FROM GUESSWORK TO GUARANTEE
Build Bids You Can Trust
Our powerful estimation tools eliminate the costly errors of manual spreadsheets. Leverage digital takeoffs, a centralized cost database, and intelligent analytics to ensure every estimate is both competitive and profitable.
Digital Takeoffs from Plans
Upload your PDF plans and perform takeoffs directly on screen. Measure counts, lengths, and areas in minutes, not hours, with complete accuracy.
Centralized Cost Database
Build and maintain a live database of your material, labor, and equipment costs. Ensure consistency across all bids and update prices in one place.
WHY ZEDOPS ESTIMATION?
The Smarter Way to Price Your Work
Increase Bid-Win Rate
Produce more accurate and professional bids faster than your competition, allowing you to bid on more projects and win more work.
Protect Your Profit Margins
Eliminate costly miscalculations and overlooked expenses. Ensure every project you win is priced for profitability from day one.
Build Client Trust
Present clients with detailed, transparent, and professional bid proposals that build confidence and justify your costs.
Detailed Line-Item Assembly
Granular Cost Control
Go beyond simple line items. Build detailed cost assemblies that group together all the material, labor, and equipment required for a specific task, ensuring nothing is missed.
Build Custom Assemblies
Create reusable assemblies for common tasks (e.g., a square meter of drywall) for rapid estimating.
Link to Your Cost Database
Automatically pull the latest pricing for materials and labor rates directly into your assemblies.
Factor in Margins & Overheads
Apply markups, taxes, contingencies, and company overheads with precision across the entire bid.
Learn from Every Project
Data-Driven Insights
Your past projects are your most valuable asset. Zedops turns your historical bid data into powerful insights, helping you refine your pricing and improve accuracy over time.
Bid vs. Actuals Analysis
Compare your original estimate against actual project costs to understand where you were accurate and where you can improve.
Historical Cost Library
Automatically build a library of your real-world costs to create more accurate benchmarks for future bids.
Seamless Integration
Connect your estimates to project management and accounting to close the loop from bid to budget.
Estimation Features
On-Screen Takeoff
Measure directly from your digital plans—no printing required.
Customizable Cost Catalogs
Build a database of your items, labor rates, and equipment.
Real-Time Cost Totals
See your total bid price update instantly as you build your estimate.
Reusable Estimate Templates
Use pre-built templates for common project types to ensure consistency.
Bid Management Dashboard
Track the status of all your bids—submitted, won, lost—in one place.
Accounting Integration
Push winning bids into your accounting software to create project budgets.
Professional Proposal Generation
Create polished, client-ready bid proposals with customizable branding.
AI-Powered Cost Suggestions
Get smart suggestions based on historical data for similar project types.
Material Quantity Calculation
Automatically calculate required material quantities from your takeoffs.
Cloud-Based Platform
Access and work on your estimates from anywhere, on any device.
Subcontractor Quoting
Send out bid packages to subcontractors and compare their quotes side-by-side.
Change Order Management
Quickly price and document change orders to protect your scope and profit.
Resources
Master Your Bidding Strategy
Explore our expert guides to create more accurate and competitive construction estimates.
Tutorial: Building Your First Estimate
Watch our step-by-step guide.
The Complete Guide to Digital Takeoffs
Access the guide.
How to Build a Powerful Cost Database
Read our best practices.
5 Common Estimating Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Read the article.