System for preparing construction project bids

A method for determining construction project bid information, comprising the steps of:

• providing a task database containing a plurality of tasks;
• receiving drawing data for the construction project, the drawing data including lines;
• identifying one or more lines in the drawing data as walls;
• mapping the identified walls to tasks in the task database to form project elements;
• and
• determining a construction cost for each project element based at least in part on an amount of required labor for the respective mapped task and labor rate data.

A system for determining construction project bid information, comprising:

• a task database containing a plurality of tasks;
• means for receiving drawing data for the construction project, the drawing data including lines;
• means for identifying one or more lines in the drawing data as walls;
• means for mapping the identified walls to tasks in the task database to form project elements;
• and
• means for determining a construction cost for each project element based at least in part on an amount of required labor for the respective mapped task and labor rate data.

A system for preparing a construction bid, comprising:

• a server configured to receive drawing data via the Internet;
• a task database accessible by the server and containing a plurality of tasks, each task requiring an amount of labor and an amount of material;
• a labor cost database accessible by the server and containing labor rate data;
• a material cost database accessible by the server and containing material cost data;
• a mapping module configured to map the drawing data to tasks in the task database to form project elements, each project element having a construction cost based on the amount of required labor, the labor rate data, the amount of required material, and the material cost data;
• and
• a compiling module configured to compile the project elements to determine a total project cost.

Computer code for determining construction project bid information, the computer code comprising:

• code for providing a task database containing a plurality of tasks;
• code for receiving drawing data for the construction project, the drawing data including lines;
• code for identifying one or more lines in the drawing data as walls;
• code for mapping the identified walls to tasks in the task database to form project elements;
• and
• code for determining a construction cost for each project element based at least in part on an amount of required labor for the respective mapped task and labor rate data.

Computer code for determining construction project bid information, the computer code comprising:

• code for providing a task database containing a plurality of tasks, each task including a required labor amount;
• code for providing a database of labor rate data;
• code for receiving drawing data for the construction project, the drawing data including structures;
• code for mapping the structures to tasks in the task database to form project elements;
• code for determining a construction cost for each project element based at least in part on the required labor amount for the respective mapped task and labor rate data;
• and
• code for compiling the construction costs of the project elements to obtain a total cost.