You're bidding jobs every month with no full-time estimator. You're tired of underbidding and buying work that kills your schedule. DirtIQ gives you tight, defensible numbers in 72 hours — so you can protect your margins and win the right jobs.
You didn't start your company to work for free. But every time you underbid a job, that's exactly what happens. DirtIQ delivers estimating built by people who self-perform sitework — real unit costs from real machines, not national averages that have never seen your soil conditions.
Submit Your ProjectSend the plans and get a finished estimate back. No software to learn, no seat to pay for, nothing to set up — this is the core of what DirtIQ does.
For contractors who estimate in-house, the same method is being built into software — takeoff on the plans, price from your own cost library, send a branded proposal. It is in early access while we harden it on real bids.
Fee depends on the size and scope of the plan set, so we quote it before any work starts. You send the drawings, we confirm the scope and the fee in writing, and nothing begins until you approve it. There is no charge for the scope review itself.
The plan set, any specifications or geotechnical report you have, and the bid date. If you have a bid form or a scope letter from the GC, send that too — it tells us what you are actually being asked to price.
Most estimates come back within 72 hours of scope confirmation. Very large or unusually complex plan sets can take longer, and we tell you that up front rather than after you are already waiting on it.
From self-performed sitework, not national cost databases. The rates come from crews and machines that actually do this work, adjusted to the market the job is in — which is why the numbers hold up when you take them to bid.
We estimate for contractors across the entire country. The company is based in the Southeast, and every estimate is priced to the market the job is actually in — local sub rates, haul distances, and soil conditions, not a national average.
Both. We take the quantities off your plans and price them, and you get the line-item breakdown behind the number — so you can defend it at a scope review instead of just handing over a total.
No. Most of our work is done-for-you estimating — you send plans and we send back a finished estimate, with no software involved. The DirtIQ app is there for contractors who would rather run their own numbers, and it is in early access. You can use either one, or move from one to the other.
Still have a question? Call 910.420.0154 and talk to the person who will be running your numbers.
You're bidding jobs every month. Let DirtIQ handle the numbers so you can focus on running the work — not guessing at it.