STACK Takeoff & Estimating Download & Plans, Workflows & Integrations

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STACK is a cloud-based SaaS take-off and estimating software that allows you to create a faster, more accurate and collaborative pre-construction process. It helps construction companies to save time by making the take-off process faster, to save money by eliminating costly estimating mistakes and preventing material waste. It allows you to focus on growing your business and winning more profitable work.

STACK is created for general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and manufacturers, to help them improve the project’s outcome and profitability. For contractors, focusing on the right projects, the ones with the highest profit margins, is becoming increasingly difficult. With less time to spend pouring over project plans and performing accurate take-offs, it’s imperative to reshape the pre-construction process, from one that’s disconnected and risk prone to one that’s efficient and collaborative.

General contractors need tools to increase their bid coverage and get more bids on bid day.
Subcontractors need to stay laser focused on the most profitable projects and stop racing to the lowest bid. STACK works for subcontractors of all trades, including concrete, masonry, roofing, landscaping, painting, flooring, drywall, MEP, structural steel, doors and windows…
Suppliers and manufacturers need to connect with customers during the bidding phase when material pricing and purchase considerations are the most important.

At STACK, your entire project team, from the office to the field, can view, search, measure and collaborate on project documents and plans. All while eliminating paper and printing costs. STACK’s intuitive plan search and organization features make it easy to find specific pages or product details, while its easy-to-use take-off and estimating tools make submitting accurate bids faster. And STACK’s sharing options allow for powerful whole team collaboration, all from any web browser on any device – Mac, PC, tablet or mobile.

You can use STACK to:

store plans and project documents,
search and organize plan pages and specs,
share plans and collaborate on specs and other key details with internal and external team members,
mark up and measure plans in order to quickly and accurately quantify materials,
customize and report on your take-offs to prepare a final estimate.

Getting started is fast, easy and free. And because STACK is web-based, you can create an account right now from any browser. There’s nothing to download, install or update, and no server to set up.

Typical workflow:

Create Project

Enter a project name and specify the bid date.
Upload your plans

Select your local file and upload into the software. The software breaks the file out into individual pages that can be viewed as thumbnails for quick access.
Takeoff

This is drawing side of the software. The first thing you are going to do is set your scale. Then you run through some takeoffs and different measurements. For every different type of measurement you want to make, you will do a new takeoff. Your takeoff name will always be what you are going to measure and then you will choose the proper corresponding measurement type (Area, Linear, Count, Linear with Drop, Pitched Area, Pitched Linear, Surface Area, Volume 2D, Volume 3D).
You can edit drawings and add your markups. There are plenty of markup tools available.
Check out reports

“Takeoff Quantity Report” is a clean report that presents all of your primary measurements, taken out to two decimals. “Takeoff Summary Report” will show both primary and secondary measurements. “Geometry By Takeoff Report” is a great report for finding things such as numbers that might look odd or incorrect.

About SaaS

SaaS (Software as a Service) is a cloud-based service where you access an application via a web browser instead of installing the software on your PC. The cloud runs a single instance of the software and makes it available for multiple end-users. This makes cloud computing cheap. All the computing resources responsible for delivering SaaS are entirely managed by the vendor.

About STACK Construction Technologies

STACK Construction Technologies delivers intuitive and innovative software for thousands of subcontractors, general contractors, suppliers and manufacturers to ultimately improve the project’s outcome and profitability. STACK’s solution powers seamless plan and document management, real-time team collaboration and a more efficient digital take-off and estimating process. STACK software helps pre-construction teams to gain visibility, insight and alignment throughout the bid process.

STACK Construction Technologies is founded in 2007, and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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