Trades We Serve
With new Computer Vision Technology, BuzzBID is the fastest, most advanced takeoff and pricing software available. Custom databases available for General Contractors and many Specialty Trade Contractors, including Fire Stopping and the trades below:
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Walls & Ceilings
Taking off and pricing a bid for acoustical ceilings & walls can be time-consuming and tedious. BuzzBID™ automates many of the steps and workflows to increase your productivity and accuracy.
Integrated into the setup process, you can load plans; rename those plans; classify them into disciplines, and link details in seconds per page.
Use ClickONCE™ automated takeoff to easily take off ceiling tile or sheetrock with a single click. Cutting out fixtures or vents is done with a single reference. These are converted to Assemblies. Just a couple of clicks is all it takes and your takeoff is done.
Because BuzzBID™ is a single, integrated application, your assembly quantities are instantly available on your Estimate page, where you can easily apply costs to Labor, Material, Equipment, Subcontract, and Others. Your takeoff and price estimating have never been easier.
Plastering / Stucco / EIFS
Plastering / Stucco / EIFS
Taking off and pricing plastering, stucco, and EIFS bids can be time-consuming and tedious. BuzzBID™ automates many of the steps and workflows to increase your productivity and accuracy.
Use ClickONCE™ automated takeoff for linear wall partitions, wall tags, corner bead, and area ceiling tile. Single-click takeoff and single-click cutouts for fixtures and returns replace the click-by-click process required by general-purpose takeoff tools. Just a couple of clicks and your takeoff is done.
Because BuzzBID™ is a single, integrated application, your assembly quantities are available in your Estimate page, where you can easily apply costs to Labor, Material, Equipment, Subcontract, and Other. Your plastering, stucco, and EIFS price estimating has never been easier.
Fireproofing
Fireproofing
Taking off and pricing a fireproofing bid can be time consuming and tedious. BuzzBID™ automates many of the steps and workflows to increase your productivity and accuracy.
Use ClickONCE™ automated takeoff to quickly get your quantity. Then use AddOnASSEMBLY™ to include your assemblies for air ducts, pipes, barriers, and cables. Just a couple of click is all it takes and your takeoff is done.
Because BuzzBID™ is a single, integrated application, your assembly quantities are available in your Estimate page, where you can easily apply costs to Labor, Material, Equipment, Subcontract, and Other. Your fireproofing price estimate has never been easier. Learn more about why fireproofing estimates take so long and how automation cuts that time.
Painting & Coatings
Painting & Coatings
Bring painting and coatings takeoff quantities into assembly-based estimating with BuzzBID Advanced.
Build estimates using your material and labor costs, adjust labor assumptions, and prepare reports and bid proposals in the same application.
Benefits of BuzzBID
Efficiency, speed, and accuracy are vital to creating profitable, winning pricing estimates.
Improve any one of these and you increase productivity. Increase all three and you have a real competitive edge. See BuzzBID pricing for Standard, Advanced, and FireShield tiers.
- Takeoff Automation using ClickONCE™ Computer Vision Technology
- Multiple Takeoff Windows with Multiple Scales
- Advanced Plan Loading, with Automatic Renaming, and Detail Linking... all at 10 pages per second
- Extreme Text Search & Find
- Duration-Based General Conditions
- Powerful Audit Filter Change Log
- Pricing Breakdown by Labor, Material, Equipment, Subs, & Others
- Work Breakdown Structures
- Easy, Fast Plan Navigation with Advanced Field Search Features
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