<p>Over-ordering is money you never get back. You pad the material count to be safe, the extra sits on site, and the waste comes straight out of your margin. BidLight cuts that padding by forecasting what you actually need from the model itself.</p> <p>Here is how it works for you:</p> <ol><li>Export your Revit model into BidLight.</li><li>Two AI models read the geometry and metadata to classify your BOQ line items at 86% accuracy.</li><li>Material Predictions forecast your material needs from that data, so you order to the number, not to a guess.</li><li>Pricing pulls from a large cost database plus Craftsman, 1Build, and RSMeans, so the quantities carry real dollars.</li><li>When the design changes, the estimate updates in real time, so your order counts stay honest instead of stale.</li></ol> <p>The win is simple. You stop buying buffer you do not need, you cut waste, and you keep the savings. Instead of redoing takeoffs every time the model shifts, you get material planning that tracks the current design in minutes.</p> <p>If you want to go further, BidLight also does done-for-you BIM work like execution plans and 4D/5D, so procurement and schedule line up with the same numbers you are estimating from.</p>