BEME
The full tour

Every rule of the trade, built into the estimate.

Beme is a brick and block estimator that thinks in courses, not square metres. Trace the plan, set the walls up the way you lay them, and the count, the 3D and the quote all come out of the same drawing.

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Trace

Load the PDF, calibrate the scale once, and draw walls in two clicks each, straight or curved, snapping as you go.

Model

Walls, openings, lintels and piers render into a live 3D build you can spin and check before you order.

Order

A schedule that counts straight off the model, by block code, split by area, branded and ready to send.

Trace

From the architect's PDF to drawn walls in minutes.

Load the plan you were sent. Set the scale once against a known dimension and every measurement from there is true. Then walk the walls.

  • Any PDF
    Drop in the drawing as-is. No exporting or converting first.
  • Calibrate once
    Click a known length, type the real distance, done. Scale holds for the whole project.
  • Two clicks a wall
    Click each end. Straight runs and curved walls both, snapping to ends and corners as you go.
  • Live ruler
    Measure anything on the plan without committing a wall to it.
Build

Set the wall up exactly how you lay it.

A wall in Beme knows its block, its bond, and its trim courses. Build it once the way you actually build it and the count follows the real coursing, not a flat area divided by a block face.

  • Block or brick, any bond
    Stretcher, stack, your standard makeup. Corners resolve automatically.
  • Base and top courses
    Set the bottom and finishing courses per wall.
  • Height makeup, sized for you
    Odd wall heights get the right makeup block picked and the joint sized to suit, automatically.
  • Block libraries
    Australian, US and UK ranges built in, plus your own custom blocks and dimensions.
Detail

Openings, lintels, piers and joints, all counted.

The things that throw a manual takeoff are the things Beme handles on its own. Drop them in and the schedule keeps up.

  • Windows and doors
    Set sill and head heights; the coursing works around the opening.
  • Lintels, picked for the span
    Add an opening and the right lintel is selected to suit it.
  • Piers
    Tied and freestanding piers, counted in the supply.
  • Control joints
    Split a long run where you need the movement joint.
Visualise

See the whole build in 3D before you order a thing.

Every wall, opening, lintel, sill and pier renders into a live model. Spin it, walk it, and catch the wall you forgot to draw while it's still cheap to fix.

  • Live model
    The 3D updates as you draw. Nothing to export or re-render.
  • Orbit, pan, zoom
    Get around the build from any angle.
  • A second pair of eyes
    The view that finds the missed return or the wrong opening before the truck loads.
Order

A takeoff that matches the model, block for block.

The schedule counts straight off what's drawn. If it's on the screen it's on the order, and if it's not drawn it's not in the count. No spreadsheet to keep in sync.

  • Counted by code
    Every block listed by its real product code, cut blocks and all.
  • Special units handled
    Every special shape and cut block your system uses, worked out and de-duplicated.
  • Areas and floors
    Tag walls into ground floor, first floor, garage; the schedule splits to match.
  • Render-aligned
    The tally and the 3D are the same source of truth, never drifting apart.
Hand over

A quote that looks like you know what you're doing.

Export a clean, branded PDF the client and the supplier can both read: the wall layout, the supply schedule and the 3D view in one document.

  • One document
    Layout, schedule and 3D together, formatted and ready to send.
  • Branded
    Goes out looking like your business, not a raw printout.
  • Reference numbers
    Every job and quote tracked so you can find it again.
Reuse

Set it up once. Carry it across every job after.

The setup work you do today is not work you do again. Wall types, blocks and supply items live with your account and drop onto the next plan.

  • Saved wall types
    Build your standard makeups once and reuse them everywhere.
  • Your supply library
    Keep the blocks and items you actually order at hand.
  • On every device
    Your library follows your account, on the laptop in the office and the tablet on site.
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See it on one of your own plans.

The quickest way to trust the count is to point Beme at a job you've already quoted and compare. 14-day free trial, no card to start.