Stop Static Estimating.
Start Modeling Your Margin.
Methvin is a cloud-based estimating, takeoff, and project management platform where every cost is built from first principles — labor, plant, material, and production rate — and linked through Global Variables into a single dependency graph. Change one input and the entire estimate, schedule, and cost plan recalculates instantly.
Most estimating software calculates. Methvin models.
Traditional estimating systems calculate individual line items — a static rate, typed in, hoping the market hasn’t moved since. Methvin connects the underlying production logic that produces those costs. Every resource — labor, plant, material, production rate — is linked through Global Variables into a single dependency graph, so changing one input cascades correctly through every quantity, schedule, and cost plan connected to it.
How it works: the dependency-graph advantage
Every cost in Methvin is built from real resources and linked through Global Variables into a single dependency graph.
Define resources
Build costs from first principles — labor, plant, material, and production rate — not historical averages.
Link with Global Variables
Change a quarry distance or labor rate once. It updates everywhere that resource is used.
Model margin in real time
See the financial impact instantly, with a full audit trail showing exactly what changed and why.
Methvin keeps these relationships connected, so your team understands not only what the project costs, but why it costs that amount.
One connected record. From bid to final account.
The estimate shouldn’t become obsolete the moment the contract is won.
Win the bid
Sequence the work
Protect the margin
One connected record. Your estimate, schedule, correspondence, and job costs live in the same platform — not five disconnected tools.
Why contractors choose Methvin
Four ideas competitors don’t share.
Deterministic, not static
Every cost is built from labor, plant, material, and overhead — not a historical average that goes stale the moment the market moves.
The Relational Estimating Engine
The flexibility of a zero-limit spreadsheet, with the control, scale, and auditability of enterprise software. No architectural limit — models scale past 50,000 linked records without slowing down.
The Margin Protection Engine
Full visibility down to individual resource dependencies, so a missed cost component or a broken formula doesn’t surface after you’ve already won the job.
One connected platform
Move from estimating to scheduling, project management, and cost control without rebuilding the project. Built for civil, infrastructure, and commercial work where production logic matters.
Full traceability, by design.
Every number in a Methvin estimate can be traced back to where it came from — so when a client queries a cost variation, the answer is a lookup, not a reconstruction project.
- Every dollar traces back to labor, plant, material, or production rate
- One variable changes — every linked line item recalculates instantly
- Estimate, schedule, correspondence, and costs on one record
- No architectural limit — models scale past 50,000 linked records
Project team workflow
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Project team workflow
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What project teams say
“Accurate cash flow forecasting used to be one of our biggest challenges on major civil contracts. Methvin solved it. We now have real-time visibility we never had before.”
“From first estimate through to final account, Methvin keeps everything connected. The audit trail alone has saved us countless hours when clients query cost variations on large projects.”
“The planning and resource forecasting module has completely changed how we manage cash flow. We can now produce earned value reports in minutes rather than days.”
Questions estimators actually ask
We’re on spreadsheets today. What does switching cost?
You keep your logic. Import your current rates and resources, link them with Global Variables, and you get audit, versioning, and multi-user from day one. No forced rebuild.
How does migration work?
Import from Excel, DWG, DXF, and PDF. Our team maps your cost structure in a guided walkthrough, and most teams run a live bid in parallel in week one.
Is our data secure? How does Secure AI work?
Walled-garden deployment, data sovereignty by region, and human-in-the-loop review. AI only analyzes your project data — it never trains on it or shares it.
Does it work for our region and units?
Yes. Imperial and metric, multi-currency, and local tax handling — used across Australia, the UK, the US, the EU, and the Middle East.
Can multiple estimators work on the same bid at once?
Yes — pricing, takeoff, and adjudication happen on one shared model, so estimators, QS, and bid managers can work on the same bid concurrently instead of merging separate spreadsheets before submission.
What happens when a client queries a cost variation months later?
Every number in the estimate traces back to the labor, plant, material, or production rate it came from, so the answer to a variation query is a lookup, not a reconstruction project.
Build your next estimate as a live project model.
Import a current estimate. We’ll show you the margin risk in 15 minutes.