Construction cost estimation, backed by AI.
Real-time cost intelligence aggregated from procurement portals, vendor catalogs, and BC3 archives across Spain, LATAM, EU, UK & US. Browse the catalog, import a BC3, or wire your own AI agent through MCP.
From live construction data to a defendable estimate
The pipeline blends catalog prices, BC3 line items, measurements, and project history. Every output keeps provenance, source confidence, and exportability.
- 01Ingest signals
Pull catalog prices, BC3 files, measurements, and historical jobs into one working set.
- 02Weight the signals
Compare code, text, unit, region, and source confidence before a price is suggested.
- 03Assemble the estimate
Build the line item with materials, labor, machinery, and factors so it stays reviewable.
- 04Publish and learn
Export to PDF, Excel, or BC3 and keep the outcome to sharpen the next estimate.
The BC3 manager for turning files into an editable cost database.
Import FIEBDC-3 price banks and estimates, preserve line items, measurements, and decompositions, and manage your own data inside Omnicost.
What is BC3 / FIEBDC-3?
BC3 is the file format defined by FIEBDC-3, the Spanish construction budget exchange standard used across Spain and much of Latin America to share cost databases and project estimates between estimating tools. A BC3 file is structured into typed records: concepts and chapters (~C), decompositions that break each unit into materials, labor, and machinery with their yields (~D), measurement lines with dimensions and quantities (~M), and long technical texts and specifications (~T). Omnicost imports BC3/FIEBDC-3 price banks and estimates natively, preserving that structure as editable line items rather than flattening it. The same items are normalized against a multi-source catalog of 19,567 construction prices aggregated from supplier portals, public procurement data, and BC3 files across 10+ countries, so an imported budget can be re-priced against the live market.
The catalog is the AI surface.
Every item exposes its provenance: which source, what trust score, when it was last observed. The AI matcher only spends a neuron when the cheaper string-based stages fail. The whole thing is gated by a daily budget you control.
Full FIEBDC-3/2024 binary parser unpacks recipes, decompositions, vendor entities, and waste records — not just unit prices.
Same product priced by 5 vendors? You see the median, the spread, and which source is most trusted by region.
Every AI call is gated by a daily neuron budget, kill switch, and per-job ledger. We learned the hard way.
Track every price observation against a market index. Spot anomalies before they hit your bid.
Real-Time Construction Material Prices
Track live price updates for concrete, steel, lumber, and more. Click any item for detailed specifications, suppliers, and price history.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
TRUCK, TRUCK TRAILERS, EXCL. DUMP TRUCKS & EQPT TRAIL - TRUCKS 3175 (7000) 5443 (12000) No small pickups Caltrans 2026-2027 equipment rental rate CALTRANS-EQUIP-2026-2027-TRUCK-T-TT-06-12 | $39.56 /hour |
TRAFFIC CONTROL AND SAFETY DEVICES, (DAILY RATE) - STATEWIDE 24-INCH X 24-INCH HI INT Caltrans miscellaneous equipment rental rate CALTRANS-MISC-EQUIP-TRAFC-SIGN-24X24 | $0.42 /hour |
PAVEMENT GRINDERS, TUNGSTEN-CARBIDE BITS - INGERSOLL-RAND MW-250C Caltrans 2026-2027 equipment rental rate CALTRANS-EQUIP-2026-2027-PGT-C-I-R-0286 | $147.38 /hour |
NON-OPERATED EQUIPMENT (DAILY RATES) - SCAFFOLDING, SHORING, FALSEWORK Metal form, 2.4 m x3.7 m, per 15.2 m (Metal form, 8x12 box culvert, per 50 lf) Caltrans 2026-2027 equipment rental rate CALTRANS-EQUIP-2026-2027-NONOP-SSFW-0320 | $63.16 /hour |
NON-OPERATED EQUIPMENT (DAILY RATES) - MISCELLANEOUS Casing, 1800 mm dia, per 0.3 m (Casing, 72 dia, per lf) Caltrans 2026-2027 equipment rental rate CALTRANS-EQUIP-2026-2027-NONOP-MISC-0150 | $0.27 /hour |
NON-OPERATED EQUIPMENT (DAILY RATES) - CERESOLA TLS AG KIEWIT CURING GANTRY Caltrans miscellaneous equipment rental rate CALTRANS-MISC-EQUIP-NONOP-MISC-KCG | $186.92 /hour |
MARINE EQUIPMENT, DECK BARGE - US NAVY GENERAL CONSTRUCTION #25 Caltrans miscellaneous equipment rental rate CALTRANS-MISC-EQUIP-MARIN-DKBG-GC25 | $12.01 /hour |
HYDRAULIC CRANES & EXCAVATORS, TRUCK MTD. W/ CARRIER - TEREX BT3870 OR S (36-48 CARRIER) Caltrans miscellaneous equipment rental rate CALTRANS-MISC-EQUIP-HCETD-TERX-BT3870 | $164.73 /hour |
One workspace for every construction cost workflow.
Search live material, labor, and equipment prices.
Multi-source observations, regional prices, source history
Build defensible estimates with AI and project data.
Itemized budgets, quantities, source-backed pricing
Import and manage FIEBDC-3 cost files in the same workspace.
Concepts, decompositions, measurements, and exports
Connect external tools and AI clients without a separate plan.
REST API, MCP, llms.txt, OAuth discovery, and feeds
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