afrexai-construction-estimator
Complete construction estimating and cost management system. Use when preparing project estimates, bid proposals, cost breakdowns, value engineering, change order management, or construction budget tracking. Covers residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects. Trigger on 'estimate', 'construction cost', 'bid', 'takeoff', 'cost breakdown', 'change order', 'value engineering', 'construction budget', 'unit pricing', 'RSMeans'.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/1kalin/afrexai-construction-estimatorWhat This Skill Does
The afrexai-construction-estimator is a professional-grade AI agent skill designed to streamline the entire construction cost estimation workflow. It acts as a structural framework for project managers, general contractors, and estimators, facilitating everything from initial conceptual budgeting to granular definitive bidding. The skill implements standardized methodologies based on CSI MasterFormat 2018, ensuring that all cost breakdowns are organized, professional, and audit-ready. It integrates project classification, location-based cost indexing, and logical escalation tracking to ensure your estimates reflect current market conditions.
Installation
To integrate this skill into your environment, run the following command in your terminal within the OpenClaw directory: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/1kalin/afrexai-construction-estimator
Use Cases
This skill is engineered for diverse construction scenarios including:
- Conceptual Budgeting: Quickly generating rough order of magnitude costs for early-stage project feasibility studies.
- Bid Proposal Development: Structuring detailed takeoffs into formal bid packages for general contractors.
- Change Order Management: Calculating the impact of design modifications or site conditions on the existing construction budget.
- Value Engineering: Analyzing project components to suggest cost-effective alternatives without compromising structural or aesthetic intent.
- Infrastructure Planning: Estimating linear costs for road, utility, and civil engineering projects.
Example Prompts
- "I need a conceptual budget for a 50,000 SF multi-family residential project in Austin, TX. Please use the current RSMeans location factor and provide a range for mid-range finishes."
- "Review this CSI Division 03 concrete estimate for my commercial renovation project; check the pricing against current market standards and suggest potential value engineering opportunities."
- "Prepare a change order request for the interior framing and drywall scope changes due to the structural column relocation on the second floor."
Tips & Limitations
- Data Accuracy: Always provide specific project location data (zip code) to ensure the AI applies the correct city cost index.
- MasterFormat Adherence: The skill excels when you categorize your inputs using CSI MasterFormat. Providing non-structured data may result in reduced classification accuracy.
- Human Oversight: While this skill provides highly accurate industry-standard methodologies, all final bid documents must be reviewed by a licensed professional to account for site-specific risks and local labor union agreements.
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Find the right skillPaste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.
{
"plugins": {
"official-1kalin-afrexai-construction-estimator": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: data-collection