The deliverable
A construction scope of work, generated in minutes.
A scope of work is the document that states exactly what will be built, with what materials, to what standard, on what schedule. Describe your project and AXTruo prepares three of them: a DIY version, a Standard build and an Upgrade, each itemized line by line.
Six things a scope has to put in writing.
If a document is missing any of these, it is a quote wearing the word scope. Every AXTruo scope carries all six, in every tier.
Materials, by grade and dimension
Not "cabinets" but the construction, the species, the finish and the linear feet. The grade is where quotes diverge most and where a vague line hides the largest swing in price.
Brand or grade · dimensions · quantity · unit cost
Labor, priced by the work it covers
Demolition, disposal, site protection, rough-in, install and finish are separate operations. Rolling them into one figure is what makes two bids impossible to compare.
Operation · hours or rate · what is included
Permits as their own line
Permit and inspection costs belong on the page, not absorbed into an allowance. Whoever is paying should be able to see them and check them.
Permits · inspections · who pulls them
Contingency, stated as a percentage
Every renovation meets something behind the wall. A scope that carries no contingency is not optimistic, it is incomplete, and the overage arrives later as a change order.
Contingency percentage · what it covers
Overhead and profit, shown rather than buried
Margin is a legitimate line on any construction job. Printing it is the difference between a document you can negotiate and a number you can only accept or refuse.
Overhead and profit percentage
Schedule, risks and exclusions
How long the work runs, what could move it, and what is explicitly not included. Exclusions prevent most disputes, and they cost nothing to write down.
Duration · risks · exclusions · quality standards
The document is the whole negotiation.
Bids only compare if the scope does.
Three contractors quoting from three different mental pictures produce three numbers that cannot be compared. Hand all of them the same itemized document and the differences that remain are real: better material, more hours, a different sequence. That is a decision you can actually make.
A lump sum hides the reasoning.
One figure with no breakdown tells you nothing about whether it is fair. You cannot see which line is expensive, which is missing, or which assumption you disagree with. The itemization is the argument, and without it you are just deciding whether you trust someone.
Change orders start as omissions.
Most budget overruns are not surprises, they are things that were never written down. Permits, disposal, site protection, contingency. Naming them at the start moves the conversation to before the work rather than halfway through it.
Written to be handed over.
Export
Download any tier as a branded PDF, generated on your side of the wire.
Share
Send a read-only link a contractor opens without creating an account.
Compare
Bids land against one baseline, so the differences that remain are real.
Verify
Have an expert reprice it when the decision needs a firmer number.
A planning number, then a real one.
The generated scope is a planning-stage estimate with a cost range. It is enough to understand the project, weigh the options and set a budget, and it is far more than most people have when they start calling contractors. It is not a signed contract price, and we will not pretend otherwise.
When you need the number to be firm, an Expert Review puts a construction professional over the scope. They correct the pricing against what the work would actually cost to deliver, which turns the range into a near-exact estimate.
Stop describing the job. Document it.
Ten minutes of guided questions and you have three scopes you can put in front of any contractor.
Generate your scopeWant the cost side first? Renovation cost estimates covers how the pricing is built.