For mechanical contractors
Mechanical estimating software for whole-scope bids
A mechanical contractor rarely bids one trade. BuildersBridge estimates HVAC, plumbing and piping inside a single job, keeps equipment and material cost separate from labour, and tracks the whole scope against one budget.
The challenge
Bidding HVAC, plumbing and piping in separate spreadsheets means nobody can see the mechanical scope as one number. Equipment lead times and material escalation land on whichever sheet was updated last, and the margin on a combined bid is a guess until the job closes.
How BuildersBridge helps mechanical contractors
- One job covering HVAC, plumbing and piping scopes
- Equipment and material cost separated from labour
- Purchase orders that commit cost the day they are signed
- Budget against actual for the whole mechanical scope
Frequently asked questions
- What is mechanical estimating software?
- Software for contractors who bid HVAC, plumbing and piping as a single mechanical scope rather than as separate trades. It prices the whole scope in one estimate and tracks cost against one budget.
- How is this different from your HVAC or plumbing pages?
- Those are for contractors whose business is one of those trades. This is for a mechanical contractor bidding several of them inside one contract, usually on commercial or institutional work, where the question is whether the combined scope holds its margin.
- Does it track equipment separately from labour?
- Yes. Equipment and material sit on their own estimate lines and their own cost codes, so a unit price increase does not disappear into a labour total.
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