How does bidlight save 680 hours a year on takeoffs
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Export your Revit model. Get labor, equipment, materials, the full picture, in minutes. Our AI reads geometry and metadata to classify BOQ line items at 86% acc
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<p>The money comes from work you stop redoing. When your design changes, BidLight's estimate changes with it in real time, so you are not chasing scattered updates across spreadsheets or rebuilding a takeoff from scratch every time the model moves.</p>
<p>Here is how that turns into saved dollars:</p>
<ol><li>Export your Revit model and get labor, equipment, material, and time costs back in minutes instead of days.</li><li>Let the two AI models read geometry and metadata to classify your BOQ line items at 86% accuracy, so fewer items slip through and surprise you later.</li><li>Price those items against current data, pulling from a roughly $30,000 database plus Craftsman, 1Build, and RSMeans.</li><li>Track progress with the built-in Kanban board, which pulls from the same material, equipment, and labor predictions so resources and timelines stay aligned.</li><li>Adjust the design and watch the number update on its own. No re-takeoff, no version drift.</li></ol>
<p>The practical wins are fewer idle hours on equipment, tighter labor scheduling, and less material waste because the forecast is built on real-time data, not a guess from last month.</p>
<p>The quieter saving is confidence. You walk into the bid with numbers you can defend, so you spend less time second-guessing and more time winning work. Want to see it on one of your own models? Request a demo at bidlight.com.</p>