About
Built by an estimator who did takeoffs by hand for years.
Matt Laux
Founder
Why I built PipeTakeoff
I spent years doing material take-offs by hand. The work was the same every time: open a PDF, count fittings, type rows into Excel, double-check schedules, and pass the BOM to a buyer. The drawings kept changing, and the Excel rotted underneath them. The error-prone hours were the parts a senior estimator wanted to be doing least.
PipeTakeoff.com is the tool I wish I had. Upload the iso, get a reviewed BOM in two minutes, export to the format your buyer expects. The estimator stays in the loop (the AI never commits on its own), but the typing goes away.
Who it's for
Mid-size piping contractors. Five to fifty estimators per shop. Process industries: chemical, refining, power, water. The kind of contractor that runs on AutoCAD prints and a shared Excel folder, where a Friday quote depends on the senior estimator finishing five drawings before five o'clock.
Where it's going
v1 is the take-off loop: iso PDF in, reviewed BOM out, aggregated rollup across the project, export. v2 layers RFQ (send the BOM to vendors, normalize quotes back). v2.5 opens a vendor portal so suppliers self-serve. v3 reaches upstream into the CAD tool so the BOM lives next to the drawing instead of being re-derived from it.
Talk to me
Email hello@pipetakeoff.com if you've got a drawing you'd like to throw at it. I read every reply.