Every residential contractor knows the squeeze: more bids to deliver, tighter margins, and clients who expect answers yesterday. A clear, repeatable job tutorial is the fastest way to keep your crew, your suppliers, and your customers on the same page. CountBricks transforms that idea from a checklist into living, voice-driven AI that produces estimates, schedules, and invoices in real time.
• Manual quantity takeoffs delay the bid cycle and invite error
• Spreadsheet templates rarely capture project-specific labor factors
• Pricing swings daily while static quotes sit in draft folders
• Site teams waste hours translating office paperwork into field tasks
1. Speak your scope: Open the CountBricks app and describe the room, assembly, or entire build in normal language.
2. Watch AI compile: Our engine references live material databases, local labor rates, and your custom markups.
3. Review the draft: Instantly see quantities, unit costs, and production hours line by line.
4. Hit “Approve”: CountBricks pushes the data to a client-ready PDF, a crew task list, and a purchase order summary.
Real-time material pricing
• CountBricks syncs nightly with regional supplier feeds, so lumber spikes or drywall discounts appear automatically.
Task-level labor benchmarking
• Framing, MEP rough-in, finish carpentry—each line references historical crew productivity from CountBricks analytics.
One-click quote documents
• Generate branded proposals with options, allowances, and payment schedules pulled straight from your approved estimate.
AI blueprint takeoffs
• Upload PDFs and let the platform detect walls, doors, windows, and slab areas before you even open your scale ruler.
1. Select “New Job” and tag it as custom build, addition, or renovation.
2. Import the architectural set or start from a blank canvas.
1. Walk the blueprint virtually: “2,400 sq ft two-story, 2x6 exterior studs, zip sheathing, standing-seam roof.”
2. Add room-specific details: “Master bath gets curbless shower, 24x24 porcelain tile.”
• CountBricks maps your phrases to database assemblies—wall sections, slab-on-grade, truss packages, etc.
• Quantities adjust instantly as you modify dimensions or materials.
• Enter crew size or accept defaults from your profile.
• Apply company markups once; CountBricks remembers them for every future job.
1. Toggle between summary and detail views for internal or client versions.
2. Click “Send” to email a polished PDF straight from CountBricks.com.
3. Export tasks to your preferred scheduling platform or use CountBricks’ built-in calendar.
Speed Wins Bids
• Contractors using CountBricks report submitting proposals 65% faster than spreadsheet workflows.
Accuracy Protects Margins
• Live pricing and assembly-level labor factors reduce costly change orders.
Consistency Builds Trust
• Every crew member receives the same scoped tasks, reducing on-site confusion and rework.
CountBricks exports CSV, XLSX, and API feeds. Pull the same job tutorial data into accounting, procurement, or field management apps without double entry. Visit CountBricks.com/services for detailed integration guides.
• Save voice snippets: Re-use recurring scopes like “standard exterior wall” to prefill future jobs.
• Leverage alternates: Create Good/Better/Best material options in seconds to upsell finishes.
• Use tags: Track cost codes or CSI divisions for faster budget vs. actual reporting.
The Smith family’s 650-sq-ft master-suite addition moved from design to signed contract in four days. The superintendent dictated scope into CountBricks during the homeowner walk-through. Forty-two minutes later the finalized estimate—with real-time lumber pricing—landed in the client’s inbox; they accepted before dinner. Explore more success stories at CountBricks.com/portfolio.
Create your free profile, upload a plan set, and follow the built-in job tutorial. Within one hour you’ll own an end-to-end residential estimate ready for procurement and scheduling. Need help? Book a live demo at CountBricks.com/consultation.
The moment your job tutorial wraps, CountBricks shifts from pre-construction to production support. Here’s how residential contractors squeeze more value from the same dataset.
• Material lists generated during estimating convert directly into purchase orders. Adjust supplier, delivery date, or bundle quantities without rewriting a single line item.
• Need substitutions? Swap one SKU and CountBricks recalculates downstream costs and schedule impacts instantly.
1. Assign each assembly to a trade team—framing, electrical, or finish carpentry.
2. CountBricks distributes daily task packets with production targets tied to your original labor benchmarks.
3. Field supervisors update actual hours in the mobile view; office dashboards flag variances in real time.
• Because every quantity and rate originates from the approved estimate, variations pull from the same data pool, eliminating ‘guesstimate’ pricing.
• Clients receive side-by-side comparisons highlighting added scope, unit costs, and timeline shifts—no more back-and-forth spreadsheets.
CountBricks stores historical production rates and supplier performance, creating a feedback loop that sharpens future estimates. Visit CountBricks.com/services/analytics to see how your next bid can leverage yesterday’s actuals.
From first voice note to final invoice, CountBricks’ integrated workflow means the job tutorial is more than an intro—it’s the backbone of a profitable, repeatable residential construction process.
