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Earthwork Walkthroughs & Tools
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AGTEK Earthwork takeoffs, ETU Estimate™, ETU Hyperlink, GPS Models, and Construction Estimating and more!
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Quick Take-off Hints. Real Projects.
Allen walks through an AGTEK earthwork projects
Learn how to perform accurate take-offs
Pull up a chair. Come join me!
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Intro to AES - AGTEK Earthwork Takeoff Walkthrough.
Setting up the Google Earth file. Look at ETU Estimate™ and ETU Hyperlink.
Earthwork Take-off - Quick, Accurate, Inexpensive
See what comes with an AES earthwork takeoff. AGTEK, CAD, quantities, and files ready to share.
Branded deliverables in a secure Dropbox.
How I Bid Jobs - Construction Estimating
See how I review a job from plans to final bid.
I walk through real bids, scope, exclusions, and proposal setup. See how ETU Estimate helps organize the estimating process.
AGTEK - Takeoff Review - It Was Bad!
A takeoff sent by someone asking to work with me.
I found problems almost immediately and walk through what went wrong.
Bid Review by Chief Estimator. Proposal and bid, item by item.
I went through proposal, reviewed bid items. Used FREE AI Summary. See the download below!
AGTEK FAST Take-off — Existing
See how I build an existing surface fast in AGTEK.
Plan setup, CAD data, grade breaks, and a final 3D check.
Estimating Tools & Calculators
Haul Study Program
Build haul routes from your cut and fill quantities, distances, and grades. Enter data manually or import horizontal slice data from AGTEK. The program calculates loaded and empty travel times, cycle times, production, and estimated working hours.
FREE BETA AVAILABLE - CHECK IT OUT
Retaining Wall Backfill Calculator
Pick the image that matches your situation & enter your wall heights, back cut, and slopes. It calculates the backfill yardage, broken into dirt, rock, and dirt cap, per wall and for the job.
FAST & POWERFUL TOOL - MUST CHECK IT OUT!!!
AI Soils Summary
Free and simple. Drop this file into whatever AI you already use, along with your soils report, and company logo.
It hands back a clean Word summary that tells you everything you need to know about the report, every line referenced to its page in the original PDF file.
Earthwork Shrinkage Calculator
Free and simple. Put in your in-place densities, your max density, and the compaction required. It calculates shrink or bulk on each boring and the project average
Coming soon:
🔧 Trench Calculator Pipe trench excavation, pipe zone material, spoils, and backfill quantities. Includes excavator production rates by machine.
🔧 Water volume Calculator Gallons of water needed to bring overexcavated material to optimum moisture for compaction.
More tools being added.