Construction AI for accurate Takeoffs & Requirement Checks
Increase your team's capacity, with AI workflows which accurately measure and understand drawings & docs.
Cut takeoff times by up to 90% & instantly check requirements, simply type instructions & get cited, marked-up results.
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No setup fees • Self-serve in 5 min • Cancel anytime
Use-cases
Accurate AI-powered quantity takeoffs for Subcontractors from PDF drawings
- Simply type the scope of the measurements & quantities needed.
- Civils.ai automatically measures areas, lengths & counts.
- Results are reviewed and verified by our expert QA team.
- Download outputs as Excel & Annotated PDF
Use AI Agents to search & run checks on your specs, rates & technical data
Civils.ai vs General Purpose AI
Straightforward feature comparison for AEC teams.
| Feature | Civils.ai AEC-focused | General purpose AI |
|---|---|---|
| Reads & measures drawings | Built-inYes | Not built-inNo |
| Annotates / marks up drawings | Yes | No |
| Reads complex tabular data (e.g. datasheets, rates, geotech reports) | Extracts to structured formats | Not reliable |
| Run AI searches across documents | Yes, unlimited documents | Yes, up to 10 documents |
| Cites and opens original documents | Marked up sources always provided | Limited support |
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How it works
Upload PDFs
Drag & drop your drawing or document PDFs and select Extract CAD data. Works with scanned, historic and multi-sheet drawings.
Select an AI Agent & type a prompt
Type what you need in natural language (e.g. “measure and categorise floor areas by type and count and measure windows & doors”). Hit Run and the AI performs the measurements and our QA team reviews the results.
Get results, review & export
Project case study
Where Civils.ai has been having an impact
2,842
AI workflow runs
5-15 minutes
saved per prompt
91%
results accuracy
528+ hours
efficiency saving
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1 takeoff = 1 takeoff on 1 drawing sheet for 1 trade.
Examples
- Measure floor areas on 1 drawing sheet = 1 takeoff
- Measure floor areas & electrical fittings on same sheet = 2 takeoffs
- Measure the same trade across 3 sheets = 3 takeoffs
For multi-trade takeoffs, max charge is capped 5 takeoffs / drawing sheet.
“Unlimited AI searches & checks” covers standard in-app AI searches and checks, following our fair use policy assuming that one single person is using one single account.
This includes typical query-based tasks such as reviewing documents, checking information, and running standard AI-assisted checks.
Some AI Agents can go beyond simple searches and checks (for example: multi-step agent workflows). These advanced agents may be priced separately on a custom basis.
Where custom pricing applies, we will scope and confirm this with you in advance.
Your uploaded data is stored within a relational database and cloud object storage with our best in class cloud infrastructure provider. All document data is anonymised and un-anonymised data is only viewable from the user account from which the data was uploaded.
All data is transmitted through TLS and uses best practice encryption.
You can automatically delete any data you uploaded at any time by clicking the delete button related to the project or document.
You can also write to us to request that we delete your data at any time and all data related to you will be deleted when you delete your account.
Data is stored securely on servers in the United States, by a vetted, best in class cloud infrastructure provider.
We currently support any form of PDF document or drawings (including handwritten and scanned PDF).
For extraction of data from modern PDF's, we achieve over 95% accuracy including from complex table structures.
For handrawn or older PDF's (before 1975) these are more challenging and such a high degree of accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
We use a human-in-the-loop process on all AI extracted data to ensure output accuracy.
Workflow processing time can vary depending on how complex the data is being extracted and we aim to return results within 24 hours.
After you start a workflow running you can close Civils.ai and will be notified once the data extraction is completed via email.
We use maximum payment security. If your card is not accepted firstly, disable your VPN or proxy server. Then make sure your name, CVC and postal code match the one on your payment card and of your bank account. Also your card country should be the same as your billing country. And finally make sure you enable 3D Secure or similar authentication on your card with your bank.