Vernier
AI-assisted construction takeoff — drawings and specs in, quantities, scope, and cost signals out. Built for estimators who still have to stand behind the numbers.
Vernier is the takeoff surface in the Driftwork family: construction documentation goes in; material takeoffs, scope breakdowns, and cost-oriented quantities come out — with enough structure that an estimator can audit every line.
Why it exists
Takeoff is still mostly human eyes and a highlighter. Models can read drawings faster than people, but they can’t own the bid. Vernier is built for that seam: accelerate the grind, keep human judgment on the critical path, and export something a shop or field crew can actually use.
Shape of the stack
- Document intake (drawings, specs, schedules)
- Multi-model AI routing for extraction and classification
- Quantity / scope assembly with review UI
- Paths toward BIM-friendly and estimate-ready exports
Sibling work lives under OmniTakeoff-class pipelines; the public face and contractor-facing product narrative is Vernier.
How it connects to Driftwork
Driftwork is the showcase and tool host. Vernier is one of the heavy product bets for contractors — same way TankCam aims at inspection and the parts/equipment intelligence work aims at yards and loggers. Shared design language, shared field realism, separate deploy hosts when they graduate.