Welcome to The Estimator’s Edge — Meet EngEst Pro
Estimating is where a lot of engineering work quietly goes wrong — a missed line item, an out-of-date rate, a spreadsheet that breaks the week before a bid is due. EngEst Pro exists to make that part fast, consistent, and defensible. This newsletter is the field guide that goes with it.
What EngEst Pro is
EngEst Pro is a web-based engineering estimator and Bill of Quantities generator. You enter a project’s scope discipline by discipline, and it returns a priced, categorised BOQ — with the calculations, the material quantities, and the commercial layers all in one place. It runs in the browser; there is nothing to install.
The 8 calculators
| Calculator | What it does |
|---|---|
| Electrical | Connected & demand load, cable sizing per PEC, panel schedule, transformer and genset sizing |
| EE Tools | Wire sizing, voltage drop, conduit fill, motor circuits, grounding — quick standalone checks |
| Plumbing / Sanitary | Pipe sizing by Hunter’s Method, drainage and vent sizing, pumps, fixtures, fittings |
| Structural | Concrete volume, rebar and bar bending schedule, formwork, CHB walls, footings |
| Solar PV | Array sizing from load or bills, inverter and battery sizing, mounting, protection, 25-year financials |
| Civil | Cut & fill volumes, swell/shrinkage, trenching, road pavement layers, drainage |
| FDAS / Fire | Detector spacing per NFPA 72, notification devices, FACP battery calc, BFP-ready BOM |
| Painting | Area takeoff per BS 6150, coats and coverage, ISO 12944 coating systems, labour |
Beyond the calculators
- AI Plan Analyzer — upload a plan PDF and get a structured Bill of Materials to review and import.
- Auto Design — upload a floor plan and get a first-pass electrical layout, circuit schedule, and BOM.
- Bidding suite — consolidate every discipline into one project, add subcontractor bids and site overhead, set contingency and profit, and export a formal quotation PDF.
- Progress Billing & Change Orders — bill against the same BOQ you estimated from, and log every variation.
- Material Database — 80+ materials at real prices, fully editable, with custom categories and units.
- 20+ currencies — pick the project country and the whole estimate is priced for the client.
Who it’s for
Practising engineers, estimators, quantity surveyors, and contractors — from a single practitioner pricing a residential fit-out to a firm tendering multi-discipline buildings. If you produce or check estimates, it is built for you.
Start free
The free plan gives you all 8 calculators, 5 projects a month, the material database, 20+ currencies, and PDF BOQ export — no credit card, no time limit. Paid plans add AI takeoff, Excel export, the formal quotation, and more projects.
What this newsletter sends you
The Estimator’s Edge is a library of standards-based guides — how to size a feeder to the PEC, how to take off rebar, how to build a bid summary, how net metering changes a solar design. Each one explains the method and the code behind it, then shows how EngEst Pro does it automatically. New guides land every few days. There are already 100 in the archive — browse them any time.
Every guide in this newsletter maps to something EngEst Pro does for you. Create a free account and run your first estimate in under 10 minutes — all 8 calculators, 5 projects a month, PDF BOQ export, no credit card.
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Create a free EngEst Pro account — 5 projects a month, all 8 calculators, PDF BOQ export. No credit card required.
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