The Future of DESTINI Cloud: AI, Bid Day, and Beyond

In this four-part series, we’ll pull back the curtains to the development, capabilities, rollout, and future of estimating with the forthcoming DESTINI Cloud release. Our final blog in this series covers next-gen features like AI-powered takeoff, document management, DESTINI Bid Day updates, embedded Power BI dashboards, and security enhancements.

The construction industry is in a period of digital transformation, demanding faster, smarter tools that empower teams to deliver more value. Beck Technology’s DESTINI Cloud lays the foundation for where preconstruction is headed. Still, it’s the forward-thinking innovations—AI-powered takeoff, next-generation Bid Day, embedded business intelligence, security, and unified document management—that truly define DESTINI's future.

AI-Powered 2D Quantity Takeoff: The Next Leap

The acquisition and integration of WorkPack’s AI-powered browser-based takeoff technology marks a dramatic step forward for DESTINI’s preconstruction solution suite. This cloud-native AI tool automates much of the most time-consuming aspects of quantity takeoff. Estimators can sketch digitally on uploaded plans and immediately see the generated quantities linked with assemblies and line items in their estimate. For firms working with legacy projects, DESTINI takeoff ensures old projects are supported alongside new work, protecting investment and workflow continuity.

This embedded intelligence is more than just an incremental update; it’s a game-changer. The AI takeoff system is renowned for accuracy and speed, and its browser deployment means customers can work anywhere, anytime, without cumbersome installs. With AI recognizing and measuring areas, counts, and lengths across complex drawings, estimators can focus on analysis, confidence in output, and coordination with stakeholders. Real-time updates connect takeoff with pricing automations, instantly driving changes into the project estimate—a leap for both productivity and risk mitigation.​

Drawing and Document Management: Accuracy Meets Speed

Preconstruction today involves managing a whirlwind of project files, revisions, and drawing sets. DESTINI Cloud addresses this by transforming document management into a seamless experience:

• Drag-and-drop upload eliminates the need for file conversions.
• Automated extraction of sheet titles and page numbers ensures that teams are always working with organized, accurate drawing sets.
• Visual reviews with adjustable thumbnails and calibration tools allow users to confirm details before documents are published for live work.

Not only does this keep projects organized, but it also supports accurate takeoff and bidding by ensuring only the right documents are used at the right time. With streamlined reviews, publishing, and revision features, preconstruction teams move faster while safeguarding against costly mistakes.

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An upcoming feature is drawing comparison technology, which will highlight added, removed, or changed elements across revisions. This breakthrough helps teams anticipate project impacts, proactively manage changes, and maintain compliance. The cloud-native architecture ensures document management can scale to any firm size or project complexity.

Power BI Embedded Dashboards: Data Insight in Real Time

With DESTINI Cloud, business intelligence moves from static reports to living, interactive dashboards right inside the estimating platform. Embedded Power BI dashboards allow estimators, managers, and executives to visualize quantity variances, cost breakdowns, and historical data in seconds. Traditional Power BI workflows often relied on nightly or periodic data updates, but the new DESTINI APIs enable near-real-time streaming of changes into these dashboards—with updated metrics visible just moments after estimate edits.

This radical improvement supports critical bid-day decisions, conceptual estimating, and benchmarking. Customers can use pre-built dashboards or create their own, even connecting them to private data lakes for tailored reporting. Furthermore, dashboards and insights can be securely shared externally or within the organization using role-based access controls, expanding visibility without compromising confidentiality.

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Bid Day Reimagined: Integrated, Faster, Smarter

Bidding is often the bottleneck in every preconstruction project, involving bid leveling, subcontractor management, and decision support under immense time pressure. For DESTINI Cloud, this means a reimagined Bid Day experience:

• Improved UI with floating column and row headers that maximize interface real estate.
• Real-Time GCs, GRS, trade requirements, and instant review of bid submissions.
• Integrated invitation to bid and sub management features bring everything directly into the platform.

Users can add subs quickly, level their bids in real time, and leverage instant updates to make more accurate, competitive decisions. Upcoming features include a unified subcontractor Rolodex and invitation management—all built on the agile cloud foundation for performance and connectivity. Beck Technology’s dedicated development team is driving this vision day by day, listening to feedback and optimizing based on user needs.​

Unified Platform: Security, Integration, and Future-Proofing

DESTINI Cloud’s architecture is designed for continuous innovation. Key future-ready features include:

• Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC): Organizations can precisely set permissions for users and groups, controlling not just what people see but what they can create, edit, and share by module, project, or estimate.
• SOC 2 Compliance: Security isn’t optional. Beck Technology’s commitment to SOC 2 Type 1 (and soon Type 2) certification reassures customers that their data—bid numbers, documents, and client records—is protected according to stringent industry standards.

All new workflows are API-friendly, ensuring seamless integration with other construction and project management systems. As the industry’s needs evolve—such as the push toward fully automated 3D quantity takeoff and AI-supported estimating—DESTINI Cloud’s consistent, scalable architecture is ready to support even deeper intelligence, more automation, and broader collaboration.

Human-Centered Innovation: The Beck Technology Community

A recurring theme is Beck Technology’s partnership approach. Continuous monthly webinars, open test environments, and a commitment to customer-led development mean that users help guide DESTINI’s future. The support extends beyond the technical helpdesk—Beck Technology invests in change management and best practices and celebrates customer wins.

At Precon World, leaders shared both technology and personal stories, underscoring the human side of innovation. From the first hands-on demo to onboarding, training, and beyond, the DESTINI Cloud platform is shaped by the people building and using it every day.​

What’s Next: Toward a Unified Future

DESTINI Cloud is not the end—it’s the beginning. As new features like drawing comparison, expanded Bid Day workflows, and deeper real-time integrations arrive in upcoming releases, Beck Technology’s vision is clear: a truly unified cloud-native platform for preconstruction, where estimates, documents, dashboards, takeoff, and project management reside together, enabling teams to work together smarter and faster.

For estimators, managers, and executives seeking technology that empowers—not interrupts—the future is bright. The collaborative, agile, and intelligent features of DESTINI Cloud place estimators and general contracting firms at the forefront, reshaping what’s possible in construction preconstruction.

DESTINI Cloud is currently being rolled out to select clients for final testing; the full release and migration is scheduled for early 2026.