<p>A model that changed Wednesday shouldn&#39;t mean scrambling before a Friday deadline — that&#39;s exactly the scattered-update problem BidLight exists to kill.</p> <p>Here&#39;s what to do:</p> <ol><li><strong>Re-export the updated Revit model into BidLight.</strong> The platform reads geometry and metadata directly, so you don&#39;t need to manually flag what changed.</li><li><strong>Let the two AI models re-classify BOQ line items.</strong> They run at roughly 86% accuracy, so most of the work is done for you — you&#39;re reviewing, not rebuilding.</li><li><strong>Check labor, equipment, material, and time costs against current pricing.</strong> BidLight pulls from its own ~$30,000 pricing database plus Craftsman, 1Build, and RSMeans, so the numbers reflect today&#39;s market, not a stale spreadsheet.</li><li><strong>Scan the Kanban view for anything that shifted.</strong> Since predictions update in real time as the design changes, you&#39;ll see which line items moved without re-running the whole estimate by hand.</li><li><strong>Lock the package with numbers you can defend.</strong> That&#39;s the point — when a client or reviewer pushes back, you&#39;re not guessing why a number changed, you know.</li></ol> <p>The short version: a design change two days before a bid is due is a normal Tuesday for an estimator, not a crisis. BidLight is built so the last-minute revision costs you minutes, not a redo of the whole takeoff. If your team also needs help turning the estimate into deliverables — execution plans, 4D/5D, fabrication detailing — that&#39;s covered under BidLight&#39;s BIM services, so the update doesn&#39;t stop at the number.</p>