LiveCSI 03 Concrete and CSI 04 Masonry are live
A senior estimator, turned into software.
Upload a plan set. TakeoffIQ reads every sheet, legend, schedule, symbol, detail, and dimension, then returns structural concrete and masonry quantities with the sheet and detail behind each line.
It is a full-takeoff platform. Other CSI divisions are on the roadmap, with no dates, and nothing is called live until it can be traced the same way.
- Plan sets up to 1 GB
- Hundreds of sheets
- 14-section checklist
- Green, yellow, red
- Excel export
Built by Magnum Construction ServicesFlorida certified general contractor CGC1509043
Sample scan
S-101 Foundation plan
Not a project
record
- F1 · Green
- SOG · Yellow
- AB-2 · Red
- 8" CMU · Green
- P-1 · Green
Sample lines
- yellowSlab on grade
- 64.8 CY CY
- greenCMU, 8"
- 1,264 EA EA
- green#5 rebar
- 4,120 LBS LBS
- greenFormwork
- 3,320 SF SF
- redAnchor bolts
- 48 EA EA
- greenPiles, 14"
- 18 EA EA
Sheets in this sample
S-001
General notes
Read
S-101
Foundation plan
Read
S-102
Tie beams
Read
S-501
Schedules
Read
A-201
Wall types
Read
AD-101
Demo plan
Flag
01How it works
From a plan set to a workbook you can check.
Four steps. The quantity does not leave the drawing without a reference.
01
Upload the set
Drop a plan set up to 1 GB, including sets with hundreds of sheets. Structural, architectural, and the details where the quantities actually live.
02
Read the drawings
Every sheet, legend, schedule, symbol, detail, and dimension. Concrete and masonry scopes come back with a reference to where they were found.
03
Audit and cross-check
Quantities are audited against a 14-section master estimator checklist. Every number is cross-checked. Anything uncertain is flagged green, yellow, or red, with the sheet and detail. Nothing is silently skipped.
04
Export to Excel
A workbook for the estimate: concrete in cubic yards, rebar in pounds, CMU block counts, formwork in square feet, embeds and anchors, piles, tie and grade beams, and renovation demo, repair, and new. Each line is traceable.
02Scope
What it quantifies today.
Live coverage is structural concrete and masonry. Concrete comes back in cubic yards. Rebar in pounds. CMU as a block count. Formwork in square feet. Embeds, anchors, and piles as counts. Tie beams and grade beams stay on their own lines. Renovation is split into demo, repair, and new.
CSI 03
Footings
Spread, continuous, and pile caps.
CY · Form SF · Rebar LBS
CSI 03
Grade & tie beams
Grade beams and tie beams, kept on their own lines.
CY · LF · Rebar LBS
CSI 03
Slabs
Slab on grade and elevated slabs, thickness taken from the drawings.
CY · SF
CSI 03
Columns
Vertical elements from the column schedule and the plan.
CY · Rebar LBS
CSI 03
Beams
Framed beams, separate from grade and tie beams.
CY · LF · Rebar LBS
CSI 03
Walls
Cast-in-place concrete walls.
CY · SF · Rebar LBS
CSI 04
CMU
Concrete masonry by wall type, returned as a block count.
EA · SF
CSI 04
Lintels & bond beams
Lintels and bond beams called on the plans and details.
LF · EA · Rebar LBS
CSI 03 · 04
Rebar
Reinforcement by size and location, in pounds.
LBS
CSI 03
Embeds & anchors
Plates, anchors, and bolts from the schedules and details.
EA
CSI 03
Piles
Piles, and the caps that land on them.
EA · LF
CSI 03
Stairs
Concrete stairs from the plan and the section.
CY
CSI 03
Formwork
Contact area for the concrete that has to be formed.
SF
CSI 03 · 04
Renovation
Demo, repair, and new quantities for concrete and masonry, kept separate. Other existing-conditions scopes are not live.
CY · SF · LF · EA
03Roadmap
Coming next. No dates.
TakeoffIQ is built to cover every trade and CSI division. Concrete and masonry are live. Everything else on this index is not. A division moves to live only when a quantity can be traced the way those two can — no guessing, nothing skipped. No schedule is published.
Live now
CSI 03
Concrete
Live
Structural concrete: footings through stairs, plus rebar, formwork, embeds, anchors, and piles.
CSI 04
Masonry
Live
CMU, lintels, and bond beams, with block counts and the reinforcement that belongs to the wall.
Coming next
CSI 31–33
Site & civil
Coming next
Earthwork, exterior improvements, and utilities. Piles that are part of the structural set are already covered with concrete.
CSI 05
Metals
Coming next
Structural steel and miscellaneous metals. Embeds and anchors that sit in concrete are already live with concrete — this division is the steel itself.
CSI 06
Wood framing
Coming next
Wood framing, and the rest of wood, plastics, and composites when that read is traceable.
CSI 07
Thermal & moisture
Coming next
Insulation, roofing, air barriers, and the rest of thermal and moisture protection.
CSI 08
Openings
Coming next
Doors, frames, windows, and glazing.
CSI 09
Finishes
Coming next
Partitions, ceilings, flooring, and paint.
Coming next · MEP
CSI 21
Fire suppression
Coming next
Sprinklers and suppression, once a quantity can be traced to the sheet.
CSI 22
Plumbing
Coming next
Domestic water, sanitary, and storm.
CSI 23
HVAC
Coming next
Duct, piping, and equipment.
CSI 26
Electrical
Coming next
Power, lighting, and gear.
Coming next · beyond
CSI
The rest of MasterFormat
Coming next
Specialties, equipment, furnishings, conveying, communications, electronic safety, and every division not named above. Same rule: live only when the quantity is traceable.
04Accuracy
Every number is a claim you can open.
TakeoffIQ audits the takeoff against a 14-section master estimator checklist and cross-checks every number. A section that does not clear becomes a yellow or red flag with a place to look. The checklist is not a silent pass.
- green
Supported
The drawings and the cross-check agree. The sheet and detail are on the line, so a reviewer can still open the source.
- yellow
Confirm
Readable, but uncertain — a conflict, a partial dimension, an unclear limit. Left open for a person. Not closed by assumption.
- red
Blocked
Missing, contradictory, or not readable enough to quantify. The line stays on the export. It is not skipped, and it is not guessed.
Sample trace · not a project record
Anchor bolt, 3/4" × 12"
48 EA
Sheet S-301Column schedule
Schedule mark AB-2 is on the schedule and not on the column plan.
The line stays on the export. The count is not dropped, and it is not replaced with a guess.
The hand check
Flags are the order of review. TakeoffIQ does not close a yellow or red item by filling in a number. A person opens the drawing, confirms what the cross-check could not, and the line is still there when they do.
01
Open the reference
Every line names the sheet and, where the drawings give one, the detail. That is the first place a reviewer looks.
02
Red, then yellow
The note says what failed the cross-check. Those items are the hand check. Green is not a substitute for having a source.
03
Leave the line in
A finished export is not one with the hard items removed. If TakeoffIQ cannot support a number, the gap stays visible.
05Sample export
The workbook, not a black box.
An excerpt of a fictional workbook. These figures are illustrative. They are not a project record, not a customer result, and not a promise about any set you upload. The lines in the hero are the same sample.
Excel workbook
TakeoffIQ_sample.xlsx
Sheet · Concrete & masonry
Project label: SAMPLE. Not a project record. Do not treat the excerpt as a full takeoff.
| Item | Qty | Unit | Sheet | Detail | Flag | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spread footing F1, 4'-0" × 4'-0" × 1'-0" | 7.1 | CY | S-101 | 3/S-501 | green | Plan count matches footing schedule F1. |
| Grade beam GB1, 18" × 24" | 9.6 | CY | S-101 | 5/S-501 | green | Length taken from the dimension string on S-101. |
| Tie beam TB1, 12" × 16" | 4.4 | CY | S-102 | 2/S-502 | green | Kept separate from grade beams. |
| Slab on grade, 5" | 64.8 | CY | S-101 | — | yellow | Dimension string is incomplete along grid C. |
| 8" CMU, wall type W2 | 1,264 | EA | A-201 | W2/A-601 | green | Wall type from A-601. Length from A-201. |
| Bond beam, 8", (2) #5 | 186 | LF | S-201 | 2/S-601 | yellow | Height callout differs between the plan and the detail. |
| #5 rebar, footings and grade beams | 4,120 | LBS | S-501 | FTG sched. | green | Size and length from the footing schedule. |
| Formwork, walls and beams | 3,320 | SF | S-201 | — | green | Contact area. Openings deducted where the drawings show them. |
| Anchor bolt, 3/4" × 12" | 48 | EA | S-301 | Col. sched. | red | Mark AB-2 is on the schedule and not on the column plan. Line kept. |
| Auger cast pile, 14" | 18 | EA | S-001 | Pile sched. | green | Count matches the pile schedule. |
| Demo, remove 4" slab on grade | 640 | SF | AD-101 | — | yellow | Hatch limit is unclear at the existing wall. |
Swipe sideways to read the flag and the note.
06FAQ
Questions worth asking before a takeoff tool.
What does TakeoffIQ take off today?+
Structural concrete and masonry: footings, grade and tie beams, slabs, columns, beams, walls, CMU, lintels and bond beams, rebar, embeds and anchors, piles, stairs, formwork, and renovation demo, repair, and new quantities for that work. If a scope is not listed as live, it is not being taken off.
Is this only a concrete tool?+
No. TakeoffIQ is a full-takeoff platform, built division by division. Concrete (CSI 03) and masonry (CSI 04) are live. Other divisions are shown as coming next. A division is marked live only when its quantities are traceable the same way. No dates are published.
How large a plan set can I upload?+
Plan sets up to 1 GB, including sets with hundreds of sheets.
What does it actually read?+
Every sheet, legend, schedule, symbol, detail, and dimension in the set. Quantities for the live scopes are tied back to where they were found.
What do green, yellow, and red mean?+
Green means the drawings and the cross-check agree. Yellow means the item is readable but uncertain and needs a person to confirm it. Red means the item is missing, contradictory, or not readable enough to quantify. Red and yellow lines stay on the export. Nothing is silently skipped.
Does it guess when a dimension is missing?+
No. If a number cannot be supported, it is flagged and kept visible, with the sheet and detail. TakeoffIQ does not fill the gap.
What is the 14-section checklist?+
Every takeoff is audited against a 14-section master estimator checklist, and every number is cross-checked. A section that does not clear becomes a yellow or red flag with a place to look. The checklist is not a silent pass.
What is the hand check?+
The export is built to be checked by a person. Review starts with red, then yellow. Each line carries its sheet and detail reference so the drawing can be opened next to the number. Green lines keep that reference too.
What is in the Excel file?+
A workbook of the live scopes: quantity, unit, sheet, detail, flag, and note. Concrete in cubic yards, rebar in pounds, CMU as a block count, formwork in square feet, embeds and anchors, piles, tie and grade beams, and renovation demo, repair, and new.
Who builds it?+
Magnum Construction Services, a Florida certified general contractor, CGC1509043.
How do I get access?+
Use Request access on this page. It opens an email to mike@magnumcs.com. Nothing is stored on this site. If you already have a login, use Sign in.
07Access
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