Estimating limits how many jobs you can quote.
The fix: Takeoff and Estimate Assistant. Reads plans and specs to draft quantities and a first estimate for your estimator to check.
Fixed price, agreed after a free AI assessment. Software is billed to you directly, with no markup.
- 1. Trigger · PDF plansWhen this happensNew plans and specs arrive for a job you want to quote.
- 2. AI stepIt works outMeasures and counts the items you price from, using your own takeoff rules.
- 3. Action · Estimating softwareIt gets doneDrafts the quantities and a first-pass estimate from your rates.
- 4. Approval · YouYou stay in controlYour estimator checks every line before anything goes to the client.
a week back, typically. We measure your starting point first.
Less time on paperwork, more time quoting.
Every quote and deal gets chased, every time.
You see what needs you before it's too late.
PDF plans, Spreadsheet, Estimating software.
Anything customers see is approved by a person first.
Built in your accounts and written up in your Handover Vault.
Monitored, with fixes within one business day.
What fixing this is worth to you
hours a week × hourly cost × 48 working weeks. Excludes extra revenue from faster replies.
One person, start to finish
Saku works out what you need, sets it up and tests it in your accounts, walks your team through it, and checks it every month on your care plan. Problems are fixed within one business day.
About SakuWhat if it gets something wrong?
Anything a customer sees is approved by a person until you're confident in it. Mistakes are logged, the instructions are fixed, and your care plan covers it.
Is our data safe?
It stays in your accounts. Nothing goes into public chatbots, access is limited to what each job needs, and your AI use policy says what it may and may not do.
What happens if a staff member leaves?
Nothing breaks. It runs on company accounts and is documented in your Handover Vault, so the next person picks it up.
What if we stop working together?
It keeps running. You get a handover session and the documentation. There's nothing to unlock or migrate.
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I run a business in Australia. A company called Taika sets up something called "Takeoff and Estimate Assistant". It reads plans and specs to draft quantities and a first estimate for your estimator to check. It's meant to solve this problem: "Estimating limits how many jobs you can quote". Explain how this would work in a business like mine, what it could realistically save, what could go wrong, and the questions I should ask before paying someone to set it up.
Quotes get written at night, after a full day
Quote Drafter Turns site notes and photos into a draft quote from your price list.
Quotes go out and nobody follows up
Quote Chaser Follows up unaccepted quotes on day 2, 7 and 14.
Proposals take a day you don't have
Proposal Builder Turns a discovery call into a branded proposal draft.
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