Attentive.ai, an AI-based workflow automation company serving the construction and field services industries, today announced three updates that expand its reach across the construction industry: four new trades in its DIY workflow, in-app estimates for more trades, and the acquisition of Takeoff Monkey.
Beam AI is the platform behind $500 billion in construction bids. More than 1,300 contractors across the U.S. and Canada use it for takeoffs and estimates, and they have priced more than 500,000 jobs on the platform. Beam AI by Attentive.ai offers two workflows: Do It Yourself (DIY), which gives contractors instant, accurate AI takeoffs for HVAC, Steel, Plumbing, and Electrical trades, and Done For You (DFY), which delivers QA-reviewed takeoffs and estimates within 24 to 72 hours for 15+ trades. This release expands the trades contractors can handle through DIY.
Estimating teams are under constant pressure to bid on more work with the same people. Takeoffs take up much of that time, and they most often decide how many bids a team can submit. The new trades and in-app estimates were built to remove that bottleneck.
Expanding DIY takeoffs to four new trades
With Concrete-Rebar, Electrical, Landscaping & Paving trades added to the DIY workflow, contractors can now get instant, AI-based takeoffs without compromising accuracy.
As contractors look to increase bidding volume, takeoff time can become a constraint. By making instant takeoffs available across more trades, Beam AI aims to help estimating teams reduce repetitive measurement work and focus more on reviewing quantities, evaluating project requirements, and preparing competitive bids.
The company is also expanding the number of trades supported by in-app estimates. This brings takeoffs and estimating closer together within Beam AI, giving contractors access to more of the tools they need to prepare bids in one workflow.
Expanding into landscaping with the acquisition of Takeoff Monkey
Attentive.ai has also acquired Takeoff Monkey to bring AI to landscaping and expand its footprint in the construction industry.
Landscaping contractors have specialized takeoff and estimating requirements that require a deep understanding of their workflows and project needs. The acquisition allows Attentive.ai to build on Takeoff Monkey’s industry expertise as it expands its capabilities for landscaping professionals.
“We built Takeoff Monkey because landscapers were losing bids to the clock. Doing takeoffs by hand helped our customers win more work, but every job still took hours of measuring on our end. Attentive.ai’s model does that in minutes. Joining Attentive.ai means every landscaper we work with can bid more jobs this season than last,” said Tommy Lather, founder and CEO of Takeoff Monkey.
Building greater capacity for specialty contractors
“Contractors need the capacity to pursue more work, but estimating teams can only take on so much when takeoffs and other preconstruction tasks require significant manual effort,” said Shiva Dhawan, Co-founder & CEO of Attentive.ai. “We’re building Beam AI to help change that. Expanding DIY to more trades, and extending our reach into landscaping through Takeoff Monkey are all part of our vision to help contractors increase their bidding capacity and grow their businesses with AI.”
Beam AI continues to expand its capabilities across the preconstruction lifecycle, helping general contractors, specialty contractors, and estimators reduce repetitive work, improve productivity, and use their estimating capacity more effectively.
The announcement follows Convergence, Attentive.ai’s first conference for preconstruction professionals. Beam AI continues to expand across the preconstruction lifecycle, helping general contractors, specialty contractors, and estimators reduce repetitive work and get more out of their estimating capacity.
About Attentive.ai
Attentive.ai provides AI-powered software and services for multiple construction workflows, helping teams move seamlessly from preconstruction to field execution faster and more accurately. By combining AI-based preconstruction software with fully managed BIM solutions, the company supports contractors through the two most critical phases of the construction lifecycle: bidding to win more projects and executing them successfully.
Its portfolio includes Beam AI for takeoffs, estimating, and bid management for construction and field services, and BIM CoPilot for BIM modeling, coordination, and construction-ready documentation. Together, they enable construction teams to maintain project momentum from the first estimate through field execution.
Beam AI supports AI-based takeoffs, estimating, and bid management through 2 workflows: a 100% ‘Done For You’ workflow that provides fully managed, QA-checked takeoffs & estimates for 15+ trades in under 24 to 72 hours. And a ‘Do It Yourself ’ workflow that delivers HVAC, Plumbing, & Steel takeoffs instantly. BIM CoPilot supports BIM management with fully-managed, multi-trade services for all construction projects.
Attentive.ai is trusted by 1,300+ leading businesses across the U.S. and Canada and rated 4.9 across G2, Capterra, and Software Advice.
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