AEC discipline
Trade Contractors
Takeoff, estimating, field coordination, and delivery resources for specialty and trade contractors.
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58 connected resources
Trade Contractors resources
AEC technology profiles classified for trade contractors practice.
Agave
Connecting construction project and accounting records
Open resource →Buildertrend
Cloud-based construction project management for builders, remodelers, and contractors
Open resource →ContractorCounter
Browser-based drawing takeoff, markup, and bill of quantities for contractors and estimators
Open resource →DigiBuild
AI-powered material procurement and supply chain management for construction
Open resource →eSUB
Cloud-based project management built for commercial subcontractors
Open resource →Graneet
ERP for French construction SMEs — costed quoting, progress invoicing, and real-time job-site margin tracking
Open resource →Siteline
Billing, lien waiver, and compliance software built for commercial trade subcontractors
Open resource →STACK Construction Technologies
Cloud-based takeoff, estimating, and field-collaboration platform with AI-assisted measurement
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Allowable Building Area
IBC 2024 Equation 5-1 + Table 506.3.3 frontage factor
Open resource →Area Unit
Convert m², ft², acres, hectares, mi² — exact factors
Open resource →Brick
Wall area + brick size + joint → bricks per m²/ft² and total
Open resource →Brick Bond Pattern
Verified layout rate → allowance and pack-rounded order
Open resource →Circuit Breaker Size
Verified loads and factor → bounded entered-rating comparison
Open resource →Commercial Electrical Load Calculator
Verified demand-load schedule → total VA and arithmetic line current
Open resource →Concrete Curing Time
Verified strength and curing records vs project requirements
Open resource →Concrete Stairs Volume
Steps + waist slab geometry → concrete volume (m³ / yd³)
Open resource →Construction Cost
Choose a published building model + area → sourced reference with its own period and scope
Open resource →Curved Slab Concrete Volume
Ring / arc slab geometry → concrete volume (m³ / yd³)
Open resource →Drywall Finish Level
Wall segments + finish level (L0–L5) → labor hours, board count, material + bid total
Open resource →Excavation Volume
Pit dimensions + swell → bank and loose (haul) volume
Open resource →Hospital Construction Cost
2–3-story hospital model + floor area → two sourced area-reference totals, not bed costs
Open resource →Hotel Construction Cost
Published hotel model + floor area → m²/ft² reference; room-based development cost stays separate
Open resource →Imperial to Metric
Length, area, mass, volume — convert all units at once
Open resource →Material Density
Searchable kg/m³ + lb/ft³ for 40+ building materials
Open resource →Office Construction Cost
2–4-story office model + floor area → area-reference endpoints; fit-out costs stay separate
Open resource →Paint Area
Room size + openings → net wall area and gallons of paint
Open resource →Property Tax
Market value × assessment × mill rate → annual tax
Open resource →Residential Construction Cost
2024 contractor-built detached-home median + finished area → reference excluding lot value
Open resource →Retail Construction Cost
2026 U.S. in-line store fit-out + area → reference total, not ground-up construction
Open resource →Sand Volume
Area + depth → loose sand volume, weight, and bulk bags
Open resource →School Construction Cost
2024 U.S. school model + floor area → sourced m²/ft² reference
Open resource →Transformer Sizing
Load (kW/kVA/amps) → required kVA + standard rating
Open resource →Trench Volume
Length, depth, widths → trench excavation volume (trapezoidal)
Open resource →Voltage Drop
NEC Ch.9 Table 9 effective-Z method, 3%/5% check
Open resource →Wire Ampacity
Verified table value + factors + termination cap → bounded ampacity comparison
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Awesome Procurement Data
Curated list of US federal procurement data resources, APIs, and utilities including pysam, SamDotNet, and procurement-tools Python wrappers.
Open resource →BD3 — Building Defects Detection Dataset
3,965 annotated RGB images from 50+ buildings (10–60 years old) covering 6 defect types: algae, major/minor crack, peeling, spalling, stain.
Open resource →City-Level Open Permit Data
Building permits from major US/global cities via open data portals: NYC, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Melbourne.
Open resource →Construction-PPE — Safety Equipment Detection
Real construction environment PPE compliance/non-compliance images in Ultralytics YOLO format for worker safety monitoring.
Open resource →ConstructionSite-10k
10,013 construction site images (7,009 train / 3,004 test) for testing vision-language models on construction inspection tasks.
Open resource →CSB — Cracks in Steel Bridges
Steel bridge images with pixel-wise fatigue crack annotations from Rijkswaterstaat and ProRail, covering cracks, corrosion, and defect-free structures.
Open resource →Free Construction Contract Templates
Basic construction contract templates (lump sum, cost-plus, time & materials, design-build) from TemplateLab, Mastt, Jotform, and eForms.
Open resource →Global Procurement Dataset — 72M Contracts
72 million contracts from 42 countries (2006–2021) with buyer/supplier info, geolocation, product classification, price, and corruption risk indicators.
Open resource →GYU-DET — Multi-Defect Bridge Dataset
11,123 high-resolution bridge images with 6 defect types (cracks, spalling, seepage, honeycomb surface, exposed rebar, holes). Nature 2025.
Open resource →HUD SOCDS — US Building Permits by Metro Area
Building permit data for all US Metropolitan Areas, Central Cities, and Suburbs from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
Open resource →Ireland Planning Database
National Planning Application Database with spatial and tabular data. Dublin City Council applications from 2003 to present.
Open resource →LUMO Benchmark — Outdoor Vibration Monitoring
9m lattice mast structure with 18 reversible damage cases across 6 levels. Accelerometers, strain gauges, and temperature sensors for SHM research.
Open resource →MBDD2025 — Building Surface Defects (UAV)
14,471 UAV-collected building images across 6 structure types (steel, concrete, wood, brick) with defects including cracks, leakage, and corrosion.
Open resource →OCDS Registry — Global Public Procurement
100+ country procurement datasets in standardized Open Contracting Data Standard covering planning, tender, award, contract, and implementation stages.
Open resource →OpenConstruction-Datasets — 51+ Dataset Catalog
Systematic catalog of 51+ open-access visual datasets for construction AI covering safety, quality, progress, equipment across multiple modalities.
Open resource →SAM.gov — US Federal Contract Opportunities
All US federal government contract opportunities (RFPs, solicitations, awards) for all agencies. REST API, CSV bulk downloads, PostgreSQL snapshots.
Open resource →SDNET2018 — 56,000 Concrete Crack Images
56,000+ images (256×256 px) of cracked and non-cracked concrete from bridge decks, walls, and pavements. Crack widths 0.06mm–25mm.
Open resource →SF Building Permits — 200K+ Records
200,000+ permits (5 years) to 1.1M+ records (1980-2019) with estimated cost, description, permit type, location. Weekly updates from DataSF.
Open resource →Shovels.ai — 180M+ US Building Permits
180M+ AI-enriched permits across 30M US addresses with inspection pass rates, contractor profiles, and 85% US population coverage.
Open resource →TED — EU Public Procurement (TED)
ALL EU public procurement notices since 1993 — the world's largest procurement dataset. REST API, XML bulk downloads, CSV subsets.
Open resource →UK Contracts Finder
UK government procurement opportunities and awarded contracts in OCDS format. API and CSV bulk downloads via data.gov.uk.
Open resource →USAspending.gov — US Federal Spending
All US federal spending on contracts, grants, and awards back to FY2001. Filterable by NAICS codes (23xxxx for construction). REST API and CSV.
Open resource →xBD — Satellite Building Damage Assessment
5,598 satellite image pairs (1024×1024) across 11 disaster events with 4-level damage labels covering hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and earthquakes.
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