Countfire
What it is
Countfire is cloud-based estimating and takeoff software for electrical and mechanical (M&E) contractors. It counts symbols across every drawing in a project, and its Smart Select feature, which the company says uses AI trained on real takeoff data, names and organizes items as it counts. It can also re-count revised drawings automatically, compare specifications and produce Excel quotes from pre-priced items.
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Use cases with Countfire (1)
Price a £2.5M lighting refurb with automatic symbol recognition
Bojen Electrical
UK contractor Bojen Electrical uploads tender drawings and builds its takeoff with automatic symbol recognition, keeping a permanent, editable count list for each job. The estimator says that working through the drawings this way also gives him a clearer picture of how the job will actually run. He priced a roughly £2.5 million lighting refurbishment of an Oxford research building entirely in the tool, splitting each floor into zones.