Construction Go-Pro — Material Estimator

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Project Info

Specs

Estimate

📍 Project Location — Set this first to calibrate regional pricing

ZIP Code or Cityⓘ

State

Upload Your Floor Plan AI Poweredⓘ

Drop in a floor plan image and the AI will read it and auto-fill your specs. Or skip and enter manually.

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Drag & drop your floor plan here

JPG · PNG · PDF accepted

Claude API Key (for AI plan reading)ⓘ

Used only in your browser. Get a free key at console.anthropic.com

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Describe Your Build

Fields you describe here override the plan read — everything else is still read from the drawing

💡 Speak or type — include roof sections, special features, architect abbreviations, garage config, basement type — anything the AI might miss from the drawing alone.

🧠 AI Memory & Learning

Architect / Builder Profile

📋 Building Specs

📐 Takeoff Measuring

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Load a floor plan to start measuring

Upload in Step 1 or click Load Plan above

Measurements

No measurements yet.

Fills sqft, window & door counts from measurements

💰 Quick Price Settings ⓘ

Prices shown are local retail for your area — what you'd pay at the counter without a trade account. Type in your supplier quote to override any item. Need to set trade discounts or override more materials? Open the in the header.

Auto-filled = regional index for your ZIP · ★ Orange = your override · Contingency = % added to cover waste & overages

🌎 Contingency / Waste Factor — % added on top of retail prices to cover waste, overages & price fluctuationⓘ

% contingency

10–15% is typical for material waste & price protection | 0 = pure retail price | negative = if you expect to beat retail (trade account)

👷 Add Estimated Labor — converts materials-only to total installed project budget

Enable % of materials

Residential labor is typically 90–130% of materials · Total installed = materials × 2.0–2.3× · Default 110% is a conservative national estimate

★ = your override · Auto-filled values reflect your state's regional index

Building Specificationsⓘ

Fill in each section below — or click 🎙 Describe Your Build to speak your specs and let AI fill the form.

🏠 Floor Plan▼

Conditioned Sq Footageⓘ

Stories

🏠 Building footprint for roof & foundation: —

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Garage

Foundation / Basementⓘ

Basement Wall Height

Building Shape ⓘ

Adjusts perimeter when no takeoff is used.

🌎 Site, Permits & Utilities Clearing · Excavation · Permits · Well/Septic · Deck▼

⚠ These are often the largest gaps in early estimates — fill in for a complete project budget.

Include site work, permits & setup in estimate (check to add clearing, excavation, permits, utilities & temp power to estimate)

Lot / Site Clearing

Water & Sewer Source

Septic System Type

Deck / Patio

Deck / Patio Area (SF)

Deck Railing (LF)

Linear feet of railing — posts, balusters, top & bottom rail. Leave blank if no railing.

🏗 Structure & Envelope▼

Exterior Wall Framingⓘ

Wall Height (ft)

Floor System Type

Roof Type

# of Gable Ends

Simple rectangle = 2. L-shape ≈ 4. Complex = 6+. Each end adds siding & sheathing.

Roof Pitch

Roofing Material

Exterior Cladding / Siding

Window Quality Grade

Door Quality Grade

⚙ Systems HVAC · Electrical · Insulation · Driveway▼

HVAC System

Electrical Service

Wall Insulation

Driveway

Driveway Size (SF)

Typical: 1-car ≈ 300 SF · 2-car ≈ 500 SF · Long rural ≈ 1,000+ SF

🪟 Doors & Windows Enter counts by type▼

Windows

Window Type	Unit Price	Override $	Qty	Subtotal
Window Total				$0

Exterior Doors

Exterior Door Type	Unit Price	Override $	Qty	Subtotal
Exterior Door Total				$0

Interior Doors

Interior Door Type	Unit Price	Override $	Qty	Subtotal
Interior Door Total				$0

📏 Measurements & Advanced Overrides Takeoff · Siding accessories · Extra line items▼

Takeoff Measurements — auto-filled from Digital Takeoff, or enter manuallyⓘ

Building Perimeter LF

Leave blank to use auto-calculated value from Sq Ft.

Floor Area (joists / subfloor) SF

Leave blank to use footprint (Sq Ft ÷ Stories).

Interior Wall Length LF

Total interior wall LF — leave blank to skip interior wall framing.

Roof Area (plan view) SF

Plan-view roof SF from takeoff — pitch factor then ×1.10 waste applied automatically. Leave blank to calculate from footprint.

Siding Accessory Overrides — leave blank to use formula estimate

Inside Corner Posts EA

Outside Corner Posts EA

J-Blocks EA

Siding Screws / Fasteners $

Extra Line Items — hardware, allowances, anything not covered above

Each line item appears as its own row in the estimate output.

🏠 Interior Finishes (Optional)

Include in Estimate

Flooring, cabinetry & countertops. Tier reflects material grade — not labor.

✅ Specs ready — click to run your estimate

Calculating material quantities...

Applying local prices & contractor discounts

Construction Go-Pro · Materials Estimate

Project

Total Estimate

Materials + installed items · labor excl.

NOT included: Light fixtures, plumbing fixtures (faucets, toilets, tubs), appliances, paint, landscape, site prep, permits, labor, overhead & profit. Interior Finishes (flooring, cabinetry, countertops) are optional — enable in Step 3. ⓘ

Important: Pre-contractor planning tool for order-of-magnitude budgeting. Quantities use standard industry formulas with typical waste factors. Always obtain actual supplier quotes before committing to a budget. Construction Go-Pro does not replace a professional quantity takeoff.

📐 Digital Takeoff Scale: not set

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Load a floor plan to begin

Click Add Page above to upload an image or PDF

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Measurements

Totals (this page)

Linear0 ft

Area0 SF

Perimeter0 LF

Count0

Push to Estimate

Area → Sq Ft Perimeter → Wall / Sill LF Int. Walls → Interior Stud LF Count → Window & Door qtys Linear → Wall length note

📏 Set Scale

Click two points on the plan that represent a known real-world distance — like a dimension line or a wall you know the length of.

Step 1 of 2 — click the first point

Real-world feet:

☰ Local Price Book

1 National Baseline Prices

2 Regional Cost Index

3 Account Discounts (green bar below)

4 Line-Item Overrides (orange = edited)

5 CSV Import (bottom of page)

6 Prices Are Saved Locally

★ Supplier / Account Discount Off Retail — applied to all items in that category

↓ Bulk Import from Supplier Quote

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