/ Document Intelligence Analysis — Estimation Platform
BEFORE THE FIRST BOLT,
THE PROJECT IS
WON OR LOST.
OBDNC OS delivers autonomous cost intelligence for construction, infrastructure, and energy. No guesswork. No generalist tools. Every estimate built on 26+ years of field-verified benchmarks. A boutique practice — the same rigor for an individual owner or a $6B program.
Our position
The estimate is not a spreadsheet.
It is the first structural decision of every project.
A boutique estimation practice. From a homeowner's addition to a $6B federal program — the same rigor, the same seal. Any company, any individual, any scale.
Most estimation tools assist trained professionals. OBDNC OS operates autonomously — ingesting owner documents, applying discipline-specific extraction logic, and producing defensible cost positions without requiring an expert operator at every step.
The result: estimates that are traceable, auditable, and ready for owner presentation — delivered in a fraction of the time.
Capital program intelligence
5 MARKETS.
$85B+ ACTIVE
PIPELINE.
Our cost intelligence is calibrated to the specific standards, benchmarks, and delivery requirements of each market — not generic estimation logic applied to everything.
PUERTO RICO
INFRASTRUCTURE
OIL & GAS /
ENERGY
AI & DATA
CENTERS
COMMERCIAL &
HOSPITALITY
FORENSIC & CLAIMS
Service verticals
FIVE MARKETS.
ONE PLATFORM.
Mid-rise residential, mixed-use, institutional. Full CSI MasterFormat coverage. Owner bid form reconciliation included.
Hyperscale and colocation facilities. MEP-heavy estimation, critical power, cooling infrastructure. Aligned to AECOM-tier standards.
Upstream, midstream, LNG. CEPCI-escalated equipment costs, ISBL/OSBL breakdown, decommissioning scopes. IOC and EPC ready.
Change order validation, claim analysis, dispute support. Defensible methodology with full audit trail and PE-sealed deliverables.
Utilities, roads, bridges, federal and FEMA-funded programs. Puerto Rico and US mainland. Compliant with federal cost principles.
Platform architecture
HOW OBDNC OS
WORKS
Owner bid forms, drawings, addendums, and specifications are ingested and classified by document type — not treated as uniform input. Authority documents establish the estimation baseline before any parametric generation occurs.
Targeted extraction agents isolate quantities per CSI division. Each agent operates within a disciplined scope — preventing the cross-discipline duplication that inflates traditional AI-assisted estimates.
A multi-layer validation pipeline challenges every extracted quantity against field benchmarks, checks for inconsistencies, and flags scope gaps — before any cost is applied.
Final output: traceable, owner-ready cost analysis with full line-item backup. Optionally PE-sealed through our engineering alliance. Ready for bid submission or litigation support.
Autonomous methodology
FROM FIELD DATA
TO COST TRUTH
Twenty-six years of sealed bids, change orders, and as-built quantities — structured into a system that estimates, not guesses.
Field-verified, not theoretical.
Every unit rate traces to a real project — installed, paid, and reconciled. No published averages. No vendor list pricing. The baseline is what the work actually cost.
Years of reconciled cost data feeding the engine.
Analytical engines running in disciplined parallel.
Patterns become predictions.
The engine maps incoming scope against historical analogs, isolating cost drivers per CSI division. Quantities are generated within disciplined bounds — never extrapolated past the data that supports them.
Every number defends itself.
Extracted quantities are challenged against benchmarks, cross-checked for duplication, and flagged where scope is silent — before a single dollar is applied.
Owner-ready. Litigation-ready.
The deliverable carries full line-item backup and a clear path from source document to final cost. Defensible under audit, permit review, or dispute.
Case study
GRAND RESERVE
Puerto Rico · Multi-Family Residential · Active Project
cycle time vs traditional
before bid submission
reconciliation achieved
“The estimate arrived structured to our bid form from day one — with line-item backup we could defend in front of ownership and their lender.”
COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION
From residential towers to institutional campuses, OBDNC OS applies RSMeans-calibrated benchmarks against discipline-extracted quantities — producing estimates that speak the owner's language at bid time.
AI & DATA CENTERS
Hyperscale and edge facilities demand MEP-first estimation logic. OBDNC OS is calibrated for power density, cooling infrastructure, and the redundancy standards that separate tier classification from expectation.
OIL & GAS
Upstream, midstream, and downstream capital cost intelligence. CEPCI-escalated equipment sizing, Hand factors for ISBL/OSBL, and LNG benchmarks aligned to IOC/EPC procurement standards.
EVERY ESTIMATE,
PE-SEALABLE.
OBDNC OS delivers cost intelligence. Our strategic engineering alliance provides multi-discipline professional engineering validation and licensed PE seals — giving your deliverable the legal standing it needs for permits, lending, and litigation.
Whose professionals maintain active membership in
Engineering validation
PE-SEALABLE
BY DESIGN
Quantity Verification
Each takeoff is reconciled against discipline benchmarks and prior as-builts. Discrepancies surface before cost is applied — not after delivery.
Multi-Discipline Review
Civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical scopes are validated by licensed professional engineers — closing the gaps that single-discipline estimates miss.
Sealed Deliverable
The final analysis can carry a licensed PE seal through our engineering alliance — giving the document legal standing for permits, lending, and litigation support.
Request a project analysis
TALK TO AN
ESTIMATOR
A renovation or a capital program — tell us the project. We respond with scope, fit, and next steps, not a sales call.
Autonomous estimation intelligence
READY TO
ESTIMATE AT SCALE?
Professional Analysis required before external distribution. Enterprise inquiries: carlos@obdnc.io