JidokaBIM builds custom software for construction companies (general contractors and specialist subcontractors) that turns the BIM model into numbers the site and the cost department can use: quantity take-off in your own cost codes, a web viewer the site team opens on a tablet, 4D progress colouring from your schedule and automatic work packages per trade. Every project has a fixed price, works with IFC from any authoring tool and is delivered with its source code.
From tender to handover: less retyping, fewer surprises on site, quantities you can defend.
Estimating
Quantity take-off straight from the model
Measured quantities per element, level and cost code, exported to Excel, Presto or your ERP. Re-run it on every model revision instead of re-measuring.
The tool reads the quantities already stored in the IFC or Revit model (IfcElementQuantity, Revit parameters or geometry when quantities are missing), maps each element to your cost codes with rules you can edit, and exports a bill of quantities in the exact layout your estimating team uses. When a new model revision arrives, it shows what changed line by line.
Your cost codes and units
Revision-to-revision diff
Works with any IFC
Site
A model your site team actually opens
A web viewer that runs on a tablet: colour by phase, status or subcontractor, scan a QR on site and see the element’s data. No licences, no installs.
A browser-based viewer built on IFCLite and WebGPU, so it opens large models on a site tablet without installing anything. Foremen can colour the model by phase or subcontractor, open an element from a QR code stuck on site and see its data, drawings and status.
Phone & tablet ready
QR codes on elements
Offline-friendly
Planning
Progress and 4D colouring
Import your schedule (MS Project, Primavera or a CSV), colour the model by planned vs. actual and share a link with the client in the weekly meeting.
Schedule activities are linked to model elements with rules (level, zone, class, any property), so the link survives model revisions. The viewer then colours the model by planned vs. actual progress for any date and keeps weekly snapshots for the client report.
Planned vs. actual
Weekly snapshots
Shareable link
Procurement
Work packages per trade
Split the model into packages with rules, then generate quantities, IFC extracts and drawings per subcontractor automatically.
Define each work package once with rules (for example: all IfcWall with LoadBearing = false on levels 01 to 05) and the tool produces the quantity sheet, an IFC extract and a bid comparison template for every subcontractor in one click.
Rule-based packages
Per-trade IFC files
Bid comparison sheets
Off-the-shelf vs. custom
Why a tool built around your workflow pays back
Need
Off-the-shelf software
Custom tool
Quantities in your own cost codes
Manual mapping in spreadsheets
Rules mapped once, re-run on every revision
Model on site
Desktop viewer licences
Browser link on any tablet, no install
Connection to your ERP / Presto
Copy and paste
Direct export in the format it imports
Ownership
Annual subscription
You own the source code
How it works
From a one-hour call to a tool your team uses
01
Discovery call
One hour, free: the manual step, its inputs and what “done” looks like.
02
Fixed-price spec
Scope, architecture, timeline and price in writing, in 2–5 days.
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Weekly demos
Working software every week, tested on your real models.
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Handover
Deployment, documentation, source code and 30 days of support.
FAQ
Questions from contractors
Can you extract quantities from an IFC model in our cost codes?
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Yes. The tool maps each IFC element to your cost codes with editable rules (class, type, material, level or any property) and exports the bill of quantities to Excel, BC3 / Presto or your ERP format. It uses the quantity sets in the model and falls back to geometry when they are missing.
Does the site viewer need a licence or an install?
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No. It is a web app that runs in the browser of a tablet or phone. Models are processed on the device, so they are never uploaded to a third-party cloud unless you want them to be.
Our designers use different tools. Will it work with their models?
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Yes, as long as they export IFC (Revit, Archicad, Tekla, Allplan, Civil 3D and others do). IFC2X3, IFC4 and IFC4.3 are supported. When the client works in Revit, a native Revit plug-in is also an option.
How much does a custom tool for a contractor cost?
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It depends on scope. Every project gets a fixed price, agreed in a written specification before development starts, and the first call to scope it is free. A good first project is one focused tool, for example a quantity export in your format. You get the source code and 30 days of support.