Democratizing Pre-Construction Planning for All
ConstructionCostAI was founded with a clear, ambitious goal: to replace complex, error-prone manual spreadsheets with instant, highly accurate AI construction estimators.
For decades, starting a construction project meant spending thousands on quantity surveyors or spending days manually reading architectural plans to build a Bill of Quantities (BOQ). A simple arithmetic mistake in a formula could lead to thousands of dollars in budget overruns.
We built a real quantity-takeoff engine — construction-estimating formulas that calculate every material and labor quantity your project needs from its size, construction system, and room layout — and paired it with a free-tier philosophy: you price it with your own local rates, because we'd rather admit we don't have real local pricing data yet than fake a number that looks precise.
ConstructionCostAI is for builders, self-builders, and architects who want a real, itemized starting point for a budget — one they price with numbers they actually trust, not a black-box estimate.
Our Track Record
Our Core Values
Speed
We respect your time. Draft builder-ready BOQs and custom floor plans instantly instead of waiting days.
Transparency
No hidden math. Every quantity calculation formula, unit rate, and labor multiplier is completely visible and editable.
Accessibility
We bring complex estimating software to self-builders, developers, and contractors at an accessible scale.