Upload a 3D AutoCAD model of the structure, and the app calculates the total area and estimates the scaffolding steel actually required—before a site visit, before the guesswork.
“We used to send someone to walk the site just to eyeball how much scaffolding steel we’d need. Now we upload the model and have a real number before anyone leaves the office.”
— Estimator, construction firm using the app
Before starting a construction job, a company has to work out how much scaffolding steel it will actually need—and the only way to do that was to send someone to the site, look the structure over, and put together a rough estimate based on experience and visual judgment. That worked well enough for a simple job, but it meant a delay before estimating could even begin, and the number that came back was only ever as good as the person’s judgment on the day. Underestimate the steel and the job stalls waiting on more material; overestimate it and the company is paying for steel it never needed.
“A rough estimate is still a guess, even when an experienced person is making it. We needed a number we could actually plan around.”
— Project Manager, construction firm using the app
Instead of sending someone to the site first, a company uploads the 3D AutoCAD model of the structure directly into the app. From that model, the app calculates the total area that will actually need scaffolding, and estimates the quantity of steel required to cover it—a number grounded in the structure’s real dimensions rather than a visual estimate made from the ground. Because the estimate comes from the model itself, it’s available as soon as the design exists, well before a crew or an estimator ever needs to be on site.
“It’s not replacing our estimator’s judgment. It’s giving them a real number to start from instead of a guess.”
— Estimator, construction firm using the app
Companies using the app get a scaffolding steel estimate as soon as the 3D model is ready, instead of waiting on a site visit to even begin the process. That estimate is grounded in the structure’s actual calculated area, not a visual read from the ground, which means fewer jobs stalling on underestimated steel and less money tied up in material that was never actually needed. The site visit still happens where it matters—the estimate just isn’t the thing waiting on it anymore.
None of this replaces the estimator’s expertise—it just gives them a real starting number, calculated from the structure itself, instead of one built entirely from a walkthrough.
An experienced estimator could always get reasonably close eyeballing a site. The real problem was that the estimate couldn’t exist until someone physically stood there to make it.
This app moves that estimate earlier—as soon as the 3D model exists, the area and the steel required come with it, so the number is ready before the site visit instead of depending on one.
“We’re not guessing anymore. We’re calculating from the actual structure, and that changes how confidently we can plan a job.”
— Project Manager, construction firm using the app