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Drew
Connects Drawings • Takeoff • Estimating • Project Budgeting
Your Drawings-to-Budget Sync Agent
Drew takes the PDF sheet set and produces the takeoff and estimate. When a revision lands — and they always do — Drew re-runs the takeoff, diffs it against the prior rev, and quantifies the impact on your budget line by line. Scope growth after contract execution gets drafted into a change order automatically, with markup and overhead applied per your contract terms — so nothing gets built and billed away as unpaid scope.
Fully customizable to your workflow — this is one common starting configuration, not a strict playbook.
Drew
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Step by step, with a human checkpoint at every decision.
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Initial sheet set → baseline takeoff + estimate
Drew reads the current drawing set, runs the takeoff, and produces a quantified estimate — materials, labor, equipment — mapped to your cost codes.
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Revisions detected as they land
Every new revision is picked up the moment it's issued, whether from the architect, engineer, or design-build lead.
- 03
Diff generated vs. the prior revision
Drew compares the new sheets against the previous rev and identifies exactly what was added, removed, or modified — elevations, details, schedules, specs.
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Quantities recalculated
Takeoffs are re-run against the revised sheets so every changed dimension, count, or assembly flows through to updated quantities.
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Estimate impact quantified
The dollar impact is broken out by cost code and discipline — materials, labor, equipment — so you can see where the delta sits and why.
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Change order drafted if post-contract
If the revision lands after contract execution, Drew drafts the CO with the right markup, overhead, and narrative — routed for your review before it goes to the owner.
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Budget and estimate synced across systems
The updated budget, estimate, and any drafted CO propagate across every system you use — so the current estimate always reflects the current drawings.
What shows up on the bottom line.
Revenue you'd otherwise eat
Catches every post-contract scope change and drafts the CO before the work gets billed away as unpaid scope.
Estimate impact in minutes, not days
Every revision produces a costed diff immediately, so PMs and estimators stop rebuilding takeoffs by hand.
Real-time scope + budget alignment
The current estimate always reflects the current drawings — no more chasing which rev the budget was built on.
Audit trail on every rev
Every change between sheet sets is documented and tied to cost impact — so when someone asks why the budget moved, the answer is in the diff.
Not limited to these — if it's in your stack, we connect to it.
What teams ask before deploying Drew.
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Will Drew catch every drawing revision and spell out the estimate impact automatically?
Yes. Drew monitors every issued revision, diffs it against the prior sheet set, and quantifies the dollar impact by cost code within minutes. You'll see exactly what changed, where it hits the budget, and whether it warrants a change order — delivered via SMS, WhatsApp, or email so nothing slips.
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Can Drew draft change orders when scope grows after contract?
Yes. When a revision is dated after contract execution, Drew drafts the CO automatically — applying the markup, overhead, and narrative format your contract requires — and routes it for your review before it goes to the owner. You stay in control of what gets sent and when.
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How specific is the diff Drew produces between revisions?
Drew calls out exactly what changed — which elevations, details, schedules, or specs moved — and ties each item back to the line in your estimate it affects. That makes the CO narrative defensible and the internal budget update easy to explain.
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Will Drew keep estimates and budgets aligned across multiple projects simultaneously?
Yes. Drew tracks every active project's current drawing set and keeps its estimate and budget aligned to the latest rev. Revisions and COs flow across projects in real time so no job gets out of sync between what's drawn, what's budgeted, and what's billed.
See Drew in action.
A live walkthrough of how Drew actually works — what gets picked up, the calls made along the way, and where it hands back to your team.