Landscape estimating software for landscape and site contractors. Plants counted by species and size from the planting schedule, soil amendment and mulch calculated by volume and depth, irrigation measured by zone, head and pipe, and hardscape measured by area, section and paver type.
Landscape estimating starts easily. The planting plan and plant schedule tell you what to count: trees by species and caliper, shrubs by size and container, groundcover by area and spacing. Counting them accurately is straightforward work. What is not straightforward is everything that has to exist before a plant goes in the ground and everything that has to happen after it does — soil preparation and amendment, bed excavation, drainage, staking, mulch, irrigation, establishment watering and the maintenance period that runs until the warranty ends.
BidcoreAI counts the planting from the schedule and reconciles it against the plan, then measures the beds and lawns as areas so soil amendment, mulch and sod come out as real volumes at their specified depths. A four-inch mulch depth over an acre of beds is a substantial quantity that gets carried as a lump sum far more often than it gets measured.
Irrigation is estimated by system rather than by area. Heads are counted by type and coverage, zones are counted from the valve schedule, mainline and lateral pipe are measured by size, and controllers, sensors, backflow prevention and wiring are counted individually. Where the design is performance-based, coverage is derived from the head spacing and the area rather than left as an allowance.
Hardscape is measured the way a paving package is: by area and section, with base depth, bedding, edge restraint and jointing quantified by layer, and pavers, walls and steps counted or measured in the units they are bought in. And the maintenance and establishment period is priced as scope, since a twelve-month warranty with monthly visits is a labor commitment that outlasts every other trade on the project.
Planting plan and schedule, irrigation plan, hardscape details and the Division 32 specification.
Counted from the schedule by species and size, then reconciled against the plan.
Bed areas measured so amendment and mulch come out as volumes at specified depth.
Areas by treatment, with the preparation each one requires.
Measured by zone, head and pipe rather than allowed for by area.
Measured by area and section, exactly like a paving package.
Priced as scope, because the warranty period is a labor commitment.
Schedule-driven counts, volume-driven soils, zone-driven irrigation.
The plant schedule is read as structured data by species, size, quantity and root condition, then reconciled against the plan.
Planting symbols counted across the plan by type, with mismatches against the schedule reported for checking.
Bed areas and specified depths converted to cubic yards of amendment, topsoil and mulch rather than carried as a lump.
Sod, seed, hydroseed and erosion control measured by area with their preparation and fertiliser quantities.
Heads counted by type, zones from the valve schedule, pipe by size, and controls and backflow counted individually.
Where irrigation is performance-specified, head counts are derived from spacing and area rather than left as an allowance.
Paver areas carry their section so base, bedding, edge restraint and jointing quantify by layer automatically.
Installation productivity by plant size and access, since a 4-inch caliper tree and a one-gallon shrub share nothing but a plan symbol.
Establishment watering, maintenance visits and warranty replacement priced by frequency and duration.
Plant lists by species, size and root condition exported in the format a nursery quotes from.
A re-issued planting plan compared against the previous one so substitutions and added plants are flagged.
Plant schedules, soil volumes, irrigation counts and priced estimates exported with sheet references.
Division 32 planting and irrigation, with the site interfaces alongside.
Campuses, commercial developments, municipal parks, multifamily and streetscapes.
Count the plants, measure what they sit in, then price the year that follows.
The invisible two thirds — soil, water and the warranty year — become quantities.
Four inches of mulch over an acre of beds is a large volume. Calculating it from area and depth is the difference between a bid and a round number.
Counting heads, zones and pipe rather than allowing a per-square-foot figure is what makes an irrigation bid comparable to another one.
A twelve-month establishment period with monthly visits is a labor commitment that outlives the project. It belongs in the estimate as hours.
Comparing the schedule against the plan symbols catches substitutions and quantity conflicts before they reach the nursery order.
A 4-inch caliper tree with a crane pick and a one-gallon shrub are the same symbol and completely different costs.
Plant lists by species, size and root condition in the format a nursery quotes from — usable during the bid, not after it.
Because plants are the visible part and rarely the expensive part.
Species, size, quantity and root condition parsed from the schedule and reconciled against counted symbols.
Bed areas and specified depths converted to cubic yards rather than carried as an allowance.
Heads, zones, valves and pipe measured individually, with coverage derived where the design is performance-based.
Establishment and maintenance visits priced by frequency and duration through to final acceptance.
Measure and price from anywhere, with the marked-up planting plan on a tablet on site.
Landscape packages can be measured for you through professional takeoff services.
Send the planting, irrigation and hardscape plans with their schedules and have the package measured for you — plants reconciled against the schedule, soil and mulch as volumes, irrigation by zone and head, hardscape by section, and the maintenance period priced.
One platform, one cost database, one set of drawings — whichever scope you are pricing today.
Compare the mulch volume, the irrigation head count and the maintenance hours against your last landscape bid.
