The AI Estimator for Australian Builders

You didn't lose the job on price. You lost it because your quote took three weeks.

Chisel is the AI estimator for Australian builders. It reads your drawings, does the takeoff, prices to your rates and hands you a client-ready quote in hours — not weeks. Win more work, quote while the lead is still warm, and stop drowning in estimating admin.

Quotes in hours, not weeks Your rates, your templates Human-checked before it sends
Proof, not promises

Proven inside a real construction business.

Chisel runs every day inside a $10M+ Gold Coast construction business — on real drawings, real rates and real client quotes.

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See it in action

Watch Chisel turn drawings into a quote.

Two minutes. Drawings in, priced quote out.

Chisel

AI estimating that quotes more work, without hiring an estimator.

Estimators are expensive, slow to hire and easy to lose — and slow estimation loses jobs. Chisel is an AI estimator that gives you on-demand estimating capacity, turning drawings into priced quotes in hours, so you can respond to more enquiries while they're still hot and never let a quote backlog cost you work.

Built for residential, commercial and trade-level estimating — Chisel is an AI estimator and takeoff tool that works to your templates and your rates.

CABS Estimating Agent

What Chisel does.

  • Automated takeoff — a take off tool that measures directly from drawings
  • BOQ generation — fully itemised, formatted to your template
  • Labour scheduling — crew loads and timeline projections
  • Client-ready estimates — professional estimation PDFs and proposals
  • Rate intelligence — learns and reuses your real-world pricing
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How Chisel works

From drawings to a quote you'd actually send.

Four steps — and you stay in control of the number at every one.

1

Upload your drawings

Drop in your plans, scope sheets and rate card. Chisel reads them the way an estimator would.

2

Automated takeoff

Chisel measures quantities directly from the drawings and builds a fully itemised bill of quantities.

3

Priced to your rates

Your real-world pricing is applied line by line, formatted to your own quote template.

4

You review & send

You check, adjust and approve. Nothing reaches a client until you say so.

How accurate is AI takeoff? As accurate as you let it be.

Chisel performs measured takeoff from drawings and itemises every line with your rates applied — then puts the result in front of you to review before anything goes out. It's not a black box firing off quotes on its own. You get the speed of automation with the judgement of your own estimator, so the number that reaches a client is always one you've checked and signed off.

The wider platform

Chisel is one of five ABS agents.

Deploy Chisel on its own, or bring on the full AI workforce.

FAQ

Chisel, answered.

What does an AI estimator do?

An AI estimator automates the slow parts of pricing a job — reading drawings, performing quantity takeoff, generating a bill of quantities and producing a priced, client-ready quote. As a take off tool it measures directly from your plans, and as an estimation engine it applies your rates. Chisel does all of this in hours rather than days.

Is Chisel a takeoff tool or a full estimating system?

Both. Chisel is a take off tool that measures quantities from drawings, and a complete AI estimating system that turns those quantities into itemised BOQs and client-ready quotes using your rates — so estimation is handled end to end, not just the measuring.

Can Chisel use my own rates and templates?

Yes. Chisel learns and reuses your real-world pricing and formats BOQs and quotes to your own templates, so the output looks like it came from your business.

Does Chisel replace my estimator?

Chisel gives you estimating capacity on demand. Many builders use it to handle volume and free their estimator for high-value, complex jobs — or to quote competitively without hiring a full-time estimator at all.

How accurate is AI takeoff?

Chisel performs measured takeoff from drawings and itemises every line, with your rates applied. You stay in control — review and adjust before any quote goes out.

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