Estimating tools for steel fabricators
Tonnage, connections, coatings and erection priced from your own rates — with cutting stock optimised before you commit.
What you price
Tonnage by section and grade
Members priced from section, grade and weight, not a single blended tonne rate.
Connections and plates
Cleats, plates and fittings captured with the member they belong to.
Bolts and fixings
Bolt sets and fixings applied from the connection, not typed in later.
Cutting stock and waste
Stock lengths and offcuts priced before the quote goes out.
Fabrication hours
Hours per tonne or per operation, from your own shop rates.
Coatings
Galvanising, paint and intumescent coatings priced from weight or surface area.
Erection
Erection crew, cranes and access priced with the fabricated steel.
What we build
Section and weight library
Standard sections with kg/m, maintained once and used on every job.
Cutting stock optimiser
Required lengths nested into stock so waste is visible in the price.
Connection allowances
Plates, bolts and welds applied from the connection type.
Labour build-up
Hours per tonne or operation-based shop time, from rates you control.
Coatings calculator
Galvanising, paint and intumescent costs from weight or area.
Quote and material order
Customer quote and the internal material order from the same takeoff.
Web application and AI
When more than one estimator needs the same section library, a web app or hybrid keeps rates and revisions in one place. Schedules can be read into member lines for the estimator to check.
How this is built
Most steel fabrication projects start in Excel and move to a web app only when one file is holding the business back.
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Related reading
- Your estimating spreadsheet is valuable IPYears of pricing decisions live in that workbook. Here is how to protect and build on them.
- What to do when only one person understands your estimating spreadsheetKey-person risk sits in the workbook, not in the software brand. Here is how to make the pricing logic usable by the whole team.
- Updating supplier prices in an Excel estimating system without breaking itA price list update should change the library, not every quote that was typed by hand.
Common questions.
Send us your steel estimating spreadsheet.
We'll tell you what to keep, what to fix and what to automate — free, and confidential.
We typically reply the same business day. Fixed-price quotes after scoping. Your files stay confidential.