TI takeoff at
the speed TI moves.
TI lives and dies on turnaround. The invitations come in fast, the margins are thin, and the scope is buried in finish schedules and demo notes. If your takeoff can't keep up, you're declining work you could win.
Demo scope plus new work, read together
A fit-out takeoff is two takeoffs in one — what comes out and what goes in — and the demo scope is easy to under-read when you're rushing. Pilars reads the demo plan and the new-work set, takes off the partitions, ceilings, finishes, power and mechanical for the new layout, and surfaces the finish-schedule scope that drives most of a TI number. The turnaround that decides whether you bid at all gets a lot shorter.
The finishes are the bid
On interiors, finish level and product spec are most of the cost, and they live in the room finish schedule and the spec book, not the floor plan. Pilars reads them — Level 4 vs Level 5 drywall finish, flooring transitions, ceiling types, paint systems — and returns confidence-scored quantities by room, sourced to the sheet, so the scope that usually turns into a change order is in your bid instead.
- Demo and new-work scope taken off together
- Finishes pulled from the room finish schedule
- Partitions, ceilings, power and mechanical for the new layout
- Fast enough to keep up with TI bid volume
Questions estimators actually ask
Does it handle demolition scope, not just new work?
Yes — it reads the demo plan and the new-work set together, so the removal scope that's easy to under-read on a fast TI is captured.
Is it quick enough for TI turnaround?
That's the point. TI is won or lost on how fast you can bid; Pilars compresses the takeoff so you can say yes to more invitations.
Does it read the room finish schedule?
Yes — and the finish schedule is most of a TI number, so reading it (not just the plan) is what keeps you from missing scope.
Multi-trade or single-trade?
Both — a GC can scope the whole fit-out, a sub can take off just their trade. It covers partitions, finishes, ceilings, power and mechanical.
Pricing?
$100 per trade, per plan, no per-seat fees, unlimited projects.