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Purchasing made simple with The Home Depot Optimal Pro Experience
Buildxact transforms building material purchasing. With AI-powered tools, quickly write estimates using accurate material counts and live pricing from The Home Depot. Sync with your Home Depot Pro Xtra Account for ultimate cost savings and easy ordering.
Win with the construction management software that has simple, smart tools
Winning the job is only the beginning. You need a complete set of software tools uniquely designed for residential construction pros. Complete digital takeoffs, build accurate estimates — all with AI-powered intelligence and real-time material pricing from The Home Depot.
Estimate projects efficiently with the Blu AI Assistant
Bid faster with Blu as you measure plans and count materials, align with material costs, and connect with integrated estimating. Streamline your bid process to win more work. Simply prompt Blu with your project specs to build a complete estimate in minutes! One solution that delivers accurate bids 7X faster than doing them by hand!
Profit more with comprehensive, accurate pricing
Get access to extensive price catalogs from your local Home Depot stores, including individual items and assemblies, ensuring accurate budgeting and project planning.
Streamline your procurement process
Seamlessly sync estimate items in Buildxact to your Home Depot Pro Xtra account for easy, online ordering. Pick up from your local Home Depot store or ship to your job site.
Hear from our customers
“Getting started with Buildxact was actually intuitive because it’s set up in a way that you would follow in real life. It’s all right there, and there’s tutorials to step you through.”
“My life prior to Buildxact was all work—no life. I was easily spending 30 to 40 hours per week, on top of a normal 40-hour work week trying to create estimates.”
“My life before Buildxact involved juggling multiple software tools, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs. Now, everything is in one location, and managing projects has become significantly easier.”
“We were looking for a tool to simplify everything for us, and that’s exactly the role Buildxact took on. Buildxact swooped in and saved the day.”
“My accountant loves it because all she has to do is review the bottom line number, so across the board we’ve become more efficient."
Introducing Blu — Your Smartest Crew Member Yet.
- Blu is your digital building assistant – powered by AI, trained on thousands of residential projects and fully integrated into your estimating and planning workflow. It’s there when you need it.
- Quote faster, smarter and with complete confidence knowing you have the latest pricing from your favorite material dealer.
- Build accurate estimates trained on real home builder data from construction pros like you.
- Work with Blu using your own words, as you would speak to team members.
- Blu has a full toolbelt of helpful features:
- Blu: Assembly Assistant for accurate estimating on repeatable jobs
- Blu: Estimate Reviewer double-checks your estimate for common mistakes and overlooked items
- Blu: Takeoff Assistant scales and measures digital plans quickly for a faster bidding process
- Blu: Estimate Generator for creating a complete, customizable estimate from scratch.
Seamless Integration with The Home Depot
- Get easy access to real-time pricing from your local Home Depot store.
- Access up-to-date, localized Home Depot pricing and SKUs, or use the prebuilt templates, tailored to the types of builds you do the most.
- Use the digital takeoff tool or the AI calculator tool to quickly populate accurate material quantities to save time and reduce manual errors.
- Use the Live Pricing feature to ensure your estimates reflect the latest material pricing against current market conditions.
- Enhance project estimates with comprehensive price catalogs and material recommendations pulled from similar jobs that you tailor to your building specs.
Take the Guesswork Out of Estimating
- Use the AI estimator calculator to easily describe your requirements and convert units-of-measurement into entire assemblies with exact quantities, material suggestions, and pricing in seconds.
- Have plans? Great! Use the digital takeoff tool to scale and measure your plans accurately with just a few clicks.
- Calculate quantities in just a few clicks, saving time and reducing errors.
- Streamline your admin to eliminate the stress of long hours, so you can focus on growing your business.
Revolutionize Your Purchasing Process
- Send your bill-of-materials directly to your Home Depot Pro Xtra account in just a couple of clicks. Ensure your local Home Depot store has the items and the quantities you need in stock so they’re ready to go when you are.
- Won the job? Excellent! Simply move items from your Pro Xtra quote into your cart. Schedule a pick up from our local Home Depot store or schedule it to be delivered to your job site at a time that works best with your project schedule.
- Experience digital material procurement designed to save you time.
The More You Save, the More You Profit
- Access Buildxact exclusive Pro Xtra discounts on the items you already order most when you use the Create a Quote feature and send items to your Home Depot Pro Xtra account.
- Maximize your profit margins and manage costs effectively. Gain the flexibility to choose where you apply your Pro Xtra savings.
- Pass your savings onto your customers or add extra markup within your estimate to benefit the growth of your business.
A simple monthly payment includes customer support, training and upgrades.
Powerful Platform
Bid the projects that earn more with digital, automated takeoffs and estimating features that have you quoting faster than ever before.
50%
Faster Takeoffs
Ditch the paper plans and scale rulers and leave the guesswork behind. Supercharge your estimating process with an intuitive suite of automated pre-construction tools, powered by Blu: Building Assistant.
2x
Annual Growth
Buildxact customers send more bids & win more jobs than the average residential builder. Boost your profits and join customers who have more than doubled their annual growth in just 18 months.
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In construction, a quantity takeoff is a list of all the physical materials necessary to complete a job and their costs. It does not consider labor costs, permits, overheads, equipment, or other incidentals.
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