Takeoff software that uses artificial intelligence to read construction drawings and assist measurement — instead of only giving you manual point-and-click tools. Foreman AI reads every sheet and spec in your PDF plan set, answers plain-English questions with sheet citations, detects walls automatically, and pairs that with verified measuring tools for lengths, areas, counts, cubic yards, and cut/fill.

Measurements are as accurate as the sheet scale you calibrate — the same as any digital takeoff tool. AI assists like wall tracing are drafts you review on the sheet before using, and every quantity is an on-sheet object you can audit. The AI never invents a number it can't show you.

Yes — PDF is the native format. Upload the plan set you bid from; no CAD files, no conversions. Sheets keep their individual scales so architectural and civil sheets both measure correctly.

It does the reading and gives you detection head starts; you do the measuring with fast tools and keep control. That's deliberate: a bid-day quantity needs to be verifiable, and an auditable takeoff you finished in a quarter of the time beats a black-box total you have to trust.

Linear feet (walls, pipe, conduit, footings, curb), square feet (slabs, roofs, drywall, paving), counts (fixtures, devices, drains), cubic yards (digs with depth and swell factors), and cut/fill earthwork volumes computed from the grading plan's contours.

The takeoff is the quantities; the estimate adds pricing. In Foreman AI they're connected: takeoff objects flow into a budget builder that prices lines from your approved cost catalog, your company's historical documents, AI market estimates, or live web pricing — labeled by source.

Yes. Division specs, general notes, schedules, and keyed notes are all read. Ask what the spec requires for concrete strength, duct sealing, roofing warranty, or firestopping and get the answer with the section cited.

Yes — cross-discipline analysis flags places where architectural, structural, and MEP drawings disagree, plus incomplete details and scope gaps, automatically after upload.

Minutes for typical sets. Then answers are instant and measuring is real-time.

GCs and most trades: electrical, HVAC, plumbing, concrete, framing, drywall, roofing, and earthwork all have dedicated workflows — see the trade pages above.

Yes, natively from the PDF grading plan: trace existing and proposed contours, drop spot grades, and compute cut CY, fill CY, and net export with a heat map. No CAD surfaces or outsourced earthwork service required.

Yes — sign up, upload your plans, and try everything. You won't be charged today, and you can cancel in one click.

Yes — it's browser-based. Mac, PC, or tablet; nothing to install for takeoff.

Your plans stay in your private workspace, are not shared between customers, and you control team access with roles.

Bluebeam is PDF markup and measurement — excellent at what you click, silent about everything else. Foreman AI reads the entire set first and answers questions about it, then adds verified measurement, estimating, and field tools.

General AI chat can't calibrate a sheet scale, keep measured objects auditable, or read a 200-page vector plan set reliably. Foreman AI is purpose-built: vector-native plan reading, on-sheet verified measurement, and construction-specific analysis — benchmarked against general-purpose AI on our research page.