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It's time for easy construction pricing for builders and trades
Try Buildxact construction estimating software
for accurate pricing in a fraction of the time
Get more done with complete construction estimating solutions for home construction
Construction estimating software uniquely designed for residential builders, renovators and contractors brings greater accuracy. Complete on-screen takeoffs and connect with your supplier for correct construction estimating, every time.
Quote 5x faster
Use the digital takeoff tool to get measurements in a few clicks, align with material costs and produce professional looking quotes faster.
Gain a competitive edge
Create a template based on available samples and re-use over and over. Use supplier templates and pricing to streamline repeatable jobs accurately and efficiently.
Simplify everything
Never miss an item with checklist style estimates and easily create accurate estimates that include labour and overhead.
“With Buildxact, I’m down to under a day to get all my takeoffs done and ready to quote.”
- Hagen Shaw, Shawco Building
Save time. Do it once, use it again
- Create an online template based on pre built estimate templates or make your own to reuse.
- Use a supplier pricing database to streamline repeatable construction jobs accurately and efficiently.
- Add contractor labour costs, equipment costs and markup to ensure complete project estimates that achieve targeted profit margins.
- By creating online templates of your common construction projects, you ensure nothing is overlooked for repetitive tasks, like door or window installations, that require many different types of materials.
- Moving to Buildxact is easy because you can upload previous templates saved using common spreadsheet software to Buildxact. Past estimates benefit future work—it’s that simple.
Quote 5x faster with software solutions
- Use on-screen digital takeoff data along with an accurate estimating tool to measure in just a few clicks.
- Align with material prices and produce professional-looking quotes based on comprehensive estimating of materials, labour and overhead.
- Your takeoff data aligns measurements from your plans to specific tasks organised by categories.
- Because Buildxact is cloud based software, you can submit material orders and RFQs at any time, from anywhere that has an internet connection.
- Construction estimating becomes more powerful because detailed line items produce complete, professional proposals 5x faster than spreadsheets.
- Buildxact software serves as a quote management and analysis tool that tracks quotes in a simple dashboard. See what’s worked, what’s sent to customers, and what’s been accepted by the customer.
Gain control to focus on what you do best
- Record keeping and financial reporting take less time, giving you more time to focus on the actual work done at the job site.
- Tracking estimates and documents is done online in a single place.
- Skills benefit multiple tasks.Change orders are quick and easy because you process them like estimates. Changes import directly into your budget reporting.
- No double-handling of the data eliminates errors that occur with handwritten notes.
- Update your project’s schedule while processing change orders so that the homeowner quickly sees delays and budget impact.
End the budget guesswork
- Project invoices and construction financials are quickly generated from the same categories and line items used in your project estimate.
- Order supplies and plan subcontractor bids for subsequent home builds confident you’ve missed nothing.
- By tracking actual project costs against estimated line items, past projects make future estimating and budgeting more accurate.
- Use Buildxact to track estimated costs against your actuals as the project progresses.
Streamlined construction estimation is just the start
Save time from takeoff through invoicing. Buildxact makes estimating easy — flowing inputs seamlessly into a suite of construction management software tools that accelerate every step.
Faster
Automatically generate takeoffs, bills of quantities, and instantly add costing information to your quote letter. Just upload your PDF plans. Then measure and price your jobs with a few clicks.
More Accurate
Load contract and pricing data directly from spreadsheets or connect with your supplier’s live pricing.
More Professional
Quickly turn your estimates into sharp-looking quotes and invoices, using templates personalized with your logo, specifications, and PC/PS breakdowns.
More Efficient
Generate schedules automatically from your estimates. Identify critical paths. Adjust automatically when pushbacks occur. And save more time by keeping subcontractors in the loop via email and text.
Easy to integrate
Your Buildxact information flows straight into your accounting and management software. Integrations with Xero, Quickbooks, Deputy and other software takes you seamlessly from takeoff through billing.
Support
Get the support you need. Our friendly team of experts are available to answer any question. We also offer interactive workshops, on-demand training webinars, a rich knowledge base of FAQs and tips and 1:1 consultation.
A simple monthly payment includes customer support, training and upgrades.
Discover all the capabilities Buildxact has to offer
What has our attention
Increasingly builders turn to construction technology to qualify customers. Learn how software can improve your next project.
Data-driven project scheduling is a must-have to combine historical and real-time updates to your job management. With both, project scheduling becomes more precise, adaptable and efficient
New technology is advancing amid supply shortages and pricing uncertainty. Adapting the right technology helps you keep with the times.
Prepare for the unexpected by creating project schedules quickly and easily using project management software.
Running a safe project is a constant effort. Plan more proactively with Buildxact and HazardCo at your side.
FAQs
For builders: The Entry subscription is for builders, contractors and estimators just starting out with takeoffs and estimates using software. Buildxact designed Pro for builders already accustomed to using software and for builders typically involved in whole-of-house projects using small teams of 1-3 people. Pro offers a full set of project management tools, like scheduling and professional invoicing.
For suppliers: The Pro package for suppliers is designed for account managers and store managers looking to free up time spent on multiple pricing conversations so that more time can be spent consulting with customers. The Enterprise package adds the ability to control user access to specific features.
No surprise additional fees. Upgrades, maintenance, support and unlimited training is all included in your monthly fee. The only time you pay extra is when you add users to your account. The size of the fee is based on your subscription package. Check our pricing page for all the details.
Buildxact offers 3 annual plan options (Entry, Pro or Teams). Each is designed to meet your specific business needs, and you can pay your annual plan in monthly installments or save money by paying in full upfront. See our pricing for all the details.
No. Buildxact is for construction estimation and construction management. It does not offer computer-aided design or drafting functions.
Yes you can.
