and-grub and erosion control.

Hardscape priced with its base section — paver patios, driveways, flagstone, seat walls, steps — alongside sod, beds and plant material by container size, irrigation zones, drainage and low-voltage lighting.

Vinyl, fiber cement, engineered wood and cedar with tear-off, housewrap, soffit-and-fascia and per-opening wrap lines — plus a sheathing-repair allowance so hidden rot becomes a priced change order, not an argument.

Walls, floor systems and roofs priced as systems with lumber in a repriceable material column, headers and beams counted each, truss-set versus stick-frame as separate assemblies, and crane and steep-pitch lines for the hard days.

Setting labor split by format and pattern — 12x24, large-format, mosaic, stone, subway — with prep, waterproofing, pans, niches, benches and curbs as their own lines instead of one blended square-foot guess.

Building-envelope work priced by system: batts by R-value, blown attics by depth, dense-pack and net-and-blow, closed- and open-cell spray foam, air sealing, and crawlspace encapsulation. Not mechanical or industrial insulation.