AI takeoff for general contractors: send quantities straight into the estimate, no re-entry
Stevens Construction
What they did with AI
Stevens Construction, a general contractor in healthcare, industrial and data center work, runs preconstruction with just four estimators. Its team does AI-assisted quantity takeoffs in Togal.AI and uses Togal's native integration with its estimating platform, Ediphi, so quantities flow into the estimate already mapped to the right cost items instead of being exported to spreadsheets and re-entered. When drawings change, estimators review the updated quantities and decide what to accept. Director of Preconstruction Nick Burkell says setup took an afternoon: they exported their cost database, Togal mapped it, and they were running after a short training. Estimating engineer Evan Lopes says the four-person team now turns out as many estimates as local GCs with much larger departments. Vendor case study; no hard figures claimed.
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