The working drawing set, the estimate and the spec book, from one description of the building.

The drawing set

Cover, code review and life safety. Site, grading, utilities, stormwater. Floor plans, elevations, sections, details, schedules. Foundation and framing. Plumbing, mechanical, electrical with the one-line and the panel schedules, fire protection. The metal building sheets: anchor bolts, girts and purlins, panel takeoff, crane and bracing plans.

The estimate and the bid

Every line read off the drawings, by CSI division, with a price book you keep. The bid form, the budget summary, the subcontractor packages, the RFP. Change it on the plan and the number follows.

The spec book

The Project Manual written from the same model: every section the set needs, in MasterFormat order, with the products the drawings call for.

The Drafter

Talk to it. "Move the break room to the north wall." "Make the service 600 amps." It reads the plan, checks the code, makes the change and shows you a one-page review of what moved.

The code, checked as you go

IBC occupancy and egress, the ADA, the energy code, the local jurisdiction's profile. Findings on the sheet, not in a letter three weeks later.

Your company, together

Projects shared across the company in the cloud. Your room standards, your details, your prices. Updates arrive on their own.

Metal buildings

Shops, warehouses, flex, hangars. The frame deferred to the manufacturer; the panels at the gauges and thicknesses they are sold in; the anchor bolt plan; the crane and bracing plans the safety officer asks for.

For metal builders →

Commercial

Retail, office, restaurants, churches, dealerships. Egress and occupancy checked, the restrooms counted, the service sized, the stormwater on the sheet.

For general contractors →

Multifamily and residential

Unit plans, typical floors, the life safety sheets per floor, the finish and door schedules, the decks and backyards.