Plant (Calculate)

Core Features

Plant Calculate is designed around the contractor's estimating process rather than separate life-cycle assessment workflows. By connecting climate calculations directly to cost estimates, the software automates much of the calculation process while presenting information differently for each project role, allowing climate considerations to become part of everyday construction management. Some of its main features are:

• Climate Calculations from Cost Estimates: Generates climate calculations and climate declarations directly from project cost estimates, helping contractors meet legal requirements and certification needs.

• Role-Based Project Views: Provides dedicated interfaces for estimators, project managers, executives, and production managers, ensuring each user sees the information and tools relevant to their responsibilities.

• High Automation: Automatically updates climate data when revised cost estimates are uploaded, minimizing manual intervention and keeping calculations current throughout the project.

• Scenario and Material Comparison: Enables users to compare alternative materials and project scenarios to identify solutions with lower climate impacts during the estimating process.

• Estimating Software Integration: Integrates with Bidcon, MAP, and Wikells Sektionsdata, while larger contractors can connect through an API integration with Bidcon for automated data synchronisation.

• Climate Declaration and Certification Support: Produces climate declarations and supports projects pursuing environmental certification requirements using the same underlying project data.

Closing Insights

Plant Calculate reflects Plant's view that climate calculations should become part of the normal responsibilities of construction teams rather than remaining the domain of sustainability specialists. This philosophy is evident in the platform's role-based interface, which gives estimators, project managers, site supervisors, and executives access to different views tailored to the decisions they make. By distributing climate information across the project team, Plant seeks to make sustainability objectives a shared responsibility throughout project delivery rather than an isolated reporting exercise.

The platform also illustrates Plant's emphasis on integrating climate calculations into existing construction workflows instead of introducing entirely new processes. By working directly with cost estimates and established estimating software, Calculate builds on tools that contractors already use, helping organizations incorporate climate considerations into procurement, material selection, and project planning with minimal disruption. Plant describes this approach as offering "the best user experience in the industry," with a focus on intuitive workflows and a short learning curve for all project roles.

Plant features Serneke, one of Sweden's largest construction companies, as an early user of Calculate. According to Plant, Serneke was the first company to perform project climate calculations using the platform, with the case study highlighting how the software supported more informed sustainability decisions during project delivery. Plant Calculate is available on a subscription basis, with pricing available on request, and can be extended with add-on modules covering climate declarations, full life-cycle assessments, and circularity.