Careers•
Hiring: Founding AI Engineer
Help build the AI systems changing how construction projects get priced and built.
Blog
Feature releases, company updates, and takes on AI and steel.
AI Steel Takeoff•
Alkali vs. ChatGPT
ChatGPT answers questions. Alkali measures, verifies, and manages steel takeoff.
Company•
Early Alkali Milestones
Alkali is already being used to estimate hundreds of new projects each month.
Steel Estimation•
An Intro to Nesting
Material waste eats away at a fab's margins. We describe how to minimize this with effective nesting.
Steel Estimation•
Automated Column Detection (Beta)
Alkali's Column Scanner finds and sizes columns directly from bid sets.
Steel Estimation•
How To: Structural Steel Takeoff
An introductory guide to estimating structural steel from construction drawings.
Steel Estimation•
Accelerated Framing Takeoff
Alkali’s Beam Scanner quickly turns structural sheets into auditable steel takeoffs.