“Without LIFT, I don't think we ever would have even tried to take on that job. But because we had it, we knew we could use it to shortcut the process. And that's exactly what we did. But because we had it, we knew we could use it to shortcut the process. And that's exactly what we did.”

— Troy Ernst, Vice President of Estimating at King Steel

Background

King Steel was founded in Lawrenceville, GA, in the 1990's specializing in structural steel fabrication for clients in the southeast United States. In 2018, Marvin Brown and Gabe Tilley took over leadership sought to expand the company and increasingly serve its customer base. This year King Steel will transition from a 70K sq ft. fabrication facility to 100K sq ft. fabrication facility and is well suited to expand its estimating capacity. With estimating as a bottleneck, King Steel sought to implement innovative solutions across their workflows that would enhance their operational efficiency, with the aim of optimizing their fabrication capacity and improving the company's profitability.

Solution

Manual material take-offs are time-consuming, requiring hours of meticulous counting and data entry. Automated MTOs drastically reduce the time spent on these tasks by leveraging advanced algorithms and machine learning to quickly and accurately extract data from construction drawings. This time savings allows project managers and construction professionals to focus on more strategic and value-added activities, ultimately speeding up the entire project timeline.