v8.6.0 · open source on GitHub

One open platform for every construction app

Start with 160+ built-in modules, then build or install your own. From estimating to BIM to the field, with an SDK, hooks and a marketplace so the platform becomes exactly the software your business runs on.

Up and running in one command

pip install openconstructionerp
docker run -p 8080:8080 ghcr.io/datadrivenconstruction/openconstructionerp
Download the desktop app Free - no Python, no Docker, nothing to set up Or try the live demo in your browser
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AGPL-3.0 Self-hosted 2 GB RAM
Open Construction ERP
Projectsportfolio Portfolio
& teams BOQassemblies Live
totals Schedules4D gantt Gantt
& BOQ CRMpipeline Leads
& deals Takeoffauto AI suggests
you confirm CAD / BIMDWG · IFC DWG · IFC
RVT · DGN Costs55k items 55k items
vector search Validationcompliance Traffic-light
report Tendersbid packs Compare
bids Carbon5D LCA Embodied
CO₂ Contractsawards One
audit trail Inventorymaterials Stock
& orders SafetyHSE Incidents
& toolbox Documentsrevisions Revisions
& diffs Site tasksdaily Snags
& photos Daily logsite diary Diary
& weather Equipmentfleet Fleet
& plant QualityQA · QC Defects
& audits Cashflowinvoices Invoicing
& budgets Reportingexports PDF · GAEB
JSON · API UsersRBAC · SSO RBAC
& SSO Customplug-in Your moduleadd your own BuildSDK · API

160+ built-in modules

Projectsportfolio BOQassemblies Schedules4D gantt Takeoffauto CAD / BIMDWG · IFC Costs55k items Validationcompliance Tendersbid packs Contractsawards Inventorymaterials SafetyHSE Documentsrevisions Site tasksdaily Equipmentfleet QualityQA · QC Cashflowinvoices Reportingexports

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Get the real desktop app, free.

A native build of OpenConstructionERP. No Python, no pip, no Docker, no database to set up. One file, run it, done. Your data stays on your machine.

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  2. Run it and accept the prompt
  3. First launch takes about a minute, then the app opens

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curl -fsSL https://openconstructionerp.com/install.sh | sh

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  1. Paste the command above into your terminal
  2. It picks the right package (deb, rpm or AppImage)
  3. Launch OpenConstructionERP from your app menu

One command and you are running

Install via pip or Docker

Already have Python or Docker? Pick a line, paste it, and the full ERP is up. No build step, no extra database to set up, your data stays on your machine.

Python packageInstall, then run
pip install openconstructionerp
openconstructionerp

Needs Python 3.12+. Installs, then opens at http://localhost:8080.

Full stackOne line, app plus database
docker compose -f docker-compose.quickstart.yml up
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -v oe_data:/data ghcr.io/datadrivenconstruction/openconstructionerp:latest

Bundles PostgreSQL and the app. Open http://localhost:8080 when it boots.

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Live preview · no sign-up, no demo call

Skip the sales call. See it work.

No six-figure licence to read back your own data.

BOQ editor - build bills of quantities, priced rows
Cost database - 55,000 priced positions, instant semantic search
BIM to BOQ - link IFC and RVT model quantities directly to estimate positions
DWG to BOQ - CAD layers pushed into positions
PDF takeoff - click-to-measure on PDF drawings, straight to BOQ
Bulk-link CAD groups - select many elements, push quantities into BOQ at once
AI Estimate - snap a photo or upload a doc, get a first-pass priced estimate

01 BOQ editor Build bills of quantities, priced rows

Built for your trade

One platform, shaped to how you build.

Pick the kind of company you run and the platform switches on exactly the modules that role needs, already wired together in one shared database. Hover or tap a profile to watch its module honeycomb light up, grouped by discipline and linked as a single connected system.

Every profile keeps the always-on platform core: projects, the cost database, resource catalog, assemblies, dashboards and admin. Profiles never lock anything away, they simply lead with the modules that matter most for the work, and you can add or drop any module later.

How the core modules work

Not just a list of features. See what each one actually does.

A set of the flagship modules, each shown as a short loop of its core workflow - the same idea you act out the first time you open it.

BOQ editor

Type a position, quantity x rate fills in, the total rolls up live.

PDF / CAD takeoff

Trace a wall on the drawing, the measured length drops into a position.

BIM to BOQ

Select model elements, their quantities flow straight into priced lines.

Cost database

Search 55,000+ priced positions, the matched rate lands on your line.

Schedule (4D)

Tasks roll out as Gantt bars; the critical path threads through them.

AI estimate

Drop a photo or PDF; a scoped, priced first-pass estimate comes back.

Construction control

Inspections clear the hold point, then the handover is signed off.

Documents and transmittals

Issue a controlled revision; each recipient is tracked until acknowledged.

Procurement

One RFQ reaches vendors; the lowest quote is awarded a purchase order.

Safety

Clear the permit-to-work checklist, then pin an observation on the site plan.

Field and daily diary

Capture weather, crew and progress on site; it syncs into the project log.

Point cloud to BIM

Sweep the scanned points; clean model surfaces resolve from the cloud.

Schedule risk

Thousands of simulated runs build an S-curve; read the P50 and P80 dates.

Portfolio

Several projects roll up into one live set of cross-project KPIs.

Change intelligence

Open changes rank by urgency; the most urgent routes to whoever owes the next move.

Earned value

Planned, earned and actual cost track together; the variance reads off at the data date.

Engineers, construction firms and consultancies exploring OpenConstructionERP
A snapshot of the construction, engineering and infrastructure teams that signed up to try OpenConstructionERP or have worked with DataDrivenConstruction's open tools - across Europe, North America, MENA, APAC and Oceania.
Data flow · concept → priced BOQ → tender pack

How a project file becomes a fully priced tender pack.

One pipeline, three stages, six file types in. Photos and PDFs on one side, a tender‑ready BOQ on the other - every element classified, measured, priced and traceable.

▸ Worked example · one wall, end-to-end

What we extract from a single CAD element before it lands as a BOQ row.

▸ Element

Wall_Lvl01_E034

stable across model revisions

▸ Class

DIN 276 · KG 330

Außenwände · external wall

▸ Geometry

12.5 × 3.0 × 0.24 m

9.0 m³ · 37.5 m²

▸ Properties

Concrete C30/37

F90 fire rating

▸ Cost

CWICR · DACH

€ 245 / m³ matched

▸ BOQ line

9.0 m³ × € 245

€ 2,205 on the tender

~55KCWICR priced positions
5rule packs · DIN/NRM/MFM/GAEB/DPGF
6 → 7file types in · exports out (incl. 4D · 5D)
100%trace · element ↔ rule ↔ price
01 · open source

The repo, in the open.

AGPL-3.0 on GitHub. Issues and the roadmap live there; if you want to see what's coming next or what broke last week, it's all on the commit log.

GitHub · datadrivenconstruction

Star the repo, shape the roadmap.

Every issue, PR and roadmap item is public on GitHub. Open an issue, comment on what matters, or send a PR. Contributions of any size are welcome.

AGPL-3.0open-source
Open the repo
Documentation

Getting started, module SDK, API reference and deployment guides.
Issues & roadmap

Every bug, feature request and roadmap item is tracked publicly.
Chat on Telegram

Questions, ideas and show-and-tell. Hop in for things that aren’t quite an issue yet.

Contributors

See them on GitHub →
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People who've already starred the repo.

See them on GitHub →
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Recently shipped
Full changelog on GitHub
  • v8.6.0 A data-driven estimating methodology engine, a full vector DWG and DXF takeoff, and construction machinery costed separately from installed equipment. 2026-06-18
  • v7.3.0 Schedule-quality validation pack with seven checks, in-app guidance across the platform (confidence badges, plain-language errors, glossary), and BIM grouping and search fixed in 26 languages. 2026-06-08
  • v7.2.0 Windows desktop install no longer hangs on a Turkish regional format, the AI Estimate Builder stops showing a fake price for an unpriced match, and the BIM filter panel is translated in all 26 languages. 2026-06-08
  • v7.1.0 A real desktop first launch with a provisioned local workspace, a conversational AI Estimate Builder with three named matching passes, and clash clusters tracked as one work item. 2026-06-07
  • v7.0.1 Desktop hotfix: the Windows app no longer exits silently after launch, reuses a running backend only when version and health match, and bundles the WebView2 runtime so first install needs no download. 2026-06-06
  • v7.0.0 AI Estimate Builder that walks any starting point to a priced bill, a useful module information card on every page, and a real collaboration hub with live comments, viewpoints and presence. 2026-06-06
  • v6.10.0 Field time and attendance with a payroll lifecycle, a cross-module project-controls dashboard, compliance enforced at contract gates, and AIA G702 and G703 payment applications. 2026-06-05
Trust · standards & assurance

Marks we can honestly stand behind.

No borrowed seals. Every mark here is either a plain fact about the software or a public badge you can check yourself: open standards we read and write, an OSI-approved licence you can read line by line, and your data on your own server.

Open source, AGPL-3.0 An OSI-approved licence. The whole platform is public on GitHub. Read every line, fork it, run it, keep it.
Self-hosted, your data stays yours Runs on your server. Projects, drawings and cost data live in your database. Nothing leaves your infrastructure.
No telemetry by default Nothing is phoned home, no tracking. Hosted AI is opt-in per workspace, and you can point it at your own models.
Open standards, read and written GAEB XML, DIN 276, NRM, MasterFormat, ISO 15686-5 and BCF. Native import and export, so there is no lock-in.
GDPR-ready by design Self-hosting keeps personal data on your own infrastructure, with data export and deletion built in. You stay the data controller.
20 languages built in The interface and the cost data ship in 20 languages. Adding another is a single JSON file, no rebuild.

What is not here, on purpose. Certifications that need a paid third-party audit (a certified EU GDPR seal, GoBD per IDW PS 880, ISO 27001) are not shown. We will only ever display a certificate once it is genuinely earned.

02 · watch it run

See it work. In one take.

A short walkthrough of the whole pipeline - drawing in, tender out. No voiceover, no narration, just the product doing what it does.

03 · by the numbers

What you get when you install it.

What ships in the box on the current release. Cost data, CAD formats, modules and licensing, with the headline figures in one place.

cost database
0+

ready-to-use cost items across trades and assemblies.

updated monthly
CAD formats
0

native CAD ingest, DWG, RVT, IFC and DGN into one canonical format.

DWG · RVT · IFC · DGN
modules
0+

plug-in modules covering the full site workflow, projects, BOQ, takeoff, tenders and more.

add & remove like packages
licensing
0%

open-source core under AGPL-3.0. No vendor lock-in. Your data stays yours.

AGPL-3.0 + Commercial
04 · how it stacks up

How it compares to what you're using now.

A straight side-by-side. Commercial suites lead on a few things, mostly integrations paid for over a decade. On everything else, OpenConstructionERP already matches or beats them, at zero licence cost.

Capability OpenConstructionERP Enterprise estimating suite Heavy civil bid tool Legacy construction ERP
Open-source core (AGPL-3.0) ✓ ✕ ✕ ✕
Self-host on your infra ✓ ~ ✕ ~
AI takeoff from PDF / photo ✓ ~ ✕ ✕
Multi-CAD ingest (DWG / RVT / IFC / DGN) ✓ ✓ ✕ ✕
55,000+ cost items out of the box ✓ ~ ✓ ~
Real-time multiplayer (CRDT) ✓ ✕ ✕ ✕
20 languages in core i18n ✓ ~ ✕ ~
Modular plugin architecture ✓ ✕ ✕ ✕
Typical cost / seat / yr € 0 · self-host € 10-15k € 6-12k € 3-8k
Implementation / onboarding € 0 · docs + community € 20-80k € 15-40k € 30-150k
Contract term None · cancel anytime 1-3 yr lock-in 1-3 yr lock-in 3-5 yr lock-in
✓ fully supported  ·  ~ partial or via plugin  ·  ✗ not supported
One platform to build on

Start with the whole ERP. Then build the rest yourself.

OpenConstructionERP is an open platform, not a closed product you have to fit into. You get 160+ working modules on day one, and the same building blocks the core is made of, so you can extend it, connect it and turn it into exactly the software your business runs on.

160+ modules to start

Estimating, BIM, takeoff, scheduling, finance and field ops are already built in and wired into one shared database. Switch on what you need and ignore the rest.

Your own modules

Scaffold a new module in one command with the SDK and CLI, drop it into your install and it loads in seconds. No fork, no rebuild, no waiting on anyone.

Hooks and an event bus

Reach past the surface. Subscribe to events and attach hooks to change how the core behaves, so your own logic runs right alongside ours.

A shared marketplace

Publish a module for your team or the community, and install what others have built. Regional cost data, connectors and rule sets, a click away.

In-app templates

Begin from ready-made building blocks inside the app, shape them to your workflow and reuse them across every project. Never start from a blank page.

One open platform, AGPL-3.0 and yours to build on, so the software your business runs on is finally your own.

modular by design

Add a module. Remove one.
No rebuild.

Every feature is a self-contained package. Drop it in, pull it out - the running install picks it up in seconds, zero downtime.

05 · developer experience

It's a module system, not a monolith.

Every feature is a Python package with a manifest. You can add one to a running install without rebuilding anything. The APIs are typed; the OpenAPI spec is generated, not hand-maintained.

  • Module SDK, scaffold one with make module-new
  • Typed REST API, auto-generated OpenAPI spec
  • Hooks & event bus, extend without forking
from openestimate import Client, Project

client = Client(url="https://api.yourco.com")

# Create a project and import CAD
project = client.projects.create(
    name="Logistics Hub - Jebel Ali",
    currency="EUR",
)

cad = project.cad.upload("./plans.ifc")
takeoff = cad.takeoff(ruleset="boq_quality")

# AI matches costs, you confirm
for pos in takeoff.positions:
    if pos.confidence > 0.85:
        pos.accept()

print(project.totals.grand)
# → Decimal('4_283_921.50')
# Create project
$ curl -X POST https://api.yourco.com/v1/projects \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"name": "Logistics Hub", "currency": "EUR"}'

# → HTTP 201 Created
#   Location: /v1/projects/5fa4-...

# Upload CAD and run takeoff
$ curl -X POST .../projects/5fa4/cad \
    -F "file=@plans.ifc" \
    -F "ruleset=boq_quality"

# → { "positions": 248, "confidence_avg": 0.91 }
# modules/my_module/manifest.py
from openestimate.sdk import ModuleManifest

manifest = ModuleManifest(
    name="oe_regional_prices",
    version="1.0.0",
    display_name="Regional Prices",
    depends=["oe_costs"],
    hooks={
        "cost.match.pre": "adjust_for_region",
    },
)

# Drop this folder in modules/, restart.
# Marketplace auto-discovers on next boot.

The stack.

Deliberately boring choices. All open-source.

Backend
Python 3.12 FastAPI Uvicorn Pydantic SQLAlchemy Alembic PostgreSQL pandas pyarrow
Frontend
React TypeScript Vite TanStack Query AG Grid Three.js PDF.js MapLibre i18next
Ingest
ezdxf trimesh PyMuPDF openpyxl defusedxml cad2data
Formats
IFC RVT DWG DGN PDF Excel GAEB XML JSON Parquet
what teams do with it

One platform, the whole job.

These are the jobs teams run on OpenConstructionERP every day, from the first rough estimate to handover on site. Each one is a few clicks from the next, on one shared set of data.

Price the job

Build a bill of quantities on 55,000+ priced items across national cost bases, with assemblies and live totals as you work.

Estimating and BOQ

Measure the drawings

Take off areas, lengths and counts straight from PDFs and models, with AI suggestions you confirm, and feed them into the estimate.

Quantity takeoff

Turn models into numbers

Read quantities from BIM for 5D cost and 6D carbon, keep them linked to the model, and skip the manual re-keying.

BIM to cost and carbon

Run the tender

Package the scope, invite subcontractors and compare bids side by side, with the price spread and coverage flagged for you.

Tendering and bids

Plan and track

Schedule the works, then follow progress, earned value and change as it happens, with the plan tied back to the estimate.

Planning and controls

Run the site

Keep the daily diary, inspections, RFIs, checklists and site photos in one place, captured from the field on any device.

Site and field ops

This is only a slice. The same platform also handles the rest of the job.

Cost data and benchmarks Validation and compliance Drawings and documents Contracts and change Procurement and inventory Safety and quality Reporting and exports Client portal Analytics and dashboards
160+ modules, one shared database. See them all
06 · product tour

Drawing to tender, end to end.

Seven steps from first-run to finished tender. Follow them in order or jump ahead. Each one plays a short capture from the running app.

01 · onboarding
Role-based onboarding - pick your seat type, pick language and region, starter DB loads
Create a new project - name, location, team, documents
Start the estimate - open a BOQ, add sections fast with the keyboard-first editor
Add positions - search 55,000+ priced rows from the cost database
Resources & assemblies - pivot materials, labour and equipment per position
Link the BIM model - bulk-link a group of elements into BOQ positions
Link CAD - DWG layer panel, pick entities, push lengths and areas into positions
Validate - project dashboard with validation status across BOQ sections
Tasks & follow-ups - tasks linked to BIM elements and BOQ positions
Complete estimate - totals rolled up, ready to export as GAEB, Excel, PDF or JSON
01

Onboarding

First run. Pick language, region and currency, the app comes with a starter cost database (55,000+ priced positions) already loaded. Zero setup, no seed-data dance.

  • Language
  • Region
  • Currency
  • Starter DB
07 · open research lineage

Built on DataDrivenConstruction.

OpenConstructionERP grows out of a decade of open construction‑tech research. The cost database, CAD parsers and ML models it depends on were built and refined inside the same open lab, and ship as part of the same ecosystem.

A note from the founder

For the past ten years I’ve worked on resource management for construction projects. Along the way I got curious about how the industry’s tools came to be - from the first attempts at design automation to today’s ERP platforms - and that turned into a couple of longer pieces (“The Lobbyists’ Wars and the Development of BIM” and “The History of the BIM Map”). It’s hard to see where things are heading without a sense of how we got here.

I’ve written a fair amount on these topics over the years, and some of it found a wide readership. Alongside the writing, I’ve consulted for construction and consulting firms, developers, and software vendors on how they handle project data - treating it as the basis for decisions rather than a byproduct of them. That work let me see the industry from both sides: the people who build the tools, and the people who use them every day. A lot of those observations ended up in my book Data-Driven Construction, now available in 16 languages (datadrivenconstruction.io/books).

Two other problems kept me busy. One was helping non-developers get into proprietary file formats that were never meant to be opened. The other was finding a cleaner way to describe construction work through a resource model. Both produced free tools: the DDC CAD/BIM converters (Revit, IFC, DWG, DGN → structured data) on GitHub, and CWICR, a multilingual database of construction works and resources - over 55,000 items in 11 languages, published as OpenConstructionEstimate-DDC-CWICR.

All of it was groundwork for something I’d wanted to build for a long time: an open, modular ERP for construction. The latest generation of tooling finally made it practical to pull the methodology, data models, and earlier implementations together into one platform. It’s now public and open source.

In my experience the best ideas tend to come out of conversation - and out of disagreement. If the questions around construction’s move toward “Uberization,” and toward more transparent cost and time estimation, are interesting to you, I’d be glad to have you in that discussion.

Artem Boiko

founder, datadrivenconstruction.io

Engineers, contractors and consultancies - clients and users of DataDrivenConstruction
A snapshot of the construction, engineering and infrastructure teams that have explored the OpenConstructionERP demo and worked with DataDrivenConstruction's open tools, datasets and workshops, across Europe, North America, MENA, APAC and Australasia.

Most civil design files are basically data prisons. Loads of useful info, alignments, surfaces, quantities, just sitting there, locked inside formats that were never meant to play nice with anything outside their original software. I’ve wasted way too much time trying to answer simple questions like ‘how many manholes are in this job?’ or ‘what’s the volume by phase?’, only to find out the data’s buried five layers deep in a DWG or DGN. Data Driven Construction fixes that. Their converters crack open these closed formats and give you structured data you can actually use, in Power BI, in Excel, or even in an LLM prompt if you’re doing something fancy. It’s not flashy, but it’s insanely useful. If you’re trying to move beyond screenshots and PDFs and actually use your design data, this is the kind of tool that makes it possible. It’s the difference between guessing and knowing. And honestly, it’s saved me more than a few Saturday mornings.

Chris Andrew
Chris Andrew
AECOM · Digital Transformation Technical Lead & Associate Director

Be part of the movement with DataDrivenConstruction! Let’s make true freedom in data formats a reality and catalyze a new era of productivity and innovation in construction. The real and necessary journey from closed to “open” formats has not even started: True freedom in data formats, free from proprietary ties and accessible to all, is what we need to unlock innovation and collaboration across the construction industry, particularly benefiting the 99% of construction, i.e. SMEs and unchaining the sector for accelerated growth.

Michael Bühler
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Bühler
Co-Owner, GemeinWerk Ventures
08 · pricing

Simple, transparent pricing.

Two paths. Run it yourself for free under AGPL-3.0, or talk to us when you need hosted support, a commercial license for the converters, or anything else that shouldn’t live in the open-source license.

Self-hosted
Free · AGPL-3.0

The full open-source platform. Run it on your infra, no strings attached.

  • All 55,000+ cost items
  • Multi-CAD ingest (DWG / RVT / IFC / DGN)
  • BOQ editor + validation pipeline
  • All 160+ modules out of the box
  • Community support on GitHub
  • AGPL-3.0 license
Install free
For commercial use
Hosted & licensed
Get in touch

When you need managed hosting, commercial licensing for the converters, or anything that doesn’t fit under AGPL, tell us what you need and we’ll scope it.

  • Managed cloud hosting, we run it for you
  • Commercial license for CAD converters & cost DB
  • Private deployments (on-prem, air-gapped, VPC)
  • SSO, RBAC, SLA & priority support
  • Custom validation rule sets & integrations
  • Direct line for onboarding and roadmap requests
Contact us
Students & education

Free for students and educators - everything, not just the app.

Learning, teaching or doing research? You get the whole thing for free: the full platform, the cad2data converters and the regional cost data. Build your coursework, a thesis, even your own student startup on it.

Platform + converters + cost data Verify with your academic email Student startups count too
Get free access
Also free for non-profits and open-source maintainers.
You ship - you keep

Custom-built. Self-hosted forever.

Doesn't fit a tier? We design a stack tailored to your operations and hand it over with full source. Your hardware. Your data. Your rules.

FIVE LAYERS / ALL YOURS
REV. 2026.04 - DRAFT
YOU OWN ALL OF THIS
SCALE 1:1
1read top ↓ bottom
2every layer = on your hardware
3data never leaves the dashed boundary
AGPL-3.0
your data, your laws
Your boundary - never leaves your control
L5 · TEAM
Your team
engineers, not just users · trained
5 / 5
yours
L4 · MODULES
Your modules custom
BOQ · BIM · Tasks · custom reports
built
yours
L3 · CORE
ERP core
GitHub · AGPL-3.0 · audit any line
v1.8
yours
L2 · DATABASE
PostgreSQL
pg_dump → your S3 · daily · your keys
16+
yours
L1 · HARDWARE
Your hardware
Hetzner · AWS · on-prem · air-gapped
online
yours
no vendor lock-in · no SaaS gateway
works under the world's data laws
GDPREU · UK CCPA / CPRAUS · CA LGPDBrazil PIPEDACanada PDPASingapore · Thailand APPIJapan POPIASouth Africa NIS2EU
Build 01

Custom build

FROM 4 WEEKS

Discovery → workshop → modules picked → built → deployed on your hardware. Source delivered.

  • 4-12 weeks total
  • AGPL or commercial license
  • 30 days post-launch support
Train 02

Workshops

1-3 DAYS · ON-SITE OR REMOTE

Hands-on sessions: estimating, BIM-to-BOQ, AI takeoff, GAEB pipelines. Recorded for your team library.

  • Up to 12 participants
  • Tailored agenda + exercises
  • Slides + recordings yours
Advise 03

Consulting

BY THE DAY · OR RETAINER

Standards mapping, cost-DB strategy, pipeline architecture, code review.

  • Async review optional
  • Outcome doc + recommendations
  • Roll over into a build anytime

Public workshops shown below. Many major enterprise engagements remain under NDA - represented anonymously by the lock cards in each row.

Drees & Sommer
Drees & Sommer
Lindner Group
Lindner Group
OTWB
OTWB
ShapeMaker
ShapeMaker
Under NDA
Bauindustrie Bayern & TUM
Bauindustrie Bayern & TUM
BIM Cluster BW
BIM Cluster BW
BIM DAY GENF
BIM DAY GENF
Herbert Gruppe
Herbert Gruppe
Under NDA

Awesome workshop, Artem! Preparations are in full swing! I’m already looking forward to the hackathon in the new year! 💪🏻

Andreas Tomaschewski
Andreas Tomaschewski
Drees & Sommer · Head of Digital Transformation

What happens when you not only organize construction processes, but also analyse them intelligently? This was the topic of our workshop with Artem Boiko on “Data-Driven Construction”. The focus was on the question of how we can make better use of existing data - to make construction projects more efficient, more transparent and less error-prone. Using specific application examples, Artem showed how structured construction data can help to maintain an overview, identify supplements at an early stage and improve communication between planning and execution. Particularly exciting: how digital tools and models can already be used today to automate processes. Data-driven construction is no longer a topic for the future - we are right in the middle of it. The workshop showed how great the potential is if we work together and really make data work for us.

Stefan Traxinger
Stefan Traxinger
Lindner Group · Head of Department, BIM Professional

Artem Boiko delivered an outstanding presentation to the entire Shapemaker team, providing deep insights into data migration from engineering software and related topics. His expertise and clear communication made complex concepts easy to grasp, equipping our team with practical knowledge we can apply immediately. Highly recommend his services for anyone seeking clarity and actionable strategies in this space!

Evan Ramenskiy
Evan Ramenskiy
Shapemaker · CRO & Co-founder

Ich fande DataDrivenConstruction Workshop sehr interessant. Meiner Meinung nach konnten alle folgen. Man merkt auch anhand deiner Folien wieviel Zeit, Ausdauer und Mühe du hineingesteckt hast. Auch die Live Präsentationen waren super. Das einzige was ich bemängeln würde, wäre die Anzahl der Folien, dadurch kamen zu viele slides zustande. Aber das ist meckern auf dem höchsten Niveau. Rundum war es der beste Workshop bei dem ich war. Außerdem bist du auch eine sehr angenehme Person.

Kai Schmitt
Kai Schmitt
Dimexcon · Softwareingenieur für BIM Automatisierung

Die DataDrivenConstruction Schulung fand ich insgesamt wirklich spannend und sehr bereichernd. Besonders gut gefallen haben mir: der „historische“ Hintergrund zu den verschiedenen CAD-Softwares (das war spannend zu hören und hatte etwas von Investigativjournalismus); der interessante Ansatz zur Automatisierung über DataFrames; deine eigenen praxisnahen Beispiele zur Prozessautomatisierung im Bauwesen; und der Einblick in aktuelle Trends wie Claude Code und OpenClaw, du hast das Thema mit Leben gefüllt. Einziger Nachteil: Es war wirklich viel Input in nur zwei Tagen. Gleichzeitig hast du sehr gut aufgezeigt, wie wir uns selbst weiter orientieren können, zum Beispiel über das strukturierte Aufzeichnen unserer Prozesse im Miro-Board. Vielen Dank nochmal für die Schulung und den Austausch.

Philip Becker
Philip Becker
Herbert Gruppe · Teamleiter Vorfertigung

It was a fantastic workshop with exciting content that we, and I personally, learned a lot from. Thank you for taking so much time for us. We look forward to trying out what we learned as soon as possible and incorporating it into our projects! #bleedingedge

Lukas Fuchs
Lukas Fuchs
D&S · BIM Manager

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09 · questions

Frequently asked.

Is the core really free and open-source?
Yes. The core is AGPL-3.0 on GitHub. You can self-host forever, audit every line, fork it, or run it in production. We also offer a commercial license for enterprises that can’t use AGPL.
What hardware do I need to run it?
The core runs on a 2 GB VPS. One PostgreSQL instance is all you need for a small team. AI features (takeoff, vector search) are optional. Features degrade gracefully when AI services aren’t available.
How do I import from my existing system?
Native GAEB XML (X83 / X84 / X89), Excel and CSV import are built in. Connectors for proprietary systems ship as modules, the marketplace already has a handful, including workflow integration via n8n. Custom migrations are available via Enterprise support.
Do I need AI services to use the product?
No. The BOQ editor, validation pipeline, CAD ingest and cost database all work without AI. AI takeoff and semantic search are optional enhancements. You can bring your own model or use the hosted CV/LLM services via Pro.
Who’s behind this?
Built by Artem Boiko (solo founder of DataDrivenConstruction) with help from open-source contributors. Same person is the author of CWICR (the 55,000-item cost database shipped here) and cad2data, with 10+ years of construction-tech engineering behind both. We ship our own tools on it.
Can I contribute a module?
Absolutely. The SDK ships with a cookiecutter template, scaffold a module in one command, drop it in the marketplace when it’s ready. Good candidates: regional cost databases, ERP connectors, custom validation rule sets.
Where is my data stored? Does anything leave my server?
On your infrastructure. Projects, drawings and cost data live in your PostgreSQL and your object storage. Nothing is phoned home, no telemetry by default. If you enable hosted AI services, only the payload you send is processed; it’s opt-in per workspace and you can point the client at self-hosted models instead.
What CAD and BIM formats are supported?
DWG, DGN, RVT and IFC ingest through the cad2data pipeline into a canonical format, one schema to query, classify and cost against. PDF drawings go through the takeoff pipeline (vector extraction + OCR). New formats land as modules, not core rewrites.
How does the commercial license work?
AGPL-3.0 is fine for most internal and service use. If you embed the product in a closed SaaS, ship it inside a proprietary application, or need an explicit waiver for procurement, talk to us. Commercial terms cover that, plus priority support and enterprise SLA. No per-seat metering, no forced cloud.
Can I migrate away later?
Yes, and we mean it. Everything you put in comes back out, GAEB XML, Excel, CSV, JSON, Parquet, or a direct PostgreSQL dump. The schema is documented, the source is open; no proprietary file formats, no escrow games, no hostage data.
How often do you ship updates?
Minor releases roughly every 2-3 weeks, patch releases as needed. Changelog lives on GitHub, every tagged version has a Docker image, and migrations are reversible. You decide when to upgrade. Self-hosted means nobody forces a deploy window on you.
Which languages and regions are supported?
20 languages ship in the core i18n. Cost database labels, validation rule sets and classification trees are per-region modules, pick the ones you need, add your own. No hard-coded currency, no hard-coded date format.
Partner Program · Founding cohort

Open core. Paid on top.

OpenConstructionERP is AGPL-3.0 and free - clone, deploy, run. The commercial layer above is where partners earn: implementation, training, support, and regional / commercial licences.

Become a partner Read full program
55k+ cost items · 160+ modules · Open-source ERP for construction

Stop fighting your tools.
Start estimating.

Download the free desktop app, or install from source. Run on your laptop, VPS, or the cloud of your choice. Self-host forever, or let us do it.

Download the app Windows, macOS, Linux - free and open source Apple Linux

Or install from source

pip install openconstructionerp
docker run -p 8080:8080 ghcr.io/datadrivenconstruction/openconstructionerp

One command and the full ERP is running. PostgreSQL is built in, nothing else to set up. See the install docs.

No credit card required Self-host on your infra AGPL-3.0 forever

Practice atlas · the deeper view

Where to look after the homepage.

Four reference pages built on what OCERP actually ships in v8.6.0 - code‑level audited, no marketing fiction. Take the assessment to find your starting point, then go deeper into practices, industries and standards.

Free · 8 minutes · no sign‑up

Start with the maturity assessment.

11 questions across 5 dimensions - estimating, BIM/CAD, cost data, validation, openness. Get a per‑dimension score and three prioritised next steps before you pick a practice. Print or save as PDF.

Found.
0-11
Devel.
12-22
Estab.
23-32
Advan.
33-39
Leader
40-44
▸ Sample result: Established · 27 / 44 · 61% maturity
Start the assessment ▸ Returns a per‑dimension chart + 3 prioritised next steps
▸ P‑01 .. P‑05

Practice areas

5 disciplines with platform vs partner column per practice. What ships in v8.6.0, what's still partner work.

160+ modules BIM · Cost · Takeoff Validate · Tender
▸ S‑01 .. S‑05

Industry sectors

5 sectors with real pains mapped to what platform does today + honest gap. Residential through Heavy & Energy.

Per‑sector fit Honest gaps
▸ Code‑audit

Standards reference

Every standard with a registered reader, writer or validator in v8.6.0. 46 rules · 5 packs. Roadmap items called out separately.

IFC · GAEB · BCF DIN · NRM · CSI