Construction estimating software for tender and lifecycle risk reduction.
Construction & Built Environment case study
An estimating platform connecting cost, carbon, quantity take-off, and schedule workflows.
Asta Estimate is presented by Elecosoft as construction estimating software that helps contractors generate accurate tender estimates, improve productivity, and reduce project risk. The public product page positions the platform around integrated cost, carbon, and schedule workflows, recipe-based estimating, BIM 5D, and direct links to Asta Powerproject.
BIM 5DIntegration
Cost + model take-off workflows
CarbonEmbodied calculation
Built into estimating workflow
Recipe-basedEstimating engine
Reusable assemblies + audit trails
ScheduleProgramme link
Direct Asta Powerproject integration
Integrated cost, carbon, and schedule workflow described on the source page.
BIM and drawing take-offs connected to estimating workflows.
Client challenge
What the organisation needed to solve
Contractors need estimates that are accurate, repeatable, auditable, and connected to how work is actually built. Spreadsheet-style estimating can make it difficult to reuse assemblies, manage cost libraries, evidence embodied carbon, connect take-offs to BIM and drawings, or translate a fully resourced estimate into a construction schedule.
Eleco Technologies solution
How the platform addressed the problem
The product story centres on a structured recipe-based estimating engine, configurable cost libraries, quantity take-offs from 2D drawings and BIM models, embodied-carbon calculations, BIM 5D add-ons, and Asta Powerproject integration. Together, these capabilities turn estimating into a connected workflow across cost, carbon, and programme planning.
Delivery model
Structured engineering delivery with clear team, timeline, and stack evidence.
Team composition
Product engineering contribution
Construction estimating workflow development
Cost, carbon, BIM, and scheduling integration capability support
Delivery approach
Framed the case study around the shift from list-based or spreadsheet-style estimating toward structured recipes and reusable cost assemblies.
Connected estimating evidence to adjacent construction workflows: BIM take-offs, Bluebeam-supported 2D drawings, embodied carbon, and programme generation.
Used only product-source evidence for differentiation, including the public claim around UK-market cost, carbon, and schedule integration.
Technology stack
Recipe-based estimatingBIM 5DEmbodied carbonBluebeam take-offsCost librariesAsta Powerproject integrationAudit trailsBenchmarking
Measured outcomes
Operational results that make the engagement commercially credible.
Supported an estimating product positioned to reduce tender risk and improve productivity throughout the project lifecycle.
Connected cost plans, embodied carbon, quantity take-offs, BIM model data, and schedule generation into a single product narrative.
Helped communicate a carbon-first estimating workflow that responds to client and regulatory sustainability expectations.
Evidence points
What the delivered system included
Structured recipe-based estimating with assemblies, audit trails, re-use, and benchmarking
Embodied-carbon calculations directly embedded into estimating workflows
2D drawing, Bluebeam, BIM model, and Asta Powerproject integration points
Engineering Delivery Review
Turn evidence from similar work into a practical delivery plan.
If your organisation is planning a platform build, modernisation, internal workflow system, or AI-ready automation layer, Eleco Technologies can review the opportunity, risks, team model, and first delivery phase.