Construction estimating for general contractors
Know the number.
Build with confidence.
ESTIMA takes you from the first look at a job to the proposal in one guided flow: every quantity on a takeoff, every bid read and compared, general conditions priced the way they’re billed, and a proposal on your letterhead.
| Thin brick flats | 1,023 SF |
| Thin brick corners | 132 LF |
| Metal lath and scratch coat | 1,122 SF |
| Mortar, 80 lb bags | 102 |
| Column cap | 70 SF |
How it works
Four steps, one screen at a time. No spreadsheets, no formulas to babysit.
- 1
Set up the job
Kind of work and size. ESTIMA lays out the scope by division in your own cost codes, with the usual trades for that kind of job already switched on.
- 2
Take it off
A calculator for each piece of the job, in feet and inches. One calculation fills every line it needs on the takeoff, labeled with where it is on the job.
- 3
Carry the bids
Drop in each subcontractor’s bid as a PDF. ESTIMA reads the bidder, the total and the exclusions; you approve the one you carry.
- 4
Send the number
General conditions priced the way they’re billed, your markups, and a proposal on your letterhead, in your words.
Built for the way contractors estimate
Stop calling around for takeoffs. Measure it, price it and carry the bids in one place.
A takeoff hub, not a spreadsheet
Concrete, masonry, stucco, siding, framing, drywall, ceilings, flooring, roofing, site work. Assemblies do the whole thing at once: a veneered column gives you flats, corners, lath, mortar and the cap.
Say it the way you’d say it
Type “40 by 25 slab, 4 inch, 5% waste” and ESTIMA sets up the right calculator. The math is always exact, and it shows its work.
Bids read for you
Upload a bid PDF and ESTIMA pulls out the bidder, base bid, alternates, exclusions and how long the price is good for, for you to check.
Your cost codes, your divisions
Every quantity and price lands in your own cost codes, division by division, so the estimate matches how you run the job.
Your company’s standards, set once
Markups, general conditions rates, labor burden, waste and coverage live in company settings. Every estimator starts from the same numbers.
Confidence you can see
Every number says what it’s based on (a quantity, a budget, an allowance or a bid) and how firm it is, so you know where to look before you send it.
Built by a general contractor
ESTIMA is built by METROCORE Construction around how its own estimators work: the cost codes, the general conditions, the bid leveling and the proposal a GC actually sends.
Made for
- Tenant build-outs and interiors
- Ground-up commercial
- Restaurants and hospitality
- Custom homes and residential
Early access is opening to a small group of contractors.
Tell us what you build and we’ll be in touch to set up a walkthrough.