JFJosh Fordinbidferra.com·1d ago · 10 min readThe best structural steel estimating software in 2026 (an honest comparison)tldr: Most "AI estimating" tools either do beams well and columns poorly, or aren't built for steel at all. This is a straight comparison of the real options in 2026: SketchDeck, Steel Genie, Beam AI,32JD
JFJosh Fordinbidferra.com·Jun 10 · 9 min readThe Honest Guide to Structural Steel Estimatingtldr: Most guides to structural steel estimating teach you the steps. The steps were never the problem. Bidding the wrong jobs, slow takeoffs, and revision churn are where fabricators actually lose ti00
JFJosh Fordinbidferra.com·Jun 10 · 4 min readFerra at NASCC 2026: A Huge Week for Steel PreconstructionNASCC: The Steel Conference was a major milestone for the Ferra team. We went into the event with a simple goal: have real conversations with structural steel fabricators, erectors, estimators, execut00
