On Dec. 15, Autodesk announced that it is acquiring ProEst, a cloud-based estimating tool that enables construction teams to create estimates, perform digital takeoffs, generate reports and proposals and manage bid-day processes. Autodesk said it plans to integrate ProEst into Autodesk Construction Cloud, a unified group of construction technologies it offers via its cloud-based platform.
ProEst's customers include Geisinger, O’Brien Construction, Vantis and Oswald, and most of those customers use it to translate project scope and turn drawings, specifications and 3D models directly into material, labor and equipment cost estimates. It's also used by large construction owners that create their own estimates in conjunction with their contractors.