Automate the quantities,
keep the project economics
From sketch to tender documents, every phase asks for quantities again. FloorScan produces them in 30 seconds at every plan revision — you spend your time on economic analysis, not re-measuring.
re-measured in 30 seconds, not 3 hours
areas and ratios calibrated to the plan's scale
from PDF plan to usable Excel table
Why construction economists automate quantities
The economist's job is arbitration: ratios per m², design variants, package consistency, keeping the budget envelope. But every plan revision — and there always is one — forces re-measuring before re-pricing. That mechanical re-takeoff devours the time that should go to analysis, and each manual iteration is a chance to introduce an error into the bill of quantities.
With FloorScan, quantities become fresh data again: new revision, new AI pass, new areas and openings in 30 seconds — comparable with the previous revision. Ratios recompute on reliable m², variants get priced without re-measuring, and the exported Excel feeds your bill-of-quantities templates directly. Project economics remain your turf; data entry no longer is.
What FloorScan brings the economist
Quantities at every phase
Sketch, preliminary, detailed, tender: re-run the analysis at every revision and track how areas evolve through the project.
Ratios on reliable m²
Per-room and total areas in real meters: your costs per m² and package ratios rest on a verifiable basis.
Variant comparison
Two versions of a plan, two analyses, two Excels: price the impact of a layout variant in minutes.
Excel ready for the bill of quantities
Separate sheets (rooms, openings, walls, summary) that hook into your existing bill-of-quantities and spec templates.
Visual supporting documents
The annotated PDF traces every quantity on the plan — solid support in a design-team meeting or facing the contractor.
As-built and renovation
Scanned plans, old files, surveys: AI detection works on the image, not just recent vector PDFs.
Construction economists' questions
Do the quantities follow a package-based bill-of-quantities structure?
The Excel export is organized by element type (rooms and areas, openings, walls and linears) — the raw material for structural, joinery, partition and paint packages. You map these sheets onto your package breakdown; quantities stay traceable back to the plan.
What happens when the architect delivers a new revision?
You re-run an analysis on the new PDF: 30 seconds later you have the complete new quantities. Comparing with the previous revision's export makes area and opening deltas jump out — no more plan changes slipping through unnoticed until the final estimate.
What about feasibility studies on existing buildings?
It's a frequent use case: as-built files arrive as scans of variable quality. AI detection works on the image and tolerates noise; with one legible dimension you get areas and ratios in real m² — enough to set a credible budget envelope in an hour instead of a day.
From the blog
Take back time for economic analysis
Import a plan from a live project and judge the AI quantities on the evidence. Free, no credit card.