Best AI for electrical takeoff

What an AI has to get right

• Devices and fixtures by type. Receptacles, switches and each fixture type from the lighting schedule, counted separately.
• Distribution. Panels, breakers, disconnects and transformers from the one-line diagram and panel schedules.
• Low voltage. Data, fire alarm and security devices on their own sheets.

Where AI takeoffs go wrong

Electrical symbols are small and dense. Generic tools miscount devices, merge fixture types that look alike, and drop the breakers and disconnects listed only in panel schedules.

How Field24 handles it

Field24 counts symbols type by type and puts a mark on the drawing for every device it counted, so you can check each one in seconds.

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Accuracy on real plans

Up to 88% depending on the trade: this is drywall and framing, scored against takeoffs by professional estimators on the same plans, with individual plans as high as 96%. On complete, all-trade takeoffs it also came out ahead of both. How we test ↗