Bid more of the right jobs without another estimator.
Dimsou sets up AI that reads your incoming bid invites, plans and specs, writes your scope summary, flags bid/no-bid, and preps the takeoff. It connects to the estimating and accounting software you already run. Your estimators price jobs instead of sorting paperwork.
Your estimators are the bottleneck, and they're hard to replace.
Hiring is slow and expensive.
A good estimator costs $100k+ a year loaded, and the good ones take months to find.
Too much of the job is reading, not pricing.
Invites, addenda, spec sections, and drawing sets eat hours before anyone starts a takeoff.
Your systems don't talk.
Bid invites live in email and BuildingConnected, estimates in one tool, jobs and costs in another. Someone re-keys it all.
One workflow, done properly.
We don't sell "AI transformation." We set up one thing: your bid intake and estimating support.
- 01Bid intake.
Invites from email, BuildingConnected and bid platforms land in one queue, with project, GC, location, due date and documents attached.
- 02Scope summary.
For each invite, AI pulls the spec sections and drawings for your trade and writes a one-page summary of scope, alternates, addenda, key dates and red flags.
- 03Bid/no-bid flag.
Each job is scored against your own rules: size, GC, location, schedule, labor availability, past win rate.
- 04Takeoff prep.
Relevant sheets and specs are organized and ready, so your estimator starts on the takeoff, not on the paperwork.
- 05Connected to your stack.
Estimates, awards and job data flow between your estimating, project management and accounting systems, with no re-keying.
A person on your team approves every bid decision. The AI does the reading. Your estimators make the calls.
Here's what your estimator gets on every invite.
An illustrative scope summary, showing the format your team receives.
Elementary school classroom addition and renovation (fictional)
Scope in
- New 1200A, 480/277V switchboard (revised from 1000A in Addendum 1)
- Four panelboards and one 75 kVA dry-type transformer
- LED lighting with networked occupancy and daylight controls
- Fire alarm extension into the addition (confirm if in our package)
Scope out / by others
- Utility transformer and primary (by utility)
- Data cabling, WAPs, security and AV devices (owner's vendor)
- Mechanical control wiring (Div. 23 controls sub)
Alternates & addenda
- Alt 1: LED gym high-bays · Alt 2: generator and ATS · Alt 3: site lighting
- Addendum 1 re-issues switchboard and panel schedules; Addendum 2 extends the RFI deadline
Red flags
- $1,500/day liquidated damages on substantial completion
- Switchgear lead time vs. a 10-week summer install window
- Prevailing wage, and weekend-only shutdowns on an occupied campus
No new platform. We plug into yours.
Estimating
- Accubid
- ConEst
- McCormick
- Trimble Estimation MEP
- FastPIPE
- QuickPen
Bids & PM
- BuildingConnected
- Procore
- Autodesk Build
Accounting / ERP
- Sage 300 CRE
- Viewpoint Vista
- Spectrum
- Foundation
- QuickBooks
Fire protection
- AutoSPRINK
- HydraCAD
Using something else? We work with most tools that can export or connect. Ask us.
- Commercial electrical, mechanical/HVAC, plumbing and fire protection subs
- Roughly 20–200 people
- Bidding several jobs a week
- 1–5 estimators who are stretched
- Hiring (or about to hire) an estimator or project coordinator
- Residential service companies
- Roofing
- General contractors
- Firms that don't bid competitively
Send us one current bid invite.
Share a link to an invite you're looking at now, or tell us where to find the package. We'll send back the scope summary and bid/no-bid flag for your trade, free. If it saves your estimator time, we'll talk. If it doesn't, you've lost nothing.
Fixed scope. Live in weeks.
Free
We run one of your real invites and walk your team through the output.
3–4 weeks
We connect your invite sources and estimating tool, set your bid/no-bid rules, and train your estimators.
Monthly
We monitor, tune and improve it as your bid volume changes.
Fixed setup fee plus a monthly retainer. You'll get a written quote after the free review.
Another estimator, another tool, or one workflow done properly.
Hire another estimator
- Cost$100k+/yr loaded
- Time to valueMonths to hire and ramp
- Knows your tradeYes
- Connects your systemsNo
Generic AI tools
- CostCheap subscription
- Time to valueWeeks to figure out, often never
- Knows your tradeNo
- Connects your systemsRarely
Dimsou
- CostFixed setup + monthly
- Time to valueWeeks
- Knows your tradeSet up for your trade and rules
- Connects your systemsYes
What subcontractors ask us.
Will this replace my estimators?
No. It handles the reading, sorting and prep so your estimators spend their time pricing. Every bid decision stays with your team.
Do we have to change estimating software?
No. We work with the tools you already use. If something can't connect directly, we build around it.
What happens to our plans and specs?
We'll walk you through exactly where your documents go and who can see them before you send anything.
How accurate is it?
It's built to catch scope items, addenda and red flags, but your estimator reviews every summary before it's used. That's the point of the free review: judge it on your own jobs.
How long does setup take?
Usually 3–4 weeks from kickoff, depending on how many tools we connect.
We're union / merit shop / public work only. Does that matter?
No. Your bid/no-bid rules are set up around how you actually bid.
What if we're about to hire an estimator anyway?
Good. Set this up first, and your new hire ramps faster on a cleaner process.
Your next estimator hire can wait a quarter.
Send us one live bid invite. We'll show you what your team would get on every job.