Early-Stage Estimates Don’t Have to Take Days or Weeks
Flash AI Estimating helps you generate early-stage estimates faster by replacing manual workflows with an estimating-specific AI approach designed for speed, consistency and reliable outputs.
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What You Can Expect With Every Conversation and Estimate
Outputs you can review, share and defend, without writing a separate narrative from scratch.
Traceable line items you can review quickly
Early-stage costs organized into verifiable line elements powered by RSMeans Data.
- Clear cost structure for review and reuse
- Designed for early approvals and feasibility decisions
- Faster revisions when scope changes
Project summary you can export and hand off
Captures scope, assumptions and recommended refinements, plus how inputs were interpreted.
- Assumptions are explicit, not buried in emails
- Guidance on gaps, unclear scope and next best refinements
- Useful for review, approvals and internal handoffs
Detailed Estimating
Port the estimate into Gordian Cloud Platform to review, adjust and complete manual refinement as details firm up.
- Keep data intact as you move from early-stage to detailed
- Support review cycles as scope matures
- Maintain continuity across versions
Built for Real Estimating Scenarios
- When You Need an Estimate Quickly
- When You’re Short-Staffed
- When You Have Limited Project Information
- When Designs Keep Changing
Feasibility, early budget, quick validation
Generate a reliable early-stage estimate quickly, then export the estimate and project summary so that assumptions are clear for reviewers.
- Fast estimate generation when time is the constraint
- Assumptions documented for review
- Refine later without starting over
Your Data is Always Secure
At Gordian, we are committed to the responsible use of AI. For more information on how we keep your data secure when you use our AI capabilities, read our full AI Transparency Statement.
How is Flash Al Estimating Packaged and Priced?
- Estimate generation: 10 estimates per month
- Conversation limits: Unlimited conversations, 40 messages per conversation
- Cost data access: Commercial New Construction Library
- Features available: Intelligent Chat, Rapid Estimating, Gordian Cloud Platform Integration, Document Analysis, Exporting
- Estimate generation: 50 estimates per month
- Conversation limits: Unlimited conversations, Unlimited messages per conversation
- Cost data access: Commercial New Construction Library
- Features available: Intelligent Chat, Rapid Estimating, Gordian Cloud Platform Integration, Document Analysis, Exporting
FAQ
Specs, plans, scopes of work, RFPs and other supporting PDFs.
Flash AI Estimating is grounded in RSMeans Data, so estimates are built from a trusted construction cost database rather than generic internet sources.
It is highly recommended to have an RSMeans Data Online subscription.
Yes. You can start with a written scope or basic project description. Flash AI uses that input to build an initial estimate. If you have plans or specs, you can add them to improve detail and accuracy.
Yes. Flash AI offers a free trial so you can test it with your own projects and see how it fits your workflow.
Each estimate includes more than just costs. Flash AI also generates a project summary and explanation of what was included, so you can understand how the estimate was built and review it with confidence.
Try Flash AI on a real project this week
Upload your documents, guide scope in chat and review the estimate plus project summary with your team.
Gordian Flash™ AI Estimating
Cost Estimates Generated in a Flash
Flash AI Estimating reviews your construction documents and chats with you to rapidly generate early-stage cost estimates powered by RSMeans™ Data. Upload your docs, chat with Flash AI Estimating and quickly produce traceable, defensible estimates for construction work.
No credit card required
Faster Estimates. Enhanced Confidence.
Early-stage construction estimating is slow, manual and highly variable. Flash AI Estimating helps you generate unique, project specific early-stage estimates in a fraction of the time.
With Flash AI Estimating, every estimate is:
- Generated significantly faster than manual methods
- Unique to your project inputs, reducing variability
- Built directly from your RSMeans Data catalogs for traceability and reuse
What Estimators Are Saying
Your Data is Always Secure
At Gordian, we are committed to the responsible use of AI. For more information on how we keep your data secure when you use our AI capabilities, read our full AI Transparency Statement.
How it Works
1. Upload your documents
Add PDFs like specs, plans, scopes of work and RFPs to support estimate creation.
2. Interact through intelligent chat
Use natural language to guide Flash’s decisions, refine scope and shape the estimate.
3. Generate rapid estimates
Flash AI Estimating produces estimates built from traceable, verifiable cost line elements — making review and approval easier.
Built for Real Estimating Scenarios
- When you need an estimate quickly
Flash AI Estimating allows you to create high-level estimates in a matter of minutes, not hours or days. Do more in less time. - When you’re short-staffed
Don’t have the staff to take on extra projects? Flash AI Estimating can help you analyze documents and produce estimates even when your team is lean. - When you have little project information
Generate early-stage estimates quickly, even when detailed comps aren’t available, so you can move from feasibility to bid with confidence. - When designs keep changing
Rapidly generate revised estimates and track changes over time without rebuilding everything manually.
A Reliable AI Assistant From a Reputable Source
Not all AI assistants are created equal. With Flash AI Estimating, you get an intelligent and user-friendly AI assistant specifically trained for construction using RSMeans Data, so you never have to doubt the integrity of your line items.