Built for civil estimators • HeavyBid-friendly outputs • Pilot-ready
AI takeoff automation with a HeavyBid-ready workflow.
TotalCivil.ai turns plan sets into bid-ready quantities in minutes — so you can bid more work, respond to addenda faster, and protect margin (without losing estimator control).
Designed to complement your estimating stack (HCSS-style workflows, spreadsheets, codebooks) — not replace your judgment.
Fits alongside the tools civil teams already use
Takeoff is where time disappears — and margin leaks.
Civil estimates break when the plan set is complex, the schedule is tight, and addenda keep coming.
Manual quantity entry
Estimators spend hours tracing, counting, and re-keying quantities across earthwork, utilities, paving, and structures — then do it again when plans change.
Addenda whiplash
A single addendum can force partial re-takeoffs, re-checks, and new exports. Under deadline pressure, scope misses happen.
Hard-to-audit takeoffs
When quantities live in scattered spreadsheets and markup files, it’s difficult to review assumptions, verify pay items, and hand off cleanly to ops.
Meet TotalCivil.ai
AI-assisted takeoff that produces a fast, reviewable first pass — then exports clean quantities into your estimating process.
Upload plan set
PDF plan sets in, organized by discipline/sheets. Addenda? Upload the update — we help you see what changed.
AI extracts quantities
Detects scope and quantity candidates across typical civil packages: earthwork, trench, pipe networks, structures, paving, and more.
Estimator reviews + approves
Every quantity is traceable back to source context for confidence. Adjust, approve, and lock in your numbers.
Export for estimating
Download CSV/XLSX for pay items, assemblies, and pricing workflows. API integration available for teams standardizing on HCSS-style processes.
“We built TotalCivil.ai for the reality of civil estimating: more bids, fewer estimators, constant addenda, and zero room for scope misses.”
— TotalCivil.ai team
Features built for civil takeoff
Fast first-pass quantities, clean outputs, and traceability that makes reviews easy.
Scope-aware extraction
Identify candidate quantities across earthwork, utilities, paving/flatwork, and structures — without manually hunting every sheet.
Pay item mapping (reviewable)
Auto-suggest DOT pay items and common line items. Estimator validates before anything ships downstream.
Addenda re-takeoff assist
See what changed, update quantities, and produce an updated export without rebuilding your takeoff from scratch.
Audit trail
Every quantity ties back to source context. Easier internal reviews. Cleaner handoff to ops and field teams.
Exports that fit reality
CSV/XLSX outputs for spreadsheets and estimating workflows. API-ready structure for deeper integration.
Estimator-in-the-loop
AI speeds up the work; your estimator protects the bid. Keep control over assumptions, waste factors, and production logic.
Does this replace HeavyBid or our estimating system?
No. TotalCivil.ai focuses on takeoff speed and consistency. Your estimating system (and your estimator’s experience) remains the source of pricing, production, and final bid strategy.
What file formats do you support?
PDF plan sets to start. If your team works with CAD outputs, we can discuss export formats during the pilot.
What types of projects?
Sitework, utilities, paving, and DOT-style civil packages. If your scope is unusual, we’ll validate it in a pilot sample.
Why teams switch from “more hours” to “more bids”
What we hear from estimators and civil contractors.
“We decline good bid invites because the takeoff time is the bottleneck.”
— Estimator, civil/site contractor“Addenda means rework. The clock doesn’t stop — and scope misses creep in.”
— Chief estimator“We need a clean audit trail. If the numbers aren’t reviewable, we can’t trust them.”
— Precon managerHow we fit in (vs. traditional takeoff tools)
Traditional
- Powerful manual tools, but still estimator-time heavy
- Re-keying quantities into estimating workflows
- Addenda often means re-trace + re-export
TotalCivil.ai
- AI generates a fast first pass, then you review
- Exports structured quantities for your estimating process
- Addenda support designed for re-takeoffs
Note: We respect existing stacks (HCSS, B2W, AGTEK, Carlson, spreadsheets). TotalCivil.ai is built to accelerate takeoff, not rip-and-replace.
Want to see your plan set turned into quantities?
Request a demo and we’ll walk through your workflow, then run a sample takeoff during a pilot.
- 15-minute discovery
- Sample takeoff on a real plan set
- Export format aligned to your estimating process