AI Electrical Estimating Software Built for Subcontractors
ScopeTakeoff pairs an AI plan assistant with a real electrical estimating engine. Ask your plan set questions — service size, panel schedules, AIC ratings, scope — and get answers with the source sheet, while conduit-to-wire auto-calc, NECA-style labor hours, and OCR-searchable plans do the busywork. AI measuring is in early access now — trained on verified takeoffs, it proposes device and fixture counts you confirm. AI that measures and answers electrical work with you, never a black box you can’t check.
Electrical subs across GA, AL, MS, LA & SC use ScopeTakeoff’s AI daily
| Assembly | Source | Qty | Unit | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20A Branch Circuit / Homerun | Auto-calc | 1,120 | LF | $38,900 |
| 3/4″ EMT → THHN Wire | Auto-calc | 4,850 | LF | $61,240 |
| Recessed LED Fixture | 214 | EA | $47,080 | |
| 1200A Panelboard + Feeder | Auto-calc | 2 | EA | $67,580 |
AI that answers. Automation that calculates.
ScopeTakeoff’s AI electrical estimating tools work inside a real Division 26 takeoff and bidding engine. The AI reads your plan set and answers questions; the automation turns every conduit run into derived wire, terminations, and NECA-style labor. You stay in control of the count — and the busywork disappears.
AI Plan Chat
Ask your electrical plan set in plain English: “What’s the service size?” “What AIC rating is specified?” “Which sheets have the panel schedules?” “Summarize the electrical scope.” The AI reads your sheets and answers with the source.
Visual Plan Answers
Ask “how many fixtures are on this sheet?” or “where are the panel locations?” and the AI looks at the drawing itself to help you scope and sanity-check — you still make the authoritative takeoff count that your bid stands on.
OCR-Searchable Plan Sets
Every sheet is text-extracted automatically. Full-text search finds the panel schedule, fixture schedule, one-line, or spec section you need in seconds — instead of paging through the E-sheets and specs by hand.
Automatic Sheet & Scale Detection
ScopeTakeoff reads the title block on every page — pulling the sheet number (E-101, E-201), sheet name, and scale automatically. Your power, lighting, and site sheets arrive named, numbered, and measure-ready without manual calibration.
Conduit-to-Wire Auto-Calc
Measure the conduit run once and the estimate builds itself: wire fill and terminations derive from the raceway, homeruns derive circuit lengths, panels derive feeders and breakers, and every device and fixture carries NECA-style labor hours.
Aerial Takeoff
Measure site electrical from satellite imagery by address — parking-lot lighting, pole bases, and underground runs. Areas and lengths compute automatically, so site-power and lighting scopes start before the plans even arrive.
From plan set to AI-assisted electrical bid in minutes
ScopeTakeoff is AI electrical estimating software built around how electrical estimators actually work. The AI accelerates every step — but you make the count, and every number is yours to see and override.
Upload your plans
Drag in your PDF plan set. Every sheet is OCR’d for search, and the scale is detected from the title block automatically.
Ask the AI
Chat with your plans — service size, panel schedules, AIC ratings, “which sheets are the one-lines?” Get answers with sources before you measure a thing.
Measure — wire auto-derives
Take off conduit and the wire fill, terminations, and NECA-style labor derive themselves. Count devices and fixtures; each carries its own priced assembly.
Overhead, versions & SOV
Add overhead and profit, snapshot change-order and addendum versions, then export a one-click Schedule of Values and a branded proposal ready to send to the GC. No reformatting required.
Built for how electrical estimators bid
Division 26 assemblies, conduit-to-wire automation, and an AI plan assistant that reads the E-sheets — whether you’re bidding ground-up, tenant improvement, or site electrical.
Commercial Electrical Contractors
Ground-up power, lighting, and gear. Conduit-to-wire auto-calc, panelboard and feeder assemblies, and NECA-style labor hours — with the AI answering service, AIC, and panel-schedule questions from the plans.
TI & Design-Build
Scope a tenant improvement fast: ask the AI to summarize the electrical scope and point you to the fixture and device schedules, then count and price with assemblies that carry their own labor.
Site & Service Electrical
Measure parking-lot lighting, pole bases, and underground from aerial imagery by address — then export an SOV and proposal without leaving the estimate. Site-power bids that start before plans arrive.
Trained on verified takeoffs, not the open internet
ScopeTakeoff trains its own construction models on real, verified takeoffs across 10+ trades — the data flywheel behind AI measuring. Every device counted and conduit run confirmed sharpens the next bid. It’s a dataset a general-purpose chatbot doesn’t have and a competitor can’t buy.
Purpose-built for the trades
Models trained on how electrical elements appear on plans — homeruns, panels, fixtures, devices — not generic text. They read an E-sheet like an estimator, because they learned from estimators.
Accuracy you confirm
AI measuring proposes the device and fixture count; you confirm it. Because the models learn from verified takeoffs, the proposals sharpen over time — and every number on your bid is one you signed off on.
Priced to include
Running purpose-built models keeps AI cost low enough to include at $100/person/month — no enterprise AI add-on, no upsell to get the intelligence.
AI assistant vs. auto-takeoff AI vs. Excel
“AI electrical estimating software” means different things. Some tools attempt a black-box device count you audit after the fact. ScopeTakeoff’s approach: the AI answers, calculates conduit-to-wire and labor, and — now in early access — proposes device and fixture counts trained on verified takeoffs, which you confirm. The estimator owns the count. Here’s the honest difference.
| Feature | ScopeTakeoff | Auto-takeoff AI tools | Excel |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI plan Q&A (service, panels, scope) | ✓ With sources | Rare | ✗ None |
| AI-proposed device & fixture counts | ✓ Early access — you confirm | Black-box, you audit | ✗ None |
| Conduit-to-wire + NECA-style labor | ✓ Auto-calc | Quantities only, labor varies | ✗ Manual |
| OCR search + auto scale detection | ✓ Every sheet | Varies | ✗ None |
| SOV output for GC submission | ✓ One click | Rare | ✗ Manual |
| Estimate versions & change orders | ✓ Addendum snapshots | Varies | ✗ Manual copies |
| Pricing | $100/person/mo, self-serve | Typically quote-based | $0 (but slow) |
What electrical subs say about ScopeTakeoff’s AI
“I don’t want an AI doing my takeoff without me — I want the busywork gone. I measure the conduit, the wire and terminations calculate themselves, and the chat answers the service and AIC questions I’d normally chase down.”
“Asking ‘which sheets have the panel schedules?’ and getting the answer with the sheet number saves me the flip-through on every bid. The search finds a fixture-type callout in a 40-sheet set in seconds.”
“Conduit-to-wire with the labor already attached is the part that changed my day. I take off the raceway and the estimate’s basically built. Then one click and the SOV is ready for the GC.”
Common questions about AI electrical estimating
AI electrical estimating priced for subcontractors
$100 per person per month with AI credits included. No annual contract, no implementation fee, no quote-based pricing games.
- 1 estimator seat
- AI plan chat + visual answers
- OCR search + auto scale detection
- Division 26 + all 16+ trade assemblies
- Conduit-to-wire auto-calc
- Aerial takeoff
- Unlimited projects
- SOV + proposal export
- 2–5 estimator seats
- AI plan chat + visual answers
- OCR search + auto scale detection
- Division 26 + all 16+ trade assemblies
- Conduit-to-wire auto-calc
- Aerial takeoff
- Unlimited projects
- SOV + proposal export
- Bid review workflow
14-day free trial. No credit card required. Cancel anytime.
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