Bid Set to Estimate in Hours, Not Days
Upload your bid set drawings. Get electrical, mechanical, and plumbing takeoffs — all from one upload. Quote faster, bid more, win more.
The average MEP bid takes 28 hours. Aginera cuts that to 2-4 hours — across all trades.
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The bid math doesn't work for most MEP contractors
A GC sends you a bid set at 4pm on Monday. Electrical, mechanical, plumbing — 60+ sheets. Bid due Friday.
Your estimator starts printing plans, counting symbols, tracing conduit runs, measuring ductwork, tallying pipe fittings. By Wednesday night, the electrical takeoff is done. Thursday is mechanical. Plumbing gets rushed Friday morning. The bid goes out with fingers crossed that nothing was missed.
MEP contractors win about 25% of bids. That means you need to bid 4 projects to win 1. At 28 hours per bid, a single estimator can handle 5-6 bids per month. That's 1-2 wins.
The contractors who win more aren't just better estimators — they bid on more projects. And the only way to bid more without hiring more is to make each bid faster.
The math changes when bid time drops from days to hours
Without Aginera
With Aginera
Same estimator. Same win rate. 3x more wins. The difference is bid volume.
How Aginera Turns Bid Sets Into Estimates
One upload. All trades. From bid set to bid-ready estimate.
Upload Bid Set
Drop your full bid set PDF (or CAD files). 20 sheets or 200 — Aginera handles the whole set. Sheets are auto-classified by discipline.
AI Extracts All Trades
Electrical: panels, conduit, wire, devices. Mechanical: ductwork, equipment, piping. Plumbing: fixtures, pipe runs, valves. Fire protection: sprinklers, standpipes. All extracted in parallel.
Review & Build BOM
Review trade-by-trade takeoffs with confidence scores. Generate bills of materials. Flag scope gaps and missing items before they become change orders.
Estimate & Quote
Apply your labor rates, material pricing, and markups. Generate professional proposals. Send RFQs to vendors for material pricing. Submit your bid.
Why Single-Trade Tools Don't Work for Bid Day
Most AI takeoff tools handle one trade. Real bid sets have 3-5 trades. You shouldn't need a different tool for each one.
Other tools
Aginera
Panels, conduit, wire, devices, lighting, fire alarm, low voltage
Ductwork, diffusers, VAV boxes, AHUs, piping, insulation
Pipe runs, valves, fixtures, drainage, vents
Sprinkler heads, pipe, valves, alarm devices, standpipes
Takeoff → BOM → Estimate → Quote → RFQ to vendors — all in one platform
Built for How MEP Bids Actually Work
Not just a takeoff tool. A complete bid workflow.
Conduit & wire inference (NEC)
Aginera doesn't just count conduit symbols. It calculates conduit sizes, wire quantities, and pull lengths using NEC calculations — the same way your estimator would, but in seconds.
Panel schedule → BOM
AI reads panel schedules and generates structured BOMs with breaker types, bus ratings, and enclosure specs. Ready to send to your panel vendor for pricing.
Addenda change detection
When revised drawings arrive mid-bid, upload the new set and see exactly what changed — added devices, moved equipment, updated schedules. No full re-takeoff needed.
Scope gap detection
AI cross-references schedules with plan symbols and flags discrepancies — like a panel schedule showing 42 circuits but only 38 devices on the floor plan.
RFQ packages to vendors
Generate vendor-ready RFQ packages from your takeoff. Send to material suppliers, get pricing back, and incorporate into your estimate — all from one platform.
Professional proposals
Turn your estimate into a professional bid proposal with your branding, terms, and inclusions/exclusions. Export to PDF or email directly to the GC.
Built for MEP teams of any size
1-2 Estimator Shops
Your estimator is your bottleneck. Aginera lets them bid 3-4x more projects without burning out. Focus on pricing strategy instead of symbol counting.
Mid-Size MEP Contractors
Standardize takeoff methodology across your team. Junior estimators produce senior-quality takeoffs. Senior estimators review AI output instead of starting from scratch.
Multi-Trade MEP Firms
Bid electrical + mechanical + plumbing from one platform. No more coordinating between trade-specific tools or different estimators for each discipline.
Frequently Asked Questions
How fast can Aginera estimate a full bid set?
A typical 40-80 sheet commercial MEP bid set takes 15-45 minutes for AI extraction, depending on drawing complexity. Compare that to the industry average of 28 hours for a manual estimate. You review and adjust the AI output rather than building from scratch — cutting total bid time to 2-4 hours instead of 3-5 days.
Does it work across all MEP trades from one upload?
Yes. Upload your full bid set once. Aginera classifies each sheet by discipline — electrical, mechanical, HVAC, plumbing, fire protection — and extracts trade-specific components from each. No need to run separate takeoffs or use different tools per trade.
What about addenda and drawing revisions?
Bid sets often get revised mid-cycle. When addenda arrive, upload the new drawings and Aginera compares them against the previous set — highlighting what changed, what was added, and what was removed. You see exactly what affects your bid instead of re-doing the entire takeoff.
How accurate are AI-generated bid estimates?
Aginera achieves 90-95% accuracy on component identification and counting. Every item includes a confidence score and drawing reference for verification. The AI catches items that estimators commonly miss at 2am — like devices on detail sheets or schedule changes that don't match plan symbols.
Can small MEP firms with 1-2 estimators use this?
Absolutely — that's who benefits most. A solo estimator manually handling 5-8 bids per month is stretched thin. With Aginera, the same person can bid on 15-25 projects because the tedious counting work is done in minutes. You focus on pricing strategy and scope review instead of symbol counting.
What happens after the takeoff? Can I send quotes from Aginera?
Yes. Takeoff quantities flow directly into BOM generation, cost estimation (with your labor rates and markups), and professional quote/proposal generation. You can also generate RFQ packages to send to vendors for material pricing, and track everything in a project dashboard.
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