How the number gets made.
Every Daylight takeoff goes through the same process. Here's the whole thing, start to finish.
The division of labor
AI is fast at finding things and bad at judgment. A foreman is the opposite. The method uses each for what it’s good at.
AI reads the documents — every sheet, schedule, and callout — and assembles the takeoff: it finds the systems, organizes the openings, summarizes the scope, and flags anything that doesn’t add up. What it never does is invent a quantity. If a dimension isn’t labeled, AI doesn’t scale the drawing to guess it. It flags it, and I measure it or chase it down.
Then I approve every line before it ships. The AI builds the takeoff. I'm the gate it can't get past.
The process
Fit check
Not every job is a fit. The scope gets checked against TODOkill criteria — owner to supply before anything else. If it's not glazing, or the documents can't support an accurate count, you hear that on day one, not after you've paid.
Document organization
Every sheet, elevation, and schedule gets sorted and cross-referenced. Door and window schedules get matched to plan callouts so nothing is counted twice and nothing is missed.
System assembly
Each opening gets matched to its specified framing system TODOoptional: name systems, e.g. Kawneer / YKK, so the takeoff reflects what's actually drawn, not a generic guess.
Quantity takeoff
Counts and dimensions come from the schedules and labeled dimensions. Anything unlabeled gets flagged and measured or verified — never scaled blind.
QC pass
Every takeoff runs against a standing checklist (see below).
Scope & exclusions
The deliverable ships with a page stating exactly what's in and what's out.
Quality control
Most takeoff errors aren’t random — they’re the same handful of mistakes, over and over. So we keep a list of them and check every takeoff against it: missed transoms, width and height transposed, bulkheads subtracted twice, thresholds counted twice. TODOoptional: second look from a field-experience check — owner to supply
The point isn’t to claim the count is never wrong. It’s that we’re systematic about catching it before you bid it.
Scope and exclusions
Every takeoff ships with a scope and exclusions page. In plain terms: what's included in the count, and what isn't — so there's no gap between what you think you're bidding and what you're actually bidding.
Get a number
Send the plan set and scope.
24–48 hour turnaround, depending on schedule. Inquire to book.