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What is Blu?

Learn all about Buildxact's AI-powered building assistant known as Blu.

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Written by Kalya Ryan
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Blu is Buildxact's powerful new AI-driven building assistant - designed to help you quote faster, smarter and with confidence.​ Blu has been trained on thousands of residential projects and integrated into your estimating and planning workflow.​

Blu is comprised of the following smart tools:

  • Blu: Estimate Reviewer

  • Blu: Estimate Generator

  • Blu: Takeoff Assistant

  • Blu: Assembly/Recipe Assistant

Blu: Estimate Reviewer

The Blu: Estimate Reviewer lets you see what you might have missed when preparing your estimate. It will give you smart tips on compliance, items, insurance, and more.

The reviewer is tailored to your job, giving you the option of adding details like room types or environmental factors. Use it like a checklist to tighten up your estimate, step by step.

Blu: Estimate Generator

The Blu: Estimate Generator lets you quickly create detailed and accurate estimates – powered by local data, including labor, materials, and services. Start with your project type and a location and Blu will create a complete, editable estimate.

Blu: Takeoff Assistant

The Blu: Takeoff Assistant does the heavy lifting for you, just upload your plans and Blu auto-scales, auto-measures, and even names pages based on project areas. Designed to give you faster takeoffs and more control.

Blu: Assembly/Recipe Assistant

The Blu: Assembly/Recipe Assistant generates accurate items, prices and quantities directly from your supplier/dealer into your estimate costings. Simply prompt the tool with your requirements and measurements and Blu will gather your items and prices from your preferred supplier/dealer, ready for you to add to your estimate.

Does my subscription plan include the Blu features?

Our three subscription options come with unlimited users and free training and support. Buildxact has designed all three levels to fit the exact needs of custom builders and remodelers as they grow their skills using construction management software.

Foundation Plan

This subscription allows small builders to quickly learn how easy estimating and customer communication can be with digital tools. Perform takeoffs and project estimates for greater accuracy, connect with local material dealers/suppliers for real-time pricing, and use optional AI task-level calculations so estimating accurately takes no time at all.

Pro Plan

This option is perfect for growing builders who are focused on estimating and bidding for jobs as well as scheduling work and setting project budgets. Included with Pro:

  • GANTT Charts for scheduling

  • Buildxact Onsite mobile app

  • Online contractor RFQs

  • Online Client Portal with Digital Selections

  • Accounting software integrations with Xero and Quickbooks

  • Paid add-on bundles with Blu AI-powered tools for takeoffs and estimating

Master Plan

This plan is for the experts in all phases of construction project management. This is a sophisticated subscription level all their own. All features from Foundation and Pro are combined and available at one price, including the full Blu Building Assistant suite of AI digital tools:

  • Blu: Assembly/Recipe Assistant

  • Blu: Estimate Reviewer

  • Blu: Takeoff Assistant

  • Blu: Estimate Generator

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