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Approved takeoff quantities priced with your own price book. Waste, markup, overhead, profit and tax included.

Price book

Your Rates, Not Market Averages.

Each item has its own code, unit, material cost, labor cost and waste. Search, duplicate or disable rates, and bring them in or out as CSV or Excel.

  • Material and labor per unit
  • Waste % per item
  • SKU, supplier and taxable flag
  • CSV and Excel import / export
BidJoist price book with codes, units, material, labor, waste and unit totals

Assemblies

Build a Wall Type Once.

An assembly bundles items into one priced unit — board on both sides, studs and finishing. A takeoff line whose code matches the assembly is priced through its components.

  • Components with a factor per unit
  • Cost per unit including waste
  • Reused on every project
BidJoist assembly for wall type A with its components and cost per square foot

The estimate

Takeoff Quantities × Your Prices.

Every takeoff line is priced with your book. Material includes waste and shows the order quantity. Change a quantity for this estimate only — the takeoff is not touched.

  • Material markup, overhead, profit and sales tax
  • Assembly lines broken into components
  • Draft and final versions
BidJoist estimate with priced lines, markups and versions

Checks

Nothing Missing Gets Priced.

If a line has no rate, the estimate says so and cannot be finalized. If the takeoff or your rates changed, the draft offers to update to the latest.

  • Missing rates flagged by code
  • Newer takeoff or rates detected
  • Finalize only when complete
BidJoist estimate status showing a missing rate and a newer takeoff notice

Exports

Take It Into Your Bid.

Download the estimate as Excel or CSV, and the takeoff as PDF, Excel or CSV — including a bid spreadsheet with your rates and a measurement record PDF.

  • Estimate: Excel, CSV
  • Takeoff: PDF, Excel, CSV
  • Bid with your rates, measurement record
BidJoist project exports

Screens from the BidJoist app, shown with test data.