BlueStake Solutions, LLC · Ridgeville, SC
BLUE is underground utility estimating software built by pipelayers, not programmers. Bid faster, win more, and protect your margin on every job.
Beta is live. Design partner program open.
“Most estimating software was written by people who’ve never laid a stick of pipe. BLUE was built the other way around.”
— BlueStake Solutions · Built by pipelayers, not programmers
How a bid actually starts
A real bid begins the moment the ITB packet hits your inbox. BLUE picks it up there — and carries it all the way through to the final pay request.
Drop in the bid item numbers and descriptions from the spec book. BLUE seeds the rest of the workbook from this one entry point — type a bid item here and it shows up everywhere else it’s needed.
Build the estimate — quantities, production rates, materials, adders. Material # auto-fills description, unit, and unit cost from your Materials Database. Production rates pull from your historical numbers, not somebody else’s.
Final rolled-up bid with global and per-item GPM, gross profit dollars, extended amounts, and unit price. The number you submit to the GC — with the math behind it intact.
Everything an estimator actually needs
BLUE replaces the spaghetti pile of spreadsheets, vendor PDFs, and sticky notes most underground contractors run on today. Every sheet is wired to every other sheet so a change in one place updates everywhere it matters.
All material items with unit costs by work type. Type a Material # anywhere in the workbook and the description, unit, and unit cost with tax populate themselves. The Materials Entry Helper makes adding a new pipe size, fitting, or restraint a 30-second job.
Production rates linking labor, equipment, and output. Build a rate for “8″ sewer 8-10′ depth, open cut” once and use it everywhere. Production Rates Entry Helper for fast additions.
The build screen. Quantities, production, adders, GPM — all wired back to the rates and materials databases.
Bond, escalation, contingency, overhead, net profit. One screen controls the levers that turn direct cost into a winning bid.
Distributes pipe footage by cut-class band from your hand takeoff. Rolls up to the Takeoff Sheet by pipe size, material, and cut class so production rates apply by depth.
Add unlimited extra materials per bid item — restraints, fittings, specialty couplings. They flow through to Bid Summary automatically, fractional quantities and all.
Unlimited task-level detail per bid item. Crew days, materials, and production rates roll straight into the Takeoff — no re-keying, no broken links. Bid a pump station or a lump-sum tie-in the same way you bid a stick of pipe.
After award
BLUE follows the project past the bid table — into scheduling, billing, change orders, and field production. One workbook, one project, cradle to close-out.
Line-item SOV that drives pay request generation directly from the bid.
AIA G702/G703-style application for payment, populated from the SOV.
Auto-generated project schedule with manual override.
Pricing
BLUE is in private beta with a small group of design partners. Subscriptions open to the public at general release — early adopters who request a demo now will be first in line.
Bronze
$49/user/mo
Solo estimator
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Most popular
Silver
$149/user/mo
Small contractor
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Gold
$299/mo
2 users included · Full operation
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How BLUE compares to the incumbents:
BLUE is deliberately priced 4–10x below the incumbents. That is the market gap BLUE exists to fill.
About BlueStake Solutions
BlueStake Solutions, LLC was founded in 2026 to bring underground utility contractors an estimating platform actually built by people who came up through the trade. Our chief estimator has 40 years across wholesale waterworks and field construction — BLUE is the workbook he wished he’d had on every project he ever bid, and it respects the way real utility bids actually come together.
We’re based in Ridgeville, South Carolina, and we’re starting with the Southeastern US contractor community. If you’ve ever lost a Friday to broken vendor links and stale production rates — BLUE is for you.
Request a demo · Get on the beta list
BLUE is in private beta right now — a small group of design partners is onboarding. Tell us about your operation and we’ll line up a personal walkthrough on a real bid you’re working on. Beta testers go first in line, with full access at no cost during the testing period.
Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 2, 2026
BlueStake Solutions, LLC (“BlueStake,” “we,” “us”) operates this website and provides BLUE, an underground utility estimating workbook. This policy explains what information we collect from visitors and prospects, how we use it, and the choices you have.
When you request a demo, we receive the name, company, email, phone number, and message you provide in the form. We do not collect cookies, run third-party analytics scripts, or track you across other sites. Basic server logs (IP address, request time, user-agent) are retained by our hosting provider for standard security purposes and are not used to build a profile of you.
We use the information you submit only to respond to your inquiry, schedule a demo, and follow up about BLUE. We do not sell, rent, or share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
Form submissions are transmitted over HTTPS. Prospect information is stored in the BlueStake Solutions Microsoft 365 tenant with multi-factor authentication required on every account with access. Only BlueStake staff who need the information to reply to you can see it.
We keep demo request records while our conversation is active and for a reasonable follow-up window afterward. If you ask us to delete your information, we will do so unless we’re required by law to retain a record.
You can ask us to correct or delete the information you’ve shared, or opt out of further contact, by emailing info@bluestakesolutions.com. Please put “Privacy Request” in the subject line so we can route it correctly.
This site is a business-to-business site for utility contractors. It is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.
If we update this policy, we’ll change the “Last updated” date at the top and, when the change is material, note it here. Please check back periodically.
BlueStake Solutions, LLC
Ridgeville, South Carolina
info@bluestakesolutions.com