AI HVAC Takeoff Software for Montreal Mechanical Contractors
Montreal's mechanical market blends dense urban retrofit, institutional work, and commercial new-build across a cold, heating-dominated climate. Estimators here juggle a steady stream of sets — often under the Quebec Construction Code and RBQ practice — while turning bids around quickly.
DuctIQ is AI HVAC takeoff software that reads a Quebec mechanical PDF and measures the ductwork for you, returning fittings and equipment in a reviewable takeoff you export to Excel — so the slow part of estimating stops being the bottleneck.
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Tuned for cold-climate, heating-driven Quebec work
Montreal's long, cold winters make heating capacity and distribution the centre of gravity in most mechanical sets — substantial supply ductwork, perimeter distribution, and make-up air for commercial and institutional spaces. Retrofit work in the city's older building stock adds tight, irregular layouts that are tedious to scale by hand.
DuctIQ measures all of it at the drawing's scale, separates supply, return, and exhaust, counts the fittings, and pulls equipment from the schedules. It reads the mechanical PDF directly, so sets prepared to the Quebec Construction Code work without any special export.
- Handles heating-driven supply distribution and make-up air systems.
- Works on tight, irregular retrofit layouts common in older Montreal stock.
- Counts fittings and reads equipment schedules automatically.
- Exports to Excel/CSV for pricing.
From mechanical PDF to bid-ready takeoff in Montreal
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 Montreal 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 Quebec 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
Does DuctIQ work with Quebec mechanical drawings?
Yes. It reads the mechanical PDF directly, whatever standard the design follows under the Quebec Construction Code. It measures ductwork, counts fittings, and pulls equipment from the schedules into a reviewable takeoff.
Can it handle Montreal retrofit drawings?
Yes. Tight, irregular retrofit layouts in older building stock are slow to scale by hand; DuctIQ traces and measures the runs at scale and flags anything it's unsure about for review.
Is the interface and output usable for a Quebec estimator?
The takeoff comes back as structured line items — duct by system and size, fittings, and equipment — exported to standard Excel/CSV that drops into your own pricing workbook.
How much time does it save?
The measuring that takes hours by hand is processed in minutes; your remaining time is review. That lets a Montreal shop bid more work without adding headcount.