Preconstruction · Takeoff and estimating
Every quantity traced to its sheet.
An operator works through your plan set and specs, builds the bill of quantities on your own rates and links each line to its sheet. Your estimator checks every line.
- ISO 27001
- GDPR
- Every run auditable
L. Bianchi, chief estimator · BOQ written to Bids › Harbour Quay · logged
- Conflict. Spec 08 71 00 asks for lever handles; 6 doors on A-601 show knobs.
- Revision. Rev C adds 4 doors on A-202. Lines updated and marked changed.
- Needs a person. A-203 is a scan without a text layer. Partitions there are marked for your estimator.
Enterprises running operators on Alomana
- 70–90%less time on takeoff
- 3–5×more bids from the same team
- 98%+takeoff accuracy
- Hoursnot days, to a priced takeoff
The work inside every takeoff
Estimators lose the week to counting and re-keying. The operator does the first pass.
Yellow marks a quantity. Red marks a doubt.
Count the doors, fixtures and devices
Reads the schedules and tags on every sheet and counts each type
Measure walls, ceilings and floors
Takes lengths and areas from the drawing at the sheet's scale
Check the specs
Flags where the spec and the drawing disagree
Catch the revision
Compares the new issue with the last and marks what changed
Price it
Applies your own unit rates or price book to every line
Write the BOQ
In your template: Excel, NRM2 or computo metrico, each line linked to its sheet
How the operator works a takeoff
Connect
Plan set, specs and price book.
Take off
Counts, measures and prices it.
Check and approve
Your estimator signs off. It writes the BOQ and logs it.
Nothing goes into a bid without your estimator.
- Every line linked to its sheet and page
- Doubtful lines marked for a person
- Writes to your drive only after a yes
- Every run logged: input, output, tools, user
- Measured on
- Hours per takeoff
- Bids priced per estimator
- Lines changed in review
- Plan issue to priced BOQ
- Works with
- SharePoint
- Google Drive
- Google Sheets
- Slack
- PDF plan sets
- DXF drawings
- Excel price books
- Your estimating tool via MCP
- Trusted for
- ISO 27001
- GDPR
- Never trains on your data
- Single-tenant for enterprise
A custom operator typically goes live in up to 4 weeks.
Questions estimators ask
What is an AI takeoff operator?
An autonomous agent that works through your plan set and specifications. It counts what the schedules and tags list, takes lengths and areas where the drawing allows, applies your unit rates and writes the bill of quantities. Every line links to its sheet, and your estimator reviews it.
How is it different from takeoff software?
Takeoff software gives your estimator better tools to click and count. The operator does the first pass itself, on your own rates, and hands your estimator a draft bill of quantities to check, with every quantity traced to its sheet and every doubt marked.
Which drawings can it read?
It works from PDF plan sets, DXF drawings, specifications and Excel price books. On a scanned sheet without a text layer it reads what it can and marks the lines a person should measure. If your team takes off from Revit or IFC models, we assess your export when we scope the operator.
Does it change our bid without approval?
No. The operator drafts and your estimator decides. Writing the bill of quantities to your drive or a spreadsheet waits for a person's yes, a declined action is not retried, and every run is logged end to end: input, output, tools and user.
How long does it take to deploy?
A custom takeoff operator typically goes live in up to 4 weeks, including validation and integration.
Are our drawings and prices private?
Alomana is ISO 27001 certified and GDPR-compliant, and your drawings and prices are never used to train AI models. Enterprise deployments run single-tenant, in a dedicated instance, which suits projects under NDA.
Bring one plan set.
Talk it over with sales: what the operator needs from your systems, and how it goes live.
Alomana is a secure enterprise AI platform where autonomous agents, called operators, run business processes end to end. Every run is fully auditable.