
AI Construction Plan Pipe Analyzer
Upload a civil plan PDF — get a full pipe takeoff in 10 min
What it does
Built by a contractor for contractors. Upload any civil plan PDF — water, sewer, storm drain, or fire protection — and the AI automatically extracts every pipe size, material, quantity, and structure count. What used to take 4+ hours takes about 10 minutes. Built specifically for underground utility contractors and civil estimators. $79/month, no long contracts.
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