Retire the spreadsheet stack. Bid with confidence.
One estimating system that carries a job from Bluebeam takeoff to a priced, defensible proposal — accurate to the item code, fast enough to win more work, and built by someone who estimates steel every day.
Windows desktop · per-seat perpetual license · your data stays on your drive
One bad number can cost more than the software ever will.
- × A takeoff spread across five workbooks, each with its own version of the truth.
- × Labor guessed by feel instead of driven by shape, size, and length.
- × Re-keying Bluebeam markups by hand — and inheriting every typo.
- × A missed miscellaneous scope that eats the whole margin on the job.
- × Proposals rebuilt from scratch every single bid.
One system replaces the stack
- ✓ Takeoff workbooks & formulas
- ✓ Separate labor & crew-day calculators
- ✓ Misc metals cheat-sheets
- ✓ Manual Bluebeam re-entry
- ✓ Hand-built proposal templates
- ✓ The BOM you rebuild every time
The whole estimate, in the estimator's language.
Item codes, labor tiers, crew-days, and finish flags — the way a fabricator already thinks about a job. No stitched-together spreadsheets, no re-keying between tools.
Structural takeoff
Beams, columns, bracing and more with collapsible grouping by label, sheet, and finish — every line priced straight off its item code.
Bluebeam CSV import
Pull markups from Revu and route every line by item code, then clean up rows in a guided completion wizard before you commit the import.
Misc metals calculators
Pan stairs, stair rail, ladders, mesh rail, embeds and bent plate — parametric calculators with shop-accurate sketches, so nothing gets missed.
Tiered labor & equipment
Shop and field labor driven by shape, size and length, with per-item-code hours attribution and equipment tracked in crew-days.
Finish & galvanizing
Paint and galvanizing handled by finish flags across the whole estimate, with reference panels for coverage and rates.
Cost sheet & proposals
A live cost sheet feeds a formatted proposal and three-sheet BOM — editable scope grid, your logo, PDF out, ready to send.
A proposal your client takes seriously.
The same numbers that drive your cost sheet flow straight into a clean, branded proposal and bill of materials — no rebuilding, no copy-paste, no version drift.
Priced once. Everywhere at once.
When the cost sheet is right, the proposal is right. Change a quantity or a margin and every downstream document updates with it.
- ✓ Editable scope grid — say it your way
- ✓ Your logo and template, saved and reused
- ✓ Three-sheet BOM: structural, misc, hardware
- ✓ Clean PDF output, ready to send
- ✓ Placeholder scope held back until it's priced
The math on a single license.
For a shop bidding real work, the software earns back its price on the margin it protects — often on the first job.
Back in your week
Cut a multi-day spreadsheet estimate down to an afternoon. Bid more jobs with the same estimator.
Costly misses
Item-code pricing and completion checks catch the missed scope that quietly turns a profitable job into a loss.
Bids won
Turn proposals around faster and more professionally than shops still working out of workbooks.
One protected margin on one job typically covers the seat — many times over.
I built this because I was losing nights to spreadsheets and losing margin to misses. It's the estimating system I always wanted on my own desk — so I made it work the way a shop actually bids.
Made by an estimator, not a software vendor.
Most estimating tools are built by developers who've never priced a beam. This one is the opposite — every item code, labor tier, and finish flag comes from real bidding, refined on real jobs.
That's why it fits the way you work instead of forcing you to work the way it wants. When you have a question, you're talking to the person who built it.
Per-seat perpetual license.
Own the seat, keep using it. Annual maintenance covers updates and support; major versions are a paid upgrade when you want them.
The full estimating system
- Complete suite — all 17 integrated tabs
- Bluebeam CSV import & completion wizard
- Proposals, three-sheet BOMs & cost sheets to PDF
- Shared job files on your own network drive
- Direct support from the person who built it
- Annual maintenance: updates & priority support
Straightforward terms
- ✓ Priced per seat — not per job or per session
- ✓ The license is yours to keep, perpetually
- ✓ Maintenance billed annually, optional to renew
- ✓ Paid upgrade for each new major version
- ✓ A live walkthrough on your own takeoff first
What shops ask before they buy.
Where does our estimate data live?
On your own machine or network drive, in a standard database file — not in someone else's cloud. Your bids stay yours.
Can more than one estimator use it?
Yes. Job files can live on a shared drive so your team works from the same estimates. Each seat is licensed individually.
Do we need Bluebeam?
No — you can take off entirely by hand. But if you use Bluebeam Revu, the CSV import routes your markups straight into the estimate by item code.
What does the license actually cost?
It's a per-seat perpetual license with annual maintenance. We'll quote your shop during the demo, once we understand how many seats you need.
How do we get started with our own codes?
The demo walks through one of your real takeoffs. From there we help you set up your item codes, labor tiers, and finish rates so it prices the way your shop bids.
Who do we call when something breaks?
The person who wrote the software. Support comes direct from the founder — not a ticket queue that's never touched a steel takeoff.
See it price one of your jobs.
Give us fifteen minutes and we'll run one of your real takeoffs through Steel Estimator Pro, live — and quote your shop while we're at it.