Data center takeoff
for MEP at scale.
Mission-critical work is the densest MEP you'll bid — busway, gear, cooling, redundancy everywhere — on sheet sets that dwarf a normal commercial job, with a schedule that won't wait for a three-week takeoff.
The densest MEP, the biggest sets
Data centers are electrical and mechanical scope stacked deep: switchgear, busway, conduit and cable tray, CRAH/CRAC units and cooling distribution, generators and redundancy. The sheet counts are enormous and the repetition (rack rows, pods, halls) is heavy. Pilars takes off the electrical, mechanical and structural scope across the full set, recognizes the repeated pods and halls, and applies counts consistently — turning a takeoff that would swallow your bench into a review.
Code and redundancy that move the number
NEC scope, NFPA requirements, and the N+1/2N redundancy that multiplies gear and distribution all change quantities, and they live across the drawings and the spec. Pilars reads the spec with the set, flags the code scope, and returns confidence-scored quantities tied to the sheet, so the redundancy and the code-driven counts are in your number — not a post-award surprise on a project where surprises are expensive.
- Switchgear, busway, conduit, cable tray and gear counted
- Mechanical cooling distribution and equipment off the schedules
- Repeated pods and halls recognized and applied
- NEC/NFPA and redundancy scope flagged
Questions estimators actually ask
Can it handle the sheet volume of a hyperscale set?
Yes — large sets are where automation matters most. It reads the full set rather than the handful of sheets a human can get through before the deadline.
Does it recognize repeated pods and data halls?
It does, and applies counts consistently across them, so the repetition speeds the takeoff instead of multiplying a miss.
Does it account for redundancy like N+1?
Redundancy lives in the design and spec and multiplies gear and distribution; Pilars reads the spec and flags that scope so it's counted, not assumed.
Electrical only, or mechanical and structural too?
All three — mission-critical is a multi-trade bid and Pilars takes off electrical, mechanical and structural off the same set.
Pricing?
$100 per trade, per plan, no per-seat fees, unlimited projects.