MeasureBuild reviews residential drawings and prepares high-level quantity summaries with scope notes, assumptions and exclusions so the numbers have context.
The output should identify what has been measured and the drawing information used.
Quantities need assumptions and exclusions so the user can see where judgement was required.
The result should help prepare rates, compare quotes, check coverage or sense-check a budget.
A quantity is only one input into a construction price. Builders still need to apply labour, material and subcontract rates, waste, access, preliminaries, programme, supplier terms and project-specific risk.
The value of a take-off is removing a large chunk of repetitive drawing review while keeping the assumptions visible enough for a competent person to check the result.
BuilderForecast can take over once the project has a cost plan, tracking commitments and forecast final cost as the job progresses.