Drywall estimating software for drywall and interior contractors. Wall areas measured by type with layer count, board type and finish level carried per assembly — so a one-hour rated shaft wall with two layers each side is not priced as a single-layer office partition of the same length.
Drywall estimating looks like an area problem and behaves like a multiplication problem. The plan gives you wall length; the wall type legend gives you everything that matters. How many layers of board on each side. What thickness and type — regular, type X, mould-resistant, abuse-resistant, glass-mat. Whether the assembly is rated, and therefore how it must be detailed and firestopped. What finish level the specification requires on that surface. Multiply length by height and you get an area; multiply that by the wrong assembly and you get a number that is confidently wrong by a factor.
BidcoreAI measures interiors by wall type, taking the assembly definition from the legend. A measured run of wall converts to board area with the layer count applied per side, board type carried per layer, and openings deducted by rule — the rule being one you set, since drywall commonly ignores small openings that a painting estimate would deduct.
Finish level is treated as a cost driver rather than a note. Level 3, level 4 and level 5 differ substantially in labor and material, and level 5 across a large gloss-painted lobby is an entirely different proposition from level 4 in a back-of-house corridor. The specification usually says which applies where, and reading it is part of the takeoff rather than an optional refinement.
Because framing and board share the same wall, both come out of one measurement. Studs at spacing, track, headers and backing on one side; board, tape, compound, corner bead, insulation, acoustic sealant and firestopping on the other. Ceilings, soffits, bulkheads, shafts and column wraps are measured as their own quantities, which matters because ceiling and soffit work runs at a different productivity from flat wall and gets under-carried whenever it is priced as though it were the same thing.
Floor plans, wall type legend, reflected ceiling plans, interior elevations and finish schedules.
Measured by wall type with layers, board type and rating carried per assembly.
Measured separately because they run at their own productivity and get under-carried.
Shaft wall, area separation and column wraps taken off with their own details.
Tape, compound and bead by condition, with the specified finish level applied per surface.
The work a rating requires, priced rather than assumed to come free with the board.
Produced from the same measurement, so the interior package is measured once.
The wall type legend is the price list. This reads it.
Wall types recognised from the legend and measured across every level, with each run shown on its sheet for confirmation.
Board area calculated per side with layer counts applied, so a two-layer rated assembly is twice the board and not the same rate.
Regular, type X, mould-resistant, abuse-resistant and glass-mat carried per layer and priced accordingly.
Levels 3, 4 and 5 applied per surface from the specification, each with its own labor and compound quantity.
Deduction thresholds you set per scope, because drywall and painting do not treat a small opening the same way.
Studs, track, headers, bracing and backing produced from the same measurement as the board.
UL assemblies tracked with the firestopping, head-of-wall systems and acoustic sealant they require.
Waste calculated against actual board sizes and wall heights, since a 9-foot wall and 8-foot board is a different waste story.
Board area converted to sheet counts by size and thickness for ordering, not just square feet for pricing.
Ceilings, soffits, shafts and high walls each carry their own hanging and finishing rates.
A re-issued plan compared against the last, so a changed wall type is flagged rather than discovered on site.
Quantities and priced estimates to Excel or CSV with wall type and sheet reference on every line.
Division 09 assemblies with the framing and firestopping sections they depend on.
Fit-outs, healthcare, hospitality, education and multifamily — anywhere the walls are stud and board.
Legend, plans, ceilings, specification — in that order, because each one changes the next.
The assembly stops being a footnote and becomes the unit of pricing.
Two-layer rated assemblies are twice the board and more than twice the finishing. Carrying the layer count per side is the difference between a bid and a guess.
Level 5 across a lobby is a materially different job from level 4 in a corridor, and the specification says which is where. Reading it is part of the takeoff.
Framing and board from the same measurement removes a duplicate takeoff from every interior bid you price.
Firestopping, head-of-wall systems and acoustic sealant are scope. Assuming they come free with a rated wall is a reliable way to donate margin.
Converting to board counts by size and thickness is what makes the delivery match the wall heights on site.
Ceiling and soffit work at flat-wall productivity is a standing under-bid. Separate rates fix it without anyone having to remember.
Because everything that decides the price is in the legend and the specification, not the plan.
Layers, board type, rating and finish level are properties of the wall type, so quantities and rates follow automatically.
The specification is parsed for finish level by surface, and each level carries its own labor and compound.
Studs, track, openings and backing come from the same measurement, so the interior package is measured once.
Sheets by size and thickness, calculated against real wall heights rather than square feet divided by 32.
No workstation licence; the marked-up plan set opens on a tablet in the field.
Whole interior packages can be measured for you through drywall estimating services.
Send the floor plans, wall type legend and reflected ceiling plans, and have the interior package measured for you — board by assembly and layer, framing from the same pass, finishing by specified level, plus insulation and firestopping — priced against your own rates.
One platform, one cost database, one set of drawings — whichever scope you are pricing today.
Bring a floor plan with a wall type legend. Compare the board area, the sheet count and the finishing hours against your last bid.
