Construction Takeoff Software with AI to Take Back Your Nights and Weekends

Construction takeoff software is an estimating system that calculates the amount of all materials needed to complete a task or job. It may also be referred to as construction quantity or material takeoff software.

To do a construction takeoff, follow these steps:

1. Manually upload measurements or import plans
2. Mark plans up on-screen by measuring relevant lengths, widths, and heights
3. Calculate quantities of volumes or areas
4. Convert takeoffs to an estimate of total costs

Houzz Pro’s construction takeoff software works in minutes, allowing construction pros to manually upload measurements or import plans. From there, you can mark plans up on screen, measure lengths, widths, and heights and calculate volumes or areas. Because Houzz Pro’s construction takeoff and estimating software also comes with a built-in estimate tool, you can quickly turn your takeoffs into professional estimates to get your bid in first.

Yes, Houzz Pro’s construction on screen takeoff software is compatible with both Mac and Windows computers.

Key features of Houzz Pro construction takeoffs are:

AI & Automation

• AI Takeoffs – Use AI to automatically generate area, length, and count measurements from uploaded construction plans.

Plan Setup

• Upload & scale floor plans – Upload PDF construction plans and set scale to ensure accurate measurements.
• Re-scale plans – Adjust plan scale if drawings change or need correction.
• Multi-page plan support – Perform takeoffs across multiple plan pages within a project.

Takeoff Types

• Area takeoffs – Measure square footage for flooring, roofing, drywall, insulation, and concrete.
• Linear takeoffs – Measure linear footage for framing, trim, plumbing, electrical runs, and fencing.
• Count takeoffs – Count items such as windows, doors, fixtures, or outlets directly on plans.
• Volume takeoffs – Calculate cubic measurements for concrete, excavation, or fill materials.

Takeoff Management

• Multiple measurements per plan – Create and manage multiple measurement types on the same plan without overwriting data (only Custom and Enterprise).
• Edit & update measurements – Modify measurements as plans are revised or clarified.
• Plan Markups
• Plan annotations & color coding – Add notes, labels, and color-coded measurements directly on plans.

Review & Accuracy

• Measurement summary & live updates – Review all measurements in one place, with quantities updating automatically as changes are made (only Custom and Enterprise).
• Visual plan review – View measurements directly on plans for easier verification.

Estimate Integration

• Takeoffs to Estimates – Turn takeoff quantities into estimate line items and continue estimating from the same data.
• Works with Assemblies – Use takeoff quantities when creating estimates with assemblies.

Because Takeoffs is part of our Pro plan, a membership also includes Bid Management, Change Orders, Budget Management, Contracts, Project Schedule, and Daily Logs—plus everything in our Design plan, like CRM, Estimates, 3D Floor Plans, and Online Payments.

When you subscribe to Houzz Pro’s construction takeoffs tool, you gain premium access to our support team. That means you get an exclusive phone number that directs you to an onshore team member and you get pushed to the top of the queue.

You also get personalized on-demand onboarding support, showing you how to properly use the specific features you want, when you want, to help get your business up and running with Houzz Pro. We also have a wide variety of help articles available in our Help Center and in-depth how-to videos on our YouTube channel.