Trades
Our first trade: walls, board and gypsum ceilings measured from your plans. More trades are coming.
What AI measures
Walls, Board and Ceilings. From the Drawings.
Floor plans give wall lengths by type. Reflected ceiling plans give gypsum board ceiling areas. Every quantity points back to the sheet it came from.
| Quantity | From | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Wall length, by wall type | Floor plans | LF |
| Wall area | Length × wall-type height | SF |
| Board area | Wall area × board layers | SF |
| Gypsum board ceilings and soffits | Reflected ceiling plans | SF |
Wall types
Read From the Wall-Type Sheet.
BidJoist reads the partition schedule so each wall is measured with the right height and number of board layers. Anything it can't read clearly is flagged for review.
- Type mark
- The tag as printed, e.g. A, B, 3A
- Board layers
- Total gypsum board layers, both faces
- Height
- Wall height when the schedule shows it
- Fire rating
- Rating text, e.g. 1 HR
- Moisture resistant
- Yes / no
- Stud
- Stud size as printed
Materials and labor
Your Assemblies Do the Rest.
Build a wall type once in your price book. Each measured wall is priced through its components, with your own costs, waste and labor.
- Gypsum board sheets
- Metal studs and track
- Corner bead
- Joint compound and tape
- Fasteners
- Insulation
- Hang and finish labor
Screen from the BidJoist app, shown with test data. See AI Takeoff and Estimating.