Free Takeoff Software for Construction Educators

zzTakeoff partners with Frank R. Walker Company

zzTakeoff is proud to partner with the Frank R. Walker Company - one of the construction industry's most trusted names in cost estimating and the publisher of Walker's Building Estimator's Reference Book, America's premier estimating reference for more than 110 years. Together, we're helping instructors bring proven estimating fundamentals into a modern digital takeoff workflow.

For classroom adoption, Walker's newest title is Building Cost Estimating: Principles and Practices. Built for higher education, continuing education, and trade school programs, the book covers 16 topics - each with clear learning objectives and end-of-chapter questions to reinforce comprehension. Instructors also receive an answer key, a classroom slide deck, and additional teaching resources.

To support instruction and lab use, students who purchase the Walker textbook can use zzTakeoff's fully functional software free of charge for 30 days. Institutions with construction education programs may also qualify for free academic access to zzTakeoff for instructional use.

By bringing Walker's estimating techniques, reference materials, cost data, and instructional methodology into the zzTakeoff platform, you can offer students a seamless learning experience that connects course concepts to real-world estimating practice using modern takeoff technology - creating a program that is academically rigorous and professionally relevant.