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title: "Rethinking Steel Takeoffs: From Manual Bottlenecks to Intelligent Workflows"
description: Move faster, reduce manual work, and gain a competitive edge with Steel Genie by automating steel takeoffs to accelerate output, improve accuracy, and cut manual processes.
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# Rethinking Steel Takeoffs: From Manual Bottlenecks to Bid-Winning Speed

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Manual takeoffs are quietly capping your bid capacity, typing up your best estimators in rework, and hiding margin risk until it's too late. Steel Genie is the AI-powered estimating solution that changes that—helping fabricators bid more, win smarter, and move faster from estimate to procurement. 

Join this webinar for a firsthand look at how Steel Genie can help your team work more efficiently and confidently.

**You'll learn how to:** 

- **Bid on more work without growing your team:** Pursue significantly more opportunities with the tools and headcount you already have
- **Spend less time on repetitive tasks:** Automate manual takeoff work so estimators spend time on bid strategy, scope review, and client engagement
- **Spot profitable jobs before you commit:** Watch a live demo of Steel Genie surfacing margin, labor, and capacity signals at bid stage, so you can walk away from underpriced work before submitting a bid
- **Move directly from estimate to procurement:** See how a buy-ready ABM generated from the estimate lets you lock material pricing and start procurement the moment a job is awarded—protecting margin from steel price volatility and getting revenue moving faster

By the end of the webinar, you'll walk away with a clear picture of how Steel Genie turns estimating from a bottleneck into a competitive advantage. 

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## Speaker

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**Josh Hawley** | Solutions Engineer, ALLPLAN

Josh has spent over 20 years in the steel industry, building a career rooted in precision, problem-solving, and collaboration. His experience spans steel detailing, joist and deck detailing, checking, project management, training, and even teaching drafting at a local community college. As a Solutions Engineer at ALLPLAN, Josh combines his deep industry knowledge with a passion for innovation, helping customers streamline workflows, improve productivity, and get the most out of their software investment. 

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