Stop missing the spec details that sink millwork bids.

Missed PLAM grades. Buried prevailing wage clauses. Addendum changes nobody caught until after the number went in. Specchec reads your Division 06/12 project manual, drawings, and addenda, then hands you every bid requirement with page references in under 10 minutes.

2 free reports • No credit card required • The sample opens instantly, no signup

Built by a former millwork estimator, not a software company. Meet the founder

CASEWORK EXTRACTION REPORT Division 06/12 • Page-referenced
REQBid bond 5%, sealed proposals due 2:00 PMp. 004
SPECPLAM: HPL, vertical grade, woodgrain seriesp. 123
WAGEDavis-Bacon prevailing wage appliesp. 011
HWHinges: 5-knuckle institutional, satin chromep. 131
AD-2Countertop material changed to solid surfaceAD2-1
RFICasework elevations conflict with finish scheduleA-401

Every report covers the stuff that gets shops burned

✓ Bid submission requirements
✓ Cabinet specs and manufacturers
✓ PLAM grades, colors, and finishes
✓ Countertop specifications
✓ Hardware: hinges, pulls, slides
✓ Materials Legend extraction
✓ Prevailing wage and Davis-Bacon
✓ Addendum tracking
✓ RFI recommendations

Built on real bids, not demo data

Specchec was developed and tested against real public bid packages: healthcare clinics, university hall renovations, federal facility projects, veterans' home upgrades, and hospitality interiors. Real spec books, real addenda, real drawing sets. If a project manual can hide a casework requirement, we have probably seen it try.

Estimator-built. Designed by someone who qualified millwork bids for a living, not a product team guessing at the workflow.
Page-referenced. Every line in the report points to the page it came from, so verification takes seconds.
Not replacing estimators. Specchec does the reading. Your estimator does the estimating.

How It Works

1

Upload

Drop in your specs PDF, drawings, and addenda. Supports files up to 500MB.

2

Extract

AI reads every page of the specs, plans, and addenda, and pulls all casework deliverables with page references.

3

Review

Get a formatted PDF report with a quick-glance summary, complete specs, and RFI recommendations.

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I was the estimator reading these specs at 2 AM

I'm Morgan Wheeler. Before Specchec, I was the lead estimator at a commercial millwork shop, burning 10 to 20 hours a week just qualifying leads. The actual estimating happened after hours, slouched over Bluebeam. I built Specchec to do the reading I hated so estimators can spend their time on the work that wins jobs.

Questions? Email me directly: morgan@sangrestrategies.com. You will get the founder, not a support queue. Or read the full story on the blog.

Stop Burning Estimator Hours on Spec Reading

Every time your estimator evaluates a bid, they spend an average of 30 minutes just reading the specs. At $45/hour, that adds up fast.

30+ min
Manual spec reading per bid
< 10 min
With Specchec
$45/hr
Your estimator's loaded cost
$4,500+
Saved per month
100 bids/month × 20 min saved = 33 hours back in your estimators' hands
💰 33 hours × $45/hr = $4,500+ in recovered productivity every month
🏆 More bids reviewed = more bids submitted = more jobs won
📈 A Starter plan pays for itself in the first week of estimator time it saves

Your estimators are your most expensive asset. Stop spending their time on spec reading. Let them estimate.

"Can't I Just Use ChatGPT?"

Sure. You can also cut lumber with a hand saw. Here's why estimating teams choose Specchec instead of doing it themselves.

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Purpose-Built for Specs

ChatGPT is a general tool. Specchec was built by a millwork estimator, specifically for Division 06/12 casework extraction. Every prompt, every output, every deliverable is tuned for your workflow.

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Consistent Results

AI models change constantly. One day your prompt works, the next day it doesn't. Specchec handles model updates internally so your reports stay consistent. No prompt babysitting required.

No Prompt Engineering

Writing good prompts is a skill. Writing prompts that reliably extract 16 deliverable categories from 500-page spec books is a career. We already did the work. You just upload.

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Structured PDF Output

ChatGPT gives you a wall of text. Specchec gives you a formatted PDF with page references, status flags, a summary table, and an appendix, ready to hand to your project manager.

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No Memory Drift

ChatGPT forgets your instructions between conversations. Every session starts from scratch. Specchec runs the same extraction logic every single time. Report #1 and report #1,000 are held to the same standard.

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Cheaper Than You Think

A ChatGPT Plus subscription is $20/month, and you still spend 20 minutes per spec writing prompts and reformatting output. Specchec does it in under 10 with zero effort. The time savings alone pay for it.

Pricing

Built for millwork and casework shops. Pay for what you use.

Monthly Annual Save 10%
Starter
For small estimating teams
$299/month
  • 100 reports per month
  • Specs + Plans + Addenda
  • PDF deliverables
  • Materials Legend extraction
  • Email support
  • Overage: $5.00/report
Start Free Trial

$2.99 per report

Enterprise
For high-volume estimating operations
$999/month
  • 1,000 reports per month
  • Specs + Plans + Addenda
  • PDF deliverables
  • Materials Legend extraction
  • Direct founder support line
  • Custom report formatting on request
  • Overage: $1.00/report, a third of Pro's rate
Start Free Trial

$1.00 per report

Need self-hosting or a source code license? Email the founder.

See what Specchec catches before you bid your next job

Open the sample report, or run one of your own bids through it free. Two reports, no credit card.

Specchec is an AI-powered service and can make mistakes. All reports must be verified by the end user before use.