AI HVAC Takeoff Software for Houston Mechanical Contractors
Houston's mechanical contractors bid a high volume of cooling-driven work — commercial, healthcare, and a deep industrial and petrochemical base — in one of North America's hottest, most humid climates. Drawing sets are large, the air-side systems are substantial, and the bid pipeline rarely slows down.
DuctIQ is AI HVAC takeoff software that reads a mechanical PDF and measures the ductwork for you, returning fittings and equipment in a reviewable, Excel-ready takeoff — so estimators keep up with the volume without burning hours tracing duct.
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Built for hot-humid, cooling-driven Gulf Coast systems
Houston's climate puts cooling and dehumidification at the centre of design: large air handlers, generous supply and return distribution, and significant outside-air and exhaust systems for commercial, healthcare, and industrial facilities. The result is dense, fitting-heavy mechanical sets that are slow to take off by hand.
DuctIQ measures every run at the drawing's scale, separates supply, return, and exhaust, counts the fittings, and reads the equipment schedules — returning quantities grouped the way a Houston estimator bids. It reads the mechanical PDF directly, so any consultant's drawing set works without special preparation.
- Handles large cooling-driven air handlers and distribution.
- Measures heavy outside-air and exhaust systems.
- Counts dense fitting loads and pulls equipment from the schedules.
- Exports to Excel/CSV for pricing.
From mechanical PDF to bid-ready takeoff in Houston
The workflow is the same whether you bid one trade or many: upload the mechanical set, let DuctIQ read and measure it, review the line items, and export. For a Houston estimator that means the rote hours of scaling and counting collapse into a short review, and the time you save goes back into pricing and bid strategy.
- Upload an Texas mechanical PDF — vector or scanned.
- AI traces the duct runs and separates supply, return, and exhaust by size.
- Fittings are counted and equipment is pulled from the schedules.
- Review the reviewable line items; low-confidence reads are flagged.
- Export to Excel or CSV straight into your pricing workbook.
Run your first takeoff free
Upload a mechanical PDF and get a reviewable ductwork, fittings, and equipment takeoff you can export to Excel. No credit card to try your first drawing.
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Frequently asked questions
Is DuctIQ a fit for Houston commercial and industrial work?
Yes. Large cooling-driven systems with heavy distribution and dense fittings are exactly what's slow to take off by hand; DuctIQ measures every run at scale and returns the quantities grouped by system and size.
Does it need a special export from my engineer's drawings?
No. DuctIQ reads the mechanical PDF directly — vector or scanned — so any consultant's set works. It measures the ductwork and pulls equipment from the schedules.
How does it handle large multi-page Houston drawing sets?
It classifies the mechanical sheets in a multi-page set automatically and runs the takeoff across them, then surfaces every quantity as a reviewable line item.
Do I still control the final numbers?
Yes. Every quantity is reviewable and low-confidence reads are flagged for you to confirm against the drawings before bidding.