Hensel Phelps top 6 feature request Q2 2026

Completed

DONE - SSO — getting into zzTakeoff needs to be easy and frictionless

DONE - Detail Hyperlinks - navigate drawings like a boss!

Still Needed:

1. Project organization (highest priority)

Today: one project = one takeoff. Real life (negotiated work): one project → many takeoffs across design stages. Need ability to house multiple takeoffs inside a single project and organize by design stage / progress package. Along with making fields required when starting new jobs.

2. Breakouts after takeoff is completed

Allow creating/editing breakouts without duplicating takeoff items. Different section properties (aka areas in OST)

3. Reports / Templates / Enterprise controls... new

Right now anyone in our company can add things enterprise wide.......not good.

4. Integration with estimating tools / API... new

Bidbow, Ediphi, next gen tool we might find.

5. External pricing list / database sync... new

Ability to update pricing in product lists from an external list or database and have the changes reflect in templates automatically. (this thread)

6 "Gray folders" in drawing sets on left pane

Auto-sort drawings by discipline (Architectural, Structural, Civil, etc.). Also add a custom sort (example Building A, B, C…). Also can filter out drawings too......why do I care about MEP, for example.

Going to say I'm more at a 0 (zero) for this priority.

I look to ZZ for the following currently (in order of priorties):

1. Basic QTO (EA, LF, SF)
2. Supplemental QTO calculations (man hours, tons, CY, sheets, etc)
3. Hoping for document management tool (sets, rev's, B/O [zone/area/bldg], ASI, etc)
4. Hoping for drawing sheet review annotation/markup tool (RFI, bidding assumptions/clarifications/inclusions/exclusions/etc], pre-con visual comm's)
5. Estimating costs (budgetary)
6. Estimating costs (hard bid/unit pricing/quotes)

I haven't found a place (yet) where I can rely on $ from ZZ.

There's just too much going on with internal backend spreadsheets/data priorities that are baked in or established (this is the case for last 3 companies over the last decade)

If any of the following situations were true for my role I'd certainly rely on estimating $ from ZZ easier:

• Self perform (specialty contractor) with a head count under 50
• Average bids under 1M
• Annual revenue under 10M
• Light commercial
• Residential
• Unit pricing supplier/installer

Not sure if this helps

As is, my priorities/needs are different and I can easily plug in off-the-cuff $