Hire the crew member that never clocks out
Not all AI tools are built equal. Buildxact Blu is an AI estimating assistant made for custom builders — it reads your plans, learns from your past estimates, and drafts new ones so you can bid smarter, faster, and with the right numbers. You stay in control; Blu covers the busywork.
Win more with home construction AI built for custom builders
- Blu is your copilot — the destination is up to you
- Live labour & material pricing for your project's location
- Reads plans, specs, and supplier PDFs like a second estimator
- Works inside the Buildxact platform you already use
Instant AI estimates for residential projects
Three specialist assistants, one connected workflow — from plan upload to signed quote, without leaving Buildxact.
Blu: Takeoff Assistant
Drop in your plans and Blu auto-names pages, sets the scale, and measures rooms, walls, and materials for you — cutting takeoff and count time by up to 65%. Reuse the same measurements across labour and materials without double-handling.
Blu: Estimate Generator
Describe the job in plain English — or point Blu at a similar past estimate — and it builds a full, editable estimate with categories, quantities, and priced line items. Powered by live local labour and material pricing so you bid 7x faster.
Blu: Estimate Reviewer
A smart, job-specific checklist that runs before you send. Blu flags missing scope, thin margins, markup gaps, and compliance or insurance risks so nothing slips through the cracks and out of your profit.
AI estimating you control
Reference. Prompt. Review. Send.
Blu Estimator plugs into the way you already work in Buildxact — it just gets you from plans to a priced, client-ready estimate in a fraction of the time.
Start from a reference estimate
Pick an existing estimate that's close to the new job. Blu reads your categories, cost items, and pricing so it starts with your real numbers — not a blank template.
Tell Blu what's different
Describe the changes in plain English: swap the project type, add a bathroom, bump ceiling heights, update finishes, adjust quantities or pricing. Blu applies your instructions across the whole estimate.
Upload the plans and docs
Drop in building plans, electrical drawings, appliance schedules, hardware specs — anything relevant. Blu reads them, understands them, and pulls the details into your costings.
Review, edit, accept
The Blu Assistant panel shows your prompt, Blu's response, and every proposed change to quantities, pricing, cost items, and labour. Accept all, reject, or fine-tune manually — you're always in control.
An AI estimator that reads your plans and writes your costings
Blu Estimator helps you create and update estimates faster by combining your reference estimates, uploaded plans, and documents — then generating the changes for you to review.
Build from a reference estimate
- Start every new job from a similar one you've already won
- Blu reads your categories, cost items, and pricing to keep your numbers consistent
- Change project type, update finishes, or adjust quantities with a single prompt
- No more copy-paste from spreadsheets or rebuilding scope from scratch
Upload plans and let Blu do the reading
- Building plans, electrical plans, appliance schedules, hardware lists — Blu reads them all
- Ask “Add the appliance schedule to my estimate” and Blu drops each item into the right category
- Quantities, pricing, and labour populate automatically where available
- You review the additions before they land on the estimate
Ask questions about your plans
- “Where is the pantry detail on the plans?” — Blu points you to the exact page
- Clarify specs, locate items, or summarise a section without scrolling PDFs
- Keep chatting in the Blu Assistant panel while you work on the estimate
- Close it whenever, reopen with one click — your context stays with you
You're the pilot. Blu is the copilot.
- Every change is proposed, not applied — accept, reject, or edit line by line
- Blu works inside the Buildxact platform your team already uses
- Your plans, pricing, and margins stay private
- Available 24/7 — Blu covers the busywork so you can focus on customers
See how Blu can help you
Pick a preset job and watch Blu draft a plan takeoff, priced estimate, and client-ready quote — live in your browser, no signup required. When you're ready to run it on your own jobs, book a demo and we'll set you up in Buildxact.
Interactive prototype for demonstration. Numbers and jobs are illustrative.
Blu is part of your team
The Blu Assistant panel lives beside your estimate. Ask questions, drop in documents, request changes, or clarify a spec — Blu keeps working while you keep building. AI scales your judgment and experience; you stay the pilot.
- Ask questions about plans and specs in plain English
- Upload documents mid-estimate — Blu reads them straight away
- Request changes: “bump the tile allowance by 15%” or “add the appliance schedule”
- See every proposed change before it lands on your estimate
- Reopen the panel any time — your context stays with you
- Available 24/7 — never clocks out
Your plans and pricing stay private. We never share your data with third parties and Blu doesn't train on your jobs.
"Blu turned our plans into a priced, client-ready estimate in just a few hours. Our estimates used to take a few days; now they're basically done before lunch. It's like having a second estimator on the team who actually reads the drawings."
See Buildxact Blu in action
Get a personalised walkthrough on one of your own jobs. We'll show you how Blu references past estimates, reads your plans, and drafts a priced estimate you can send the same day.
- 30-minute live walkthrough
- Tailored to your project mix
- No obligation, no pressure