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5 MIN READ · JUN 2026

The missed-structure problem, and how to never have it

A single skipped catch basin can cost a bid. Here is how a second independent read catches it.

Precast estimating has always been a reading problem before it is a math problem. The numbers are easy once you know what is on the sheet. The hard part is finding every structure across a full civil set, plan, profile, and detail, and knowing what each one is.

That is the work ARC does first. It reads the drawings the way an estimator does, identifies every structure, and pulls the size, depth, connections, inverts, and load ratings straight off the sheet. Then it prices each one from your catalog and your numbers.

You stay in the loop the whole way. Estimators review, PEs stamp, and nothing leaves the system without your sign-off. ARC removes the retyping and the waiting, not the judgment.

$40K
the headline number
21 / 21
structures on the benchmark run
<1 day
plan to takeoff

See it on your plans.

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