One platform for the entire PreCon workflow.
Zebel manages your precon pipeline, turns your cost history into a living database, and powers every estimate from first budget to client-ready deliverable.
If your precon system looks like this…
No wonder estimates take weeks and numbers get missed.
One platform for the work, the data, and the estimates.
Your pipeline, your historical cost data and every estimate in one connected platform, so you stop rebuilding the same work in disconnected spreadsheets.
Track your precon pipeline and plan your team's workload, so you can see what's coming and who can take it on.
Turn past projects into a structured cost database, cleaned up by Zebel's team, with market benchmarks alongside.
Create, improve, validate, and deliver every estimate on top of your real cost history.
Bid the right jobs with the team you actually have.
Pipeline and team workload management. Every pursuit, deadline and estimator in one view.
Your cost history becomes your competitive edge.
Stop rebuilding numbers from scratch on every bid.
From first number to final deliverable.
Create, improve, validate, and deliver every estimate in one connected workflow, all built on your own cost history.
Create
Estimates
Conceptual budgets from your cost history, then detailed estimates with Togal.AI takeoff imports, bid leveling, and AI bid review.
Improve
Estimates
Work through value engineering options and compare alternatives before you submit.
Validate
Estimates
Zebel's AI agents flag scope gaps, anomalies, and potential mistakes before bid day.
Deliver
Estimates
Export estimates into customizable reports and proposals, in PDF and CSV.
UrbanCore Construction
Integrating AI into pre-construction in our business with Zebel has set us apart from our competitors because it is so cutting edge and it's helping nail down the details. It's helped us with our win rate and strengthen the relationship with clients, because they're able to come to us early and then we can help them work through the process from very early on.
To produce a conceptual estimate, per Director of Preconstruction Jon Reid.
Same-day estimate turnaround, per the UrbanCore case study.
Concept through detailed pricing and GMP in one workflow.
Questions precon teams ask us.
Straight answers on the platform, your cost data, AI oversight, onboarding and pricing.
What is Zebel?
Zebel is a preconstruction platform for general contractors and real estate developers. It brings your precon pipeline, your historical cost data and every estimate into one cloud platform, so your team stops rebuilding the same work across disconnected spreadsheets.
Who is Zebel built for?
Heads of precon, estimators and preconstruction teams at general contractors and real estate developers. Zebel was built by precon professionals who lived the spreadsheet chaos, and it includes unlimited users so your whole team can work in one place.
How does Zebel turn our past estimates into a cost database?
Zebel's team cleans up and structures your past estimates for you, then loads them into one cost database for every finished project. From there you can benchmark against anonymized market data, pull actual costs from Procore Financials, and compare past projects side by side from concept to completion.
Can Zebel take an estimate from conceptual budget to GMP?
Yes. Start with conceptual budgets built from your own cost history, then build detailed estimates with Togal.AI takeoff imports and subcontractor bid leveling. Work through value engineering options and alternates, then export estimate reports and proposals in PDF and CSV.
What does Zebel's AI oversight check?
Zebel's AI agents review your estimate against benchmarks and your past projects before bid day. They flag scope gaps in every trade, unit costs that look out of range, and formula errors, so you can fix issues before the number goes out.
How does Zebel help manage precon workload?
Track every pursuit by status (opportunity, secured, won or lost), schedule deliverables with owners and due dates, and see each estimator's allocation before anyone is overbooked. Zebel also forecasts team capacity, payroll and overhead exposure, so you bid the right jobs with the team you have.
Which tools does Zebel integrate with?
Zebel works with Procore, including importing actual costs from Procore Financials, Togal.AI for takeoffs, and BuildingConnected. It runs in the cloud in any modern browser and supports SSO and MFA.
How long does onboarding take?
Onboarding takes about one month. Zebel's team handles the data cleanup, so your estimators don't have to restructure years of spreadsheets themselves.
How is Zebel priced?
Zebel includes unlimited users and unlimited estimates, so you don't pay per seat as your team grows. Contact the Zebel team for pricing based on your company and workflow.
How much faster are estimates with Zebel?
UrbanCore Construction, a general contractor using Zebel since 2023, went from more than a week to produce a conceptual estimate to same-day turnaround, covering concept through detailed pricing and GMP in one workflow.
Run all of precon on one platform.
Manage your pursuits, your cost data, and every estimate in one place. Zebel was built by precon professionals who lived the spreadsheet chaos, so your team can spend less time chasing numbers and more time winning the right work.
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