⚡ Type 1 · NEC 2022 · AI-Powered

From plans to bid.
In 15 minutes, not 16 hours.

Upload your electrical plans. IronBid scans every page — panel schedules, circuit layouts, fixture counts, conduit sizing — and auto-builds the full material takeoff. A bid-ready document, ready to hand to a GC.

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Free during beta · Works on mobile · Type 1 commercial

16 hrs → 15 min
Estimating time saved per bid
Bid-ready
Output, every time
1-click
PDF export to GC
NEC 2022
Code compliant
⚡ ROI CALCULATOR

What's your estimating costing you?

Plug in your numbers. See how much time and money IronBid frees up — and how many more jobs you could be bidding.

YOUR CURRENT NUMBERS
Time per bid today
14.4 hrs
WITH IRONBID
Hours saved / month
85
hrs
Saved value / month
$10,638
Saved value / year
$127,650
Additional bids you could submit / month
+340
Assumes IronBid takes ~15 min per bid end-to-end. Your existing weekly estimating hours stay constant — you just fit more bids inside them.
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Everything you need to bid faster

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AI Plan Scanning
Upload PDFs or images of your electrical plans. IronBid Vision — our proprietary AI trained on commercial bid and estimate datasets — reads panel schedules, circuit layouts, fixture counts, and conduit sizing, then auto-populates your full takeoff.
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Sqft-Based Fast Estimate
No plans yet? Enter square footage and project type. Get a full material list in seconds based on industry rules of thumb — all quantities editable.
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Type 1 Material Database
50 pre-loaded Type 1 materials — MC cable, EMT conduit, panels, breakers, devices, fixtures, hardware. All NEC 2022 compliant. No Romex.
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Crew & Schedule
Flat $125/hr per employee billing model. Set crew size (4–6 standard), project duration, and OT weeks. Labor cost calculated automatically.
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Estimation Rationale
Every quantity explained. See exactly how each line item was derived — what formula, what code section, what assumption — so you can catch any mistakes fast.
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PDF Export
One click generates a professional bid document with full material list, change orders, scope exclusions, and liability disclaimer — ready to hand to a GC.
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Change Order Tracking
Log scope additions as they come in. Each CO gets a number, date, and dollar amount that rolls directly into your running total.

How it works

01
Upload your plans
Drop in PDF or image files of your electrical drawings — E-sheets, panel schedules, lighting plans, riser diagrams.
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AI scans every page
IronBid Vision — our proprietary AI — reads fixture schedules, panel schedules, circuit counts, conduit sizing, and special systems. Takes about 30 seconds.
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Review the takeoff
Your full material list is pre-populated with quantities and costs. The Estimation Rationale explains every line item — easy to spot anything off.
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Set crew & markup
Enter your crew size, project duration, and markup percentage. Labor cost and total bid calculate automatically.
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Export and win
Export a professional PDF with material list, change orders, scope exclusions, and disclaimer. Ready for the GC.

What you walk away with

Here's an actual IronBid bid. Hypothetical project, real numbers from the engine.

Westgate-Office-TI_BID_2026-04-29.pdf
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Commercial Electrical Bid
BID NO. WGT-2026-014
DATE April 29, 2026
VALID FOR 30 days
PROJECT
Westgate Office Tenant Fit-Out
2nd-floor office TI · 12,500 sqft · Type V-A
4501 Westgate Blvd, Austin, TX 78745
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Foundry Construction LLC
Attn: Marcus Reyes, Project Manager
54 panel circuits · 86 lighting fixtures · 142 devices
MATERIAL TAKEOFF
ItemQtyUnitTotal
EMT Conduit, 3/4" — galvanized steel, NEC 3581,840 ft$1.42$2,612.80
MC Cable, 12/2 w/ ground — solid copper, 250 ft coil62 coils$148.00$9,176.00
MC Cable, 12/3 w/ ground — solid copper, 250 ft coil18 coils$210.00$3,780.00
Panelboard, 200A 42-circuit, NEMA 1, copper bus2 ea$1,860.00$3,720.00
Breaker, 20A 1-pole, plug-on (Square D QO)54 ea$11.20$604.80
LED Troffer, 2x4 recessed, 0–10V dim, 4000K62 ea$98.00$6,076.00
LED Downlight, 6" recessed, 3000K — wet rated lobby24 ea$54.00$1,296.00
Receptacle, 20A duplex, tamper-resistant, white spec98 ea$3.85$377.30
GFCI Receptacle, 20A — break room + restrooms12 ea$28.50$342.00
Switch, single-pole 20A decorator, white44 ea$4.10$180.40
Junction box, 4" square, deep, w/ plaster ring186 ea$3.20$595.20
Wire, #12 THHN/THWN solid copper — black/red/blue/white9,400 ft$0.34$3,196.00
+ 38 more line items (devices, fittings, supports, fire-alarm rough-in, low-voltage)
SCOPE EXCLUSIONS
  • Fire alarm system programming & AHJ inspection
  • Low-voltage data cabling & termination
  • Generator & ATS (assumed by GC)
  • Permit fees & utility company charges
  • Demolition of existing fixtures & conduit
Materials$48,420
Labor (4-electrician crew · 6 weeks · $125/hr)$120,000
Sales tax (TX 8.25% on materials)$3,995
Permits & bonds$2,400
Markup (18%)$31,409
BID TOTAL$206,224
Generated by IronBid v3.0 · 220-page plan set · scanned in 11 min 42 sec
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Real takeoff, line by line
Every quantity comes from the actual plan set — panel schedule, fixture schedule, device counts, conduit runs. Not a sqft multiplier.
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Hand-it-to-the-GC ready
Project header, scope exclusions, tax, permits, markup, total — in a clean PDF you can email straight to the GC. No reformatting in Word.
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Done before lunch
220-page plan set scanned in under 12 minutes. Spend the rest of the day winning the bid — not building it.
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