Update Estimates at
the Pace of Design
Design changes constantly. Your estimate doesn't have to fall behind. Track wall, ceiling, and finish scope through every coordination cycle.
Proven on $4.3B Hospital Project
California Drywall used our platform to track drywall and ceiling scope through 23 design iterations on a major healthcare project. The result: estimates that kept pace with coordination.
“We went from spending 16 days on takeoffs for a single project iteration to getting the same work done in under 5 days. That's time we can now spend on higher value activities.”
Casey Cardin
BIM Engineer · California Drywall
Phase three. The budget is presented. The owner asks where the number came from. Nobody in the room can fully trace it.
Active Estimating is a Full-Cycle Cost Intelligence Platform
Built by construction practitioners with 30+ years of estimating and preconstruction experience.
We help interior finishing contractors maintain estimate accuracy through design evolution, whether you're providing early budgets for design-build pursuits or tracking scope changes on a multi-billion dollar hospital.
What If Your Estimate Updated
as Fast as the Design?
Every coordination meeting creates new versions. Walls move, ceilings change, finish types shift. Your estimate doesn't have to be obsolete by the time you finish it.
How It Usually Works
- Manual takeoffs take days per iteration
- By the time you finish, there's a new revision
- Early budgets require guessing without wall layouts
- Scope creep goes undetected until closeout
- Change order documentation is reactive and incomplete
With Active Estimating
- Extract quantities directly from Revit models
- Update estimates in hours, not days
- Generate credible budgets from space programming
- Track scope changes systematically as they happen
- Build change order evidence as coordination proceeds
Cost Intelligence
Across the Project
Lifecycle
From first budget through construction closeout.
Early Budget Capability
Generate credible interior finishing budgets from space programming before detailed design begins. Support design-build pursuits with defensible numbers.
Automated BIM Extraction
Extract wall and ceiling quantities directly from Revit. Track changes between model versions automatically. Update estimates in hours, not days.
Scope Change Documentation
Document what changed, when, and why. Quantify impacts by area, type, and finish level. Build change order evidence as coordination proceeds.
How You Win Work
Determines What Matters
Different pursuit strategies, different platform value.
Design-Assist / Early Involvement
You're providing cost input before detailed wall layouts exist. Generate credible budgets from space programming and finish assumptions. Track as design develops against your original cost basis.
Negotiated Work / Preferred Sub
Relationship-based work still requires defensible pricing. Maintain trust with transparent cost tracking. Document scope evolution to avoid margin erosion on repeat clients.
Competitive Bid / Hard Bid
Respond to addenda faster than competitors. Track what changed between bid sets. When you win, document baseline scope for change order protection through construction.
Multi-Phase / Campus Work
Build institutional knowledge across phases. Standardize assemblies and finish specifications. Every phase makes the next one faster and more accurate.
Design-Assist / Early Involvement
You're providing cost input before detailed wall layouts exist. Generate credible budgets from space programming and finish assumptions. Track as design develops against your original cost basis.
Negotiated Work / Preferred Sub
Relationship-based work still requires defensible pricing. Maintain trust with transparent cost tracking. Document scope evolution to avoid margin erosion on repeat clients.
Competitive Bid / Hard Bid
Respond to addenda faster than competitors. Track what changed between bid sets. When you win, document baseline scope for change order protection through construction.
Multi-Phase / Campus Work
Build institutional knowledge across phases. Standardize assemblies and finish specifications. Every phase makes the next one faster and more accurate.
Full-Cycle Cost Intelligence
Click to learn more about each module.
AEConcept™
Detailed interior finishing budgets from space programming before design exists. Support pursuits and early pricing.
AEConnect™
Extract wall and ceiling quantities from Revit. Track changes between versions. Update estimates at the pace of design.
AECalibration™
Post-award scope tracking. RFI impact documentation. Change order support through construction.
Two Ways to Get Cost Intelligence
Use our platform directly, or have our experts deliver results.
Platform Subscription
Your estimating team operates the platform with our training and support. Build permanent internal capability with your own assemblies and templates.
Best for:
Contractors with dedicated estimating staff and repeat project types
Expert Services
We deliver estimates, BIM extraction, and scope tracking directly. Extend your estimating capacity on specific projects without adding headcount.
Best for:
Project-based needs or teams at capacity
Your Cost Basis Travels With the Project
Early budgets become design tracking baselines. Design assumptions become construction validation benchmarks. One continuous cost thread from first pricing through final closeout.
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