AI platform, Bobyard, has unveiled Bobyard 2.0, its latest platform update delivering accelerated takeoff workflows and a unified AI workbench, designed to keep pace with the estimators (those responsible for calculating project budgets) who use it every day throughout the construction and landscaping industry.
\nBy speeding up takeoff operations, a important part of estimating a project where details of materials and quantities needed for a construction job are analysed, contractors can reduce the risk of the errors possible with manual measurements. Ultimately, faster takeoffs can lead to fewer costly surprises during the construction process.
\nBobyard 2.0 features
\nBobyard 2.0 integrates materials and their costs with a \u2018measure first, price later\u2019 model, designed to save time and reduce errors from takeoff to finalised bids.
\nA new Multi-Measure feature lets estimators to draw once, and not have to create separate lines or shapes to calculate an area, perimeter, or total volume. The system generates all related measurements simultaneously, reducing the need for measurements.
\nBobyard has also connected its AI tools in an AI Workbench that includes a Review Workflow option to let estimators to check and decide whether to trust or adjust certain AI outputs before adding them to their takeoff.
\nAnother updated feature providing flexibility is Legend Manager, that gives users a \u201cdedicated space to create and run symbol and pattern legends.\u201d Text Count lets users turn words or labels in drawings into count measurements.
\nAccording to Bobyard, \u201conce your takeoff is done, you shouldn\u2019t have to rebuild anything to get to a finalised estimate.\u201d Moreover, importing pricing and assemblies into Bobyard 2.0\u2019s Estimate Table is \u201csimpler and more streamlined\u201d letting users \u201cmove from takeoff to a production-ready estimate without exporting anything to Excel or redoing anything just to see it in an estimate context.\u201d In other words, it places itself as a big update for estimators.
\nImprovements to navigation means greater ease of use, with cross-page search introduced as a feature and a generally streamlining of the workflow from takeoff to final, ready-to-use estimates, without needing to leave the platform or switch tools.
\nBobyard raised $35 million Series A funding last year, led by 8VC with Pear VC and Caffeinated Capital.
\nThe company says its platform currently automates up to 70% of the quantity and material takeoff process with contractors using Bobyard reporting an average reduction in takeoff times of 65%. Estimators are reportedly submitting three to five times more bids while enjoying more accurate results with improved margins and win rates. Michael Ding, founder and CEO of Bobyard, said: \u201cEvery change we made was driven by what our customers told us they needed to move faster, stay in control, and spend less time doing work that software should be doing for them. This is our answer to that, and it\u2019s only the beginning.\u201d
\nMarty Grunder, founder of The Grow Group and Grunder Landscaping, said: \u201cThe AI tools are on another level. We\u2019re talking cutting takeoff time in half on real jobs. If you\u2019re trying to level up your estimating this season, there\u2019s nothing else like this on the market. Period.\u201d
\nLaunched on April 8 for landscaping contractors, Bobyard 2.0 is expected to be available for additional construction trades in late April.
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