Bankyard reads the engineer’s plan set sheet by sheet and writes your dirt, pipe and concrete takeoff. Every quantity shows the sheet it came from, ready to price and send as a proposal.
Works from the PDF the engineer sends · on your phone or at your desk
Reads the whole set, not just the sheet you’re looking at.
Bankyard is built for the contractor who digs it, lays it and pours it. It takes off the items you price, in the units you price them in.
Mass grading, pads and the site balance, with swell and shrink built in.
Storm, sanitary, water and fire, by size and material, with trench quantities.
Flatwork, curb, foundations and walls, down to yards and rebar.
Your estimator checks the takeoff instead of counting it. Each line says which sheet it came from and how it was figured. Anything read off the drawing is flagged to verify.
| Item | Qty | Sheet | How it was figured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthwork | |||
| Mass excavation | 3,130 CY From plans | C‑100 | Earthwork summary on the cover sheet |
| Strip topsoil 6" | 4,360 CY Measured | C‑201 | Limits of disturbance, 5.40 AC |
| Storm drain | |||
| 15" RCP | 456 LF From plans | C‑301 | 3 labeled runs, 0.50–0.80%, depth from structure table |
| 48" storm manhole | 3 EA From plans | C‑301 | STMH-1 to STMH-3, avg 6.2' rim to invert |
| Concrete | |||
| 24" curb & gutter | 1,480 LF Measured | C‑101 | Curb layer in the engineer’s CAD file |
| Sidewalk 4" | 1,920 SF Check | C‑101 | Read off the drawing at scale |
| Dumpster pad 8" | — Measure | C‑101 | Shown on the plan, size not dimensioned |
Example output from a sample plan set. Your takeoff comes from your plans.
Drop in the PDF set the engineer sent, on your phone or your computer. Big sets are fine.
Sheet numbers, scales, pipe callouts, structure tables, earthwork summaries and CAD layers.
Each quantity links to its sheet. Trace anything on the plan to confirm it, or leave out work you sub out.
Your costs, your overhead, your markup and alternates, out the door as a PDF proposal.
Turn last year’s numbers into the overhead rate each job has to carry, and see what happens if volume drops.
Switch off tilt walls, paving or anything you sub out. The proposal lists it as by others.
Add alternates carry your full markup, so a yes on an alternate doesn’t cost you money.
Your logo, scope by division, exclusions and terms, as a clean PDF ready to send.
Every bid with its due date and status, plus your hit rate and backlog at a glance.
Ask about your numbers in plain English, like “what if trucking goes to $95 an hour?”, and get the answer from your bid.
The PDF plan set the engineer sends: site, grading, utility, paving, erosion control and detail sheets. PDFs exported from CAD read best. Scanned sets work too, with more items flagged to verify.
No. It does the first pass so your estimator can check and price instead of counting. Every quantity shows where it came from, so nothing is a black box.
Pipe shows up on plan sheets and again on profiles. Bankyard counts each run and each structure once, and uses the profiles and structure tables for depths.
Yes. Turn off any kind of work in your company settings. It stays out of your price and shows up on the proposal as by others.
Yes. Upload plans, check quantities and send a proposal from your phone. A bigger screen helps when you trace items on the plan.
Only the people in your company account. Your costs and bids are yours.
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