Steel Estimating Solutions · Built by Erectors, for Erectors · Since 2012
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One trade. Two brothers. Plans in, bid proposal out.

Steel erection estimating, built by an erector.

The Steel Erection Bid Wizard and the AI Takeoff Wizard read your plans, count the steel, and turn a stack of drawings into a professional bid proposal. No retyping, no guesswork.

400+ erectors on the software
45,000+ bids built since 2015
43 yrs in the trade, 17 on the iron
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Erectors on the software
45,000+
Bids built on the Bid Wizard
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Every beam & shear stud, 3-story job
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Retyping between takeoff and bid
The two Wizards

One workflow, two tools, zero retyping.

Brother one takes off the steel. Brother two builds the bid. Together they carry a job from the plan table to the proposal without a number ever being keyed twice.

AI Takeoff Wizard

Drop in the plans and the AI reads the steel. It counts beams and shear studs, organizes the whole set, and lets you review every page. The AI proposes, the estimator approves.

  • Auto counts beams and shear studs in seconds
  • Digital markup for deck, rail, and miscellaneous
  • One click exports straight into the Bid Wizard
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Steel Erection Bid Wizard

The estimating engine built by an erector. Set your crews, equipment, and margin, and turn the takeoff into a clean proposal you can hand the GC the same day.

  • Crew, equipment, and production rate library
  • Task-mapped quantities from the takeoff
  • Professional proposal out, ready to send
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See it work

From takeoff to a finished proposal.

Watch the Bid Wizard turn a completed takeoff into a priced, professional steel erection proposal. Every quantity mapped to a task, your rates applied, your margin set. The bid the GC sees looks like it took a week. It took an afternoon.

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Bid Wizard
Bid Wizard dashboard with bid win ratio and totals Bid Wizard task list Bid Wizard production rate calculator Finished steel erection bid proposal
See it work

The AI counts the steel while you watch.

Load the plans and hit count. The AI Takeoff Wizard finds the beams and the shear studs page by page, and you approve as it goes. What used to be a long night with a highlighter is now a few minutes at the screen.

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AI Takeoff
Document Control organizing the plan set Framing plan before the AI beam count Framing plan after the AI beam count, beams color-coded by size Shear stud count on the framing plan
How it works

A stack of plans to a finished bid in six steps.

STEP 01

Import your plans

Drag your PDFs in. The AI classifies and organizes the whole set.

STEP 02

Final Set Review

Confirm the final bid set and pull a small, medium, or large report. Know the job before you open the plans.

STEP 03

AI counts the steel

One button for beams, one for shear studs. Review as it goes.

STEP 04

Take off the rest

Mark up deck, rail, and cable right on the plans.

STEP 05

Export to the Bid Wizard

One click sends every quantity across, mapped to a task.

STEP 06

Generate your bid

Set crew, equipment, and margin. Hand the GC a proposal.

Vince, founder of Steel Estimating Solutions, on a steel erection jobsite
Our story

Built by a man who spent his life on the iron.

Vince started in the trade at 17 and spent 17 years in the field before moving into the office in 1999. He ran up to 160 ironworkers and 8 to 15 million dollars a year in labor and equipment, so he knows exactly what a steel erection bid has to get right.

In 2012 he sold the erection company and founded Steel Estimating Solutions the same year, to put that hard-won knowledge into software. Every tool here is built the way an erector actually bids a job. Since then, erectors have built over 45,000 bids on the Bid Wizard.

43 years in the trade. 17 on the iron. It reads steel because he does.

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From the field

Trusted by steel erectors across the country.

400 plus erectors have built more than 45,000 bids with the Bid Wizard.

★★★★★
The AI Takeoff Wizard builds on the time-saving capabilities Vince has already brought to the takeoff world. After switching, I could never go back to hand-counting shear studs or beams. I'm completing estimates faster than ever while improving accuracy, giving us a real competitive advantage when submitting bids. The software is designed by someone who understands what steel estimators actually need, and it works for every experience level, growing with you as much or as little as you need it to. The AI Takeoff Wizard is intuitive and easy to learn, with an accurate and detailed user guide to help you get the most out of it. You're also more than just a user; Vince and Alex genuinely listen and respond to questions, concerns, and feedback. This software is the future of our trade and worth every penny.
Andrew Heft
Operations Manager, Priority Iron LLC
★★★★★
There is no way to measure the time the Steel Erection Bid Wizard has saved us over the past 10 years. Vince has always been available and willing to help throughout the entire time we've been users. I cannot say enough about the relationship we've built and continue to build upon. We're excited for the opportunity to partner with Vince a second time with the AI Takeoff Wizard.
T. Wesley Black
President, Peachland Design and Fabrication
★★★★★
The Bid Wizard paid for itself on the very first project. It's a no-brainer for any steel erection company.
Kelly Hargett
President, Ironman Steel
Fits your shop

Works with the tools you already run.

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