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Leadership TrackTuesday, Sept 15 · 1:00 – 1:45 PMTaught by Aaron Libner

More Bids. Better Margins. Construction Takeoffs With AI.

Every hour your estimator spends counting is an hour they aren't pricing the next job. Turn plans into checked quantities faster — and protect the margin before the number goes out.

Save $500 — register by August 31, 2026

About This Session

Bid more work without gambling your margin. Put a real plan set on screen and watch AI turn the current sheets and addenda into reviewable counts, lengths, areas, and assemblies — with every quantity linked back to its source. Your estimator verifies scale, units, gaps, and low-confidence items before anything moves into pricing.

What We'll Cover

  • Draw the line: a takeoff measures scope — it is not yet an estimate or a bid
  • Intake check: plans, specifications, addenda, drawing dates, scale, and units
  • Live takeoff: AI extracts counts, lengths, areas, and assemblies with sheet references
  • Revision check: compare sheets and addenda, flag quantity changes and scope gaps
  • Estimator verification: spot-check measurements, resolve uncertainty, document exclusions
  • Export a standardized quantity inventory with its source trail

You Leave With

A checked, source-linked quantity takeoff and the review checklist to trust it

Who Should Attend

Construction company owners and estimators who turn down bids because there aren't enough estimating hours in the week. A real plan set goes on screen, and AI extracts reviewable counts, lengths, areas, and assemblies — with your estimator staying in charge of verification.

Part of a Full Day of Hands-On AI Training

This workshop is one of 20 at the AI Business Retreat — a one-day, hands-on AI training for business at The Island in Spooner, Wisconsin, within driving distance of Minneapolis–St. Paul, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Duluth, and Hudson. Can't make the drive? Every session, including this one, streams live for remote attendees.

Your Instructor

Aaron Libner

Aaron Libner

Certified AIBMM Executive Coach

President, Coulee Tech — Eau Claire Market

Aaron helps business leaders simplify technology and use AI and cybersecurity to grow with confidence. Known for an engaging, “non-geek speak” style, he presents across the Midwest to owners, sales teams, and non-profit boards.

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All six instructors are on site for the whole day — the hallway, the working lunch, and the evening social are part of what you registered for.

Session Details

When
Tuesday, Sept 15, 2026 · 1:00 – 1:45 PM
Instructor
Aaron Libner
Track
Leadership Track
Where
The Island · Spooner, WI (or attend live remote)
Who it's for
Built for construction owners and estimators
Price
In person $995$495 · Remote $250

Save $500 — register by August 31, 2026

One registration covers the full retreat — every session, every track.

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Construction Takeoffs With AI — Questions & Answers

AI can extract counts, linear measurements, areas, and assemblies from plan sets fast — with every quantity linked back to its source sheet. Accuracy comes from the workflow around it: intake checks on scale and addenda, revision comparison, and estimator verification of low-confidence items before anything moves to pricing. This session demonstrates that full checked-takeoff workflow on a real plan set, not a black-box price guess.
No — it changes what they spend hours on. Counting and measuring is the part AI accelerates; scope judgment, unusual assemblies, addenda interpretation, and final verification stay with your estimator. Every hour not spent counting is an hour spent pricing the next opportunity, which is how AI takeoffs turn into more bids at protected margins.
Aaron Libner teaches this workshop at the AI Business Retreat. Aaron Libner — President, Coulee Tech — Eau Claire Market. All six instructors are on site for the full day, so you can also find them between sessions and at the working lunch.
This workshop is part of the AI Business Retreat on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at The Island in Spooner, Wisconsin. One registration covers the full day — all 20 sessions across the Leadership, Sales & Marketing, and Builder tracks, including this one. In person is $495 through August 31, 2026 (then $995), working lunch included; attending live online is $250. Seats are limited.

This session is one of twenty.

One registration covers the whole day — every track, every workshop, the working lunch, and your written 90-day roadmap. Sept 15, 2026 · The Island, Spooner WI.

Save $500 — register by August 31, 2026