Estimator's Assistant: Bidding with Confidence
Cut your research time
You've received a massive stack of bid documents, and the clock is ticking. You know that somewhere inside these hundreds of pages are the key details—the specific product you need to use, a brand the architect specified, or a particular installation method that could change your entire estimate. Missing these crucial details can turn a promising job into a costly surprise, leading to budget overruns, project delays, and client dissatisfaction.
Enter Estimator's Assistant
It serves as a second set of eyes, diving into the documents with you and scanning every page to find the fine print that can make or break your bid. It's designed to help you pinpoint critical specifications and requirements before you even start the estimating process. The Assistant extracts and organizes a clear, simple list of all the materials, products, and processes referenced, highlighting any specific brands or manufacturer requests you absolutely cannot miss. If some information is missing or incomplete, it will notify you.
Pricing
Depending on how much you think you will use Estimator's Assistant, your subscription can set By Session, by Credits or Monthly Package.
If you subscribe to our sister product, Specs Assistant, significant savings can be achieved due to the fact that they do share access to your document libraries.
By Session is more convenient for ocassional use involving relatively clean and organized documents worked over short sessions.
By Credits allows you to buy a number of Credits which are loaded to your account and are spent while using Specs Assistant.
Monthly Package will be more cost-effective if you plan to use Specs Assistant frequently. It provides permanent access to Specs Assistant for one person on a monthly basis (certain limitations apply).
A substantial discount may be obtained by committing to yearly subscriptions.
It's Bilingual!
Estimator's Assistant is designed to be used not only on the office, but also on the field, on your mobile device and by anyone as well.
Either on the office or at the job site where users can use the language they are most comfortable with.
Frequently Asked Questions
Please reach us at help@swarchitex.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Estimator's Assistant is now being launched among a reduced set of customers. Will be generally available in Fall 2025 trough Microsoft Appsource.
It primarily analyzes commercial masonry specification documents and finished estimates within your SharePoint library, focusing on textual content.
No, it is designed to work exclusively with the documents in your designated SharePoint or OneDrive for Business libraries.
It currently supports all of Division 4 (Masonry) and relevant sections of Divisions 7 (Thermal and Moisture Protection) and 9 (Finishes).
By accurately extracting material quantities and clarifying unclear specifications before the estimate, it helps prevent errors like inaccurate material quantities or misinterpretations of plans.
Estimator's Assistant works by reading and cataloging all your production-related documents. The documents it will work on must be apart from operational documents (i. e. legal, H.R., payroll).
No. Estimator's Assistant works on your files, stored on your document libraries. Your libraries must be stored in OneDrive for Business, and once you register you will give Specs Assistant access to your libraries.
No. Estimator's Assistant works on your files, stored on your document libraries. It may temporarily copy some information to its own storage but will not keep it. We will never have access to your files.
No. Estimator's Assistant works on your files which must be stored on a Microsoft 365 SharePoint library. We can definitely help you to get there, it is part of who we are.
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