New Electrical Takeoff platform helps estimators move from blueprint to bid faster

SAN FRANCISCO: #AI--Bobyard, the AI-native takeoff and estimating platform built for construction trades, today announced the launch of Bobyard Electrical Takeoff, expanding the company’s platform into electrical estimating workflows for the first time.

Electrical is one of the largest and most complex subcontractor categories in commercial construction, with tens of thousands of contractors, making it a major opportunity for AI-driven productivity gains and a natural next step in Bobyard’s expansion across the construction trades.

Built specifically for electrical contractors and estimators, Bobyard Electrical Takeoff automates time-consuming blueprint takeoff workflows directly from construction drawings, helping teams reduce manual work, move faster, and prepare more bids without increasing headcount. Contractors can now preview the product at https://www.bobyard.com/electrical.

Today, Bobyard develops custom AI models for each construction trade, built by its in-house team of neural network researchers and computer vision engineers. Bobyard does in minutes what used to take days: contractors using Bobyard report an average 65 percent reduction in takeoff times and the ability to submit 3–5 times more bids per estimator, improving speed, consistency and profitability.

“Electrical estimating is still highly manual, with teams spending hours tracing wire runs, counting fixtures and reviewing plans by hand,” said Michael Ding, founder and CEO of Bobyard. “We built Electrical Takeoff to fundamentally change that workflow with AI that is trained to understand electrical drawings and estimating workflows.”

Bobyard Electrical Takeoff helps electrical contractors automate some of the most time-consuming parts of estimating, including:

• Automatically detecting and counting electrical fixtures, including receptacles, switches and lighting fixtures
• Identifying circuits and their associated panels directly from construction drawings
• Routing wires and generating homeruns without manual tracing
• Estimating wire lengths faster and more accurately
• Accelerating fixture counts and electrical takeoffs across complex drawing sets

The launch builds on Bobyard’s expansion across landscaping and sitework workflows, where the company has trained AI models on millions of construction drawings and blueprint annotations.

Unlike generic automation tools, Bobyard develops custom AI model suites designed for each construction trade. The company has worked alongside commercial electrical companies to build and refine the platform ahead of the broader rollout.

"We leave a lot of jobs on the table because we don't have time to bid them. That's exactly what Bobyard is going to help us fix," said Randi Clark, Wells Electrical.

"We've been doing takeoffs the same way for a long time. Partnering with Bobyard during the beta felt like the right moment to get ahead of where the industry is heading," said Zach Pauline, Banister Electrical.

Electrical marks the first in a broader expansion across construction trades. Future workflows include Mechanical, Plumbing, and Finishes and Floor Plan estimating workflows, including Flooring, Drywall, and Paint.

For more information or to request a demo, visit https://www.bobyard.com/electrical.

About Bobyard

Bobyard is the AI infrastructure for construction trades. Founded in 2023 by Michael Ding, a Stanford-trained engineer, the San Francisco-based company builds custom AI models for every trade in construction, helping contractors automate blueprint interpretation, takeoffs and estimating workflows so they can bid more work without adding headcount. Backed by the largest Series A in construction software history, Bobyard has become the platform of choice for leading commercial contractors across the United States with a mission to help close the industry's longstanding productivity gap and bring modern software to one of the world's largest industries.

For more information, visit bobyard.com and follow Bobyard on LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.

Fonte: Business Wire