Optima Group

Takeoff Automation · For Contractors

Faster estimates. Fewer errors. More bids won.

AI-assisted takeoff systems that cut measurement time, standardize your estimating, and let your team turn around more competitive bids without adding headcount.

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$120K+

Annual savings on outsourced takeoffs (real client)

Same-day

Turnaround vs. 3–5 day outsource cycles

In-house

Full ownership — no per-job vendor fees

How it works.

Manual takeoffs are slow, expensive, and easy to get wrong. Outsourcing them is even worse — you lose days of turnaround time and bleed margin on every job that came back overbuilt or underbuilt.

We deploy custom AI takeoff systems trained on your plan formats and trade specifics. Plans go in, quantified takeoffs come out — same day, in your format, ready to drop into your estimate.

One commercial builder we work with was paying ~$10k/month outsourcing this exact workflow. After deployment, that line item is gone and bids go out faster than the competition can read the spec.

What's Included

  • AI-assisted measurement and quantity takeoff
  • Custom-trained on your plan formats
  • Estimating workflow automation
  • Integration with existing bid management tools
  • Template standardization across project types
  • Internal review and QA process setup

Recent Build

The Hilton Garden Inn Takeoff

Client:
A commercial general contractor bidding hotel renovation work
Project:
$2.4M Hilton Garden Inn interior renovation — 137 keys, full interior scope
Result:
Complete takeoff and estimate delivered in 10 minutes, 95% confidence rating.

The previous workflow for this contractor's team: 1–2 weeks per commercial bid of this size, often longer for hotel renovation scopes with long-lead procurement items.

What the system produced for this $2.4M bid:

  • →Grand total: $2,412,202.74
  • →Materials breakdown: $624,854.10
  • →Labor and sub breakdown: $1,546,250.20
  • →Eight long-lead procurement items flagged (reupholstered banquette seating, stone countertops, flush wood doors, suspended light fixtures, millwork vanities, quartz tops, exterior window replacements)
  • →Six excluded items correctly identified (owner-provided RFID locks, owner-provided FF&E, owner-provided Peloton bikes, painted double doors, ice room flooring, scope-excluded guestroom corridors)
  • →Total time from plans uploaded to estimate in hand: 10 minutes

This is what the system does on commercial work. It doesn't replace the contractor's judgment. It eliminates the two weeks of measuring, counting, and line-item entry that was standing between the lead coming in and the bid going out.

Who this is for.

  • Commercial builders and GCs running heavy bid volume
  • Estimators bottlenecked by manual measurement
  • Companies currently outsourcing takeoffs
  • Teams that want to bid more work without hiring

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