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OnCenter Reviews & Product Details

On-Screen Takeoff® is proven to streamline all digital plans and takeoffs. You will be able to bid in less than a quarter of the time you did with paper, markers, and rulers, and greatly improve your team's communications with change orders. The overlay feature highlights what is new in blue and what is old in red. Replace manual takeoffs that cost you hours in time and thousands in cash printing several plans for each bid and unproductive time and gas driving paper plans back and forth from your office to the job site.

Seller

ConstructConnect

Languages Supported

English

Product Description

Quick bid estimating software and on-screen takeoff software for the construction industry.

Overview by

Denise Rivera, MBA (Creative Thinker | Marketing Strategist | Neuromarketing Enthusiast | Growth Marketer | Demand Generation)

Value at a Glance

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Perceived Cost

$$$$$

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OnCenter Media

Changes to drawings happen all the time, and finding the smallest changes can take minutes if not hours. Instead of spending time scouring for those changes, simply upload the new plans and compare to the current set. On-Screen Takeoff’s industry-changing overlay technology will quickly show wher...

OnCenter Demo - Stop Re-Takeoff On Projects

Instead of retaking off a whole floor or an entire set of plans – quickly takeoff changes or repeating assemblies on each floor with typical groups. This prevents unnecessary rework and eliminates lost productivity counting similar items.

OnCenter Demo - Eliminate Manually Summarizing Takeoff

Double- and triple-checking your takeoff summaries for accuracy costs you time -- and doesn't guarantee everything's accounted for. Worrying about manual mistakes or oversight in the summary doesn't have to be an issue. Summaries are automatically built as each area is taken off. View the customi...

OnCenter Demo - Highlight, Measure, And Record With Ease

Manual processes are slow, but tried and true. Moving from manual takeoff to electronic takeoff has never been easier. On-Screen Takeoff follows the estimators' process, and “if it’s colored, it’s counted.” Linear footage, areas, and counts are automatically collected with a simple click and drag...

OnCenter Demo - Simplify RFI Communication

Getting RFI responses can be time-consuming and difficult, especially when trying to get everyone working on the same document. Don’t waste time going back and forth. Improve efficiency by copying and pasting plans with takeoff, notes, and annotations to submit as part of the RFI. This will simpl...

OnCenter Reviews (91)

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James S.

Pre-Construction Manager | Senior Estimator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/23/2021

"Best Bang For Your Buck"

5/5

What do you like best about OnCenter?

Scaled takeoff imagery - OST scales the takeoff according to input parameters; e.g., a linear take-off set to 6" appears as a 6" line on the sheet. A count take-off set to 3' x 3' appears as 3' x 3' on the sheet. Output organization - OST allows you to group & filter according to various user parameters (division, section, assembly, etc.). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OnCenter?

The text & imagery auto search & recognition can use more development. The cloud version (ConstructConnect) has a visual scale versus the actual scale option. It would be great if OST had the same capability. For example, in the could version, a user can perform a rectangular count take-off that is 10'x30', but visually represent it as 1'x1' on the sheet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OnCenter:

This is the most cost-effective take-off software available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OnCenter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Take-off is exceptionally efficient. An average user can easily digest 150 sheets per week. OST allows my department to increase the number of bids per year with less staff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

James S.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/24/2021

"Takeoff Software"

4.5/5

What do you like best about OnCenter?

Takeoff is fast and easy. You can keep up with where you left off at very easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OnCenter?

The only things I have found that I do not like is the ability to use in the cloud and being able to customize the annotations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

seth o.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/27/2020

"OST Review"

5/5

What do you like best about OnCenter?

I like the simplicity and the multiple views you can get from it to both perform take offs and show my team and client what we have picked up in our bids Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OnCenter?

I dont like how it links to the file location rather then files, especially when someone moves it i love the image and have to re-link it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Heather A.

Research Analyst/Transcriptionist/Internet Research/Recruiter

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/20/2020

"Create bids for jobs"

4/5

Verified User in Construction

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/15/2019

"Get's the Quantity Take-offs done, just lacks smooth technology"

3.5/5

What do you like best about OnCenter?

On-Screen Takeoff does a great job for overall project estimates of all materials in almost every uniformat division. It provides many different markers and colors that help with taking off each material under various conditions (area, linear, counting, etc.) which help with documenting the project neatly and efficiently under a single file by one user or multiple users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OnCenter?

It is a slow program that takes a while to load. My company uses it through Citrix Receiver so that plays a hand in the speed of the program, but despite the fact it can be inconvenient at times when we are simply trying to change sheets and it takes a few seconds to load, or even scroll on the same sheet. Exporting to excel or other programs can get a little messy too but once you understand how to do it, it can be helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OnCenter:

This is where I get most of my quantities as it allows for clear and concise material documentation. I recommend to use if you are going into estimation and need to get quantities as a group. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OnCenter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Problems being solved include group QTO's that all people in the precon team can make their own quantity take off from the same file for consistency. Benefits include clear estimations and layers allow for division of areas to be notified for pricing differentials. Another benefit is that the program identifies the sheets that have counts or markups on it and use a color to identify these sheets for you to see so you don't have to go on the useless sheets that are unimportant to your take off. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Construction

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/5/2019

"This is a great software for take off. I strongly recommend it."

4/5

What do you like best about OnCenter?

I love that you can have a legend displaying take off on each individual page. I like that i can overlay different drawings. I also like being able to display the take off legend on each page Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OnCenter?

I dislike that it is difficult to copy and paste. I will this software and Plangrid were merged. This would be revolutionary. I also wish I could upload all drawings into the system so i could track my drawings as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OnCenter:

I would recommend using the legend that shows take off on each drawing by going on cover sheet tab. The second tab will give you options of what counts you want displayed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OnCenter solving and how is that benefiting you?

I like checking the scale by measuring the scale bar on the drawing. Also, i recommend checking dimensions on the drawings placed by the architect to confirm your scale is not off. I remember one time, i checked the horizontal and vertical scale and the vertical was 20% off. I work for a construction management company and would always recommend scales are doubled checked before doing a takeoff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Muhammad B.

Estimator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/16/2019

"Easy to use program for take offs of plans"

5/5

What do you like best about OnCenter?

-Its easy to use simple interface,

-easy to export to excel and other programs.

-ability to overlay and manipulate existing counts

- the ability to import files in colors

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What do you dislike about OnCenter?

how its hard to use the worksheet feature in the program.

sometimes its hard to import PDF files from some designers because the way the PDF is made into layers.

- how only one person can work on a file at a time but others can view it

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Recommendations to others considering OnCenter:

if you need a simple program to count items on plans without needing a super computer this program will help you alot and it works in and lives in your office network so it makes it easier to have multiple people work on a file Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OnCenter solving and how is that benefiting you?

try to count items on landscape plans for bidding a project . and it makes counting so much faster compared to just manually counting everything.

and it helps us keep track of purchasing items since we reference the counts on OST to what is on plan and what is fulfilled Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Muhammad Ali B.

Landscape Designer III

Construction

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/6/2019

"A useful tool to quickly create budgets"

4/5

What do you like best about OnCenter?

Easy to use, can easily import PDF, and images of plans.

Very simple to break up a project into zones and different work areas.

Low cost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OnCenter?

How you can only overlay 1 plan over another. And sometimes can’t read PDF files that have layers crashes the program and makes you use other software to convert then bring files in Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OnCenter:

If your company needs a simple program to count sheets and items this helps a lot with counting tools even built in budget sheets Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OnCenter solving and how is that benefiting you?

We wanted to count items to price them out for bids we use them as a landscape firm Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Christopher E.

Project Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/19/2019

"OST - Simple and Effective"

5/5

What do you like best about OnCenter?

What I like about OST is that it is so effective and simple that we can start any employee using it. Uploading and converting plans is simple, PDF viewing is nice, and I highly recommend turning on full screen crosshair to align things across an entire plan. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OnCenter?

Managing servers for multiple people to use is not the greatest. Also required to buy a license manager. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.