<p>Your schedule gets billed the same way your costs do, because BidLight reads time right alongside labor, equipment, and material. When you export your Revit model, you get time costs in minutes, not just a dollar figure.</p> <p>That is the real gap in bim vs traditional cost estimating in aec. A spreadsheet gives you a number for a moment in time. BidLight ties the estimate to the model, so when the design changes the schedule and the cost both update in real time. No chasing scattered revisions.</p> <p>A few things worth knowing on the schedule side:</p> <ol><li>Labor forecasting predicts your workforce needs, so you can plan crews against availability and cost.</li><li>Equipment optimization flags idle time, which keeps the timeline honest.</li><li>The integrated Kanban board pulls from those same material, equipment, and labor predictions, so you track progress and adjust timelines as the project moves.</li><li>For deeper scheduling work, BidLight also offers done-for-you 4D and 5D BIM services and execution plans.</li></ol> <p>So you are not billing the cost in one place and tracking the schedule in another. They live together, and they move together when the design does. That is what lets you defend both the number and the timeline when a client pushes back.</p>