On-Screen Takeoff
About On-Screen Takeoff
On-Screen Takeoff by ConstructConnect is an intelligent takeoff solution that utilizes drag-and-drop capabilities and built-in OCR to build more accurate takeoffs that reduce costs and improve accuracy to bid and win more work in less time. With OCR-powered auto-count capabilities, OST can streamline the takeoff process by automatically counting measurements and objects, delivering highly accurate estimates.
On-Screen Takeoff automatically places objects into a similar distance, space, and directions onto to takeoff plan without having to manually adjust measurements for different layouts. For document control, users can save and manage multiple versions of a drawing with the overlay feature.
On-Screen Takeoff can integrate with various third-party applications such as Quick Bid, Excel, and accounting applications.
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- Industry: Real Estate
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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I literally learn to use it within minutes.
Reviewed on 2018/02/27
Pros
The software is so easy to use. Within a few minutes of playing and figuring out the tools I was able to accomplish a take off.
Response from ConstructConnect
Thank you for the feedback! We are glad you were able to get up and running quickly. Don't hesitate to reach out to our world class customer support team, or use our "Ask an Estimator" training service should you run into a challenge you cannot solve. We're here to help you be successful.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great Takeoff Software
Reviewed on 2018/05/08
Great software if you need to do professional quantity takeoffs
Great software if you need to do professional quantity takeoffs
Pros
This product offers you a lot of options to structure your takeoff:
- Conditions: This is the main structure to organize your takeoff. Fully customizable, conditions can be used as a CSI-Code structure.
- Layers: Similar to CAD-Software, you can create layers (even as Master layers which will be available for all projects) and assign a layer to each takeoff. Turning layers on/off helps you to work with multiple takeoffs on one drawing.
- Zones: Creating zones (and organize them on a separate layer) helps to split your takeoff according to the zones - fully automated!
- Takeoffs: Each takeoff can have up to three different quantities - whatever you need.
Takeoff description: each takeoff (condition) has a name as well as a field for notes where you can put a full description of your item.
- Multi-takeoff: This is an outstanding feature, saving a lot of time: mark several conditions (takeoff-items) and do your takeoff: the takeoff will be done for each of the simultaneously!
- Second window: the program allows you to open a second window, to have another drawing (details etc.) open while you work on your first drawing.
- Overlay: changes in drawings can made visible by using the new drawing as an overlay on top of the old drawing: you will automatically see, what changed.
There are much more pros and features available than any other takeoff software. This is the great thing about a software that is a takeoff software and nothing else: the software does not pretend to be an estimating software and by focusing on takeoff, the software does a great job.
Online descriptions are available for almost every issue you might run in.
Cons
The software is missing only one feature: to assign a different condition to a specific takeoff is not available (up to now).
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Horrible customer service
Reviewed on 2016/10/03
I have used both Quick bid and Ost for about 4 years now and the company i work for has used it a...
I have used both Quick bid and Ost for about 4 years now and the company i work for has used it a bit longer. The person who trained me was a very early user of the product. Compared to a scale and a spread sheet this product is awesome. However as we started growing as a company and getting more users product became glitchy. at that time we where told to move to a sql database (They do not support SQL but do recommend it as a solution to issues.) Since this time the support that we pay quite well for yearly is about useless as they go thru the motions like they want to help then say we do not support sql so we can not help you. At one point i had issues approving a change order that i made called support they mentioned yes that is an issue here is a workaround because that feature only works about half the time.(Really!) Basically it seems that whenever we have an issue their "Excellent" support team has issues telling us anything other than it is somehow our fault, yet every time they recommend us to do something a specific way we oblige. In short this product could be amazing however they need to get with the times and start supporting what they recommend.
Pros
Takeoff program works very well, lots of different options to show differences in conditions. Quick bid works well sometimes. and you can customize the naming conventions, link items, and do multi condition takeoff. As i mentioned if it wasn't for the poor support and the horrible recommendation to switch to sql that they do not support i would probably be writing a completely different review.
Cons
Customer service they will answer phone and call you back. I think it's so they can tell you that they cant help or support you.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Preferred over Plan Swift
Reviewed on 2018/08/20
I work in multi-family construction and need to be able to do quick conceptual estimates and the...
I work in multi-family construction and need to be able to do quick conceptual estimates and the later detailed estimates that require more takeoff. I've been using OST for the takeoff for the last 11 years. I love it.
Pros
OST is easy to get up and running. It's intuitive and user friendly. I was recently introduced to PlanSwift - a competitor to OST and it was overly complicated. It was hard to figure out how to go in and just take the SF of a room.
With OST it's a breeze to take a simple measurement or do more extensive takeoff without needing an owners manual or even a tutorial.
Cons
Is the difficulty in naming sheets that are imported in. It's cumbersome and time consuming. It also makes it hard to relink to a different folder location.
The high cost for a single license is prohibitive to the freelance estimator and forces us to use alternative programs that aren't as efficient. I wish there was a way to make it cheaper for sole proprietorship businesses in the construction industry.
- Industry: Architecture & Planning
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
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Reviewed on 2018/08/14
I love OST it can be used in so many different ways it's my favorite program for manipulating just...
I love OST it can be used in so many different ways it's my favorite program for manipulating just about any type of file.
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OST is flexable software, meaning it can be manipulated to conform to any/every trade. It is an amazing tool that makes any estimators take-off portion of the job quick and easy.
Cons
There is not much I do not like about OST, but...
- some times I could more color selections differentiation for take-off conditions
- Also it would be nice if i could freeze dimension takeoffs to either only move vertically or latterally respectively.
- Also if dimensions could be a default layer separate from annotation that would be awesome. Sometimes i want to have annotations but do not need the dimensions and i have to delete all the dimensions on the page to only show the annotation that i want.
On-Screen Takeoff FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for On-Screen Takeoff.Q. What type of pricing plans does On-Screen Takeoff offer?
On-Screen Takeoff offers the following pricing plans:
- Pricing model: Free Version
- Free Trial: Available
Contact ConstructConnect for pricing information about On-Screen Takeoff.
Q. Who are the typical users of On-Screen Takeoff?
On-Screen Takeoff has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does On-Screen Takeoff support?
On-Screen Takeoff supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does On-Screen Takeoff support mobile devices?
On-Screen Takeoff supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does On-Screen Takeoff integrate with?
We do not have any information about what integrations On-Screen Takeoff has
Q. What level of support does On-Screen Takeoff offer?
On-Screen Takeoff offers the following support options:
24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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