The math happens in Excel

According to industry research, 85% of construction professionals still run their projects through Excel. Estimators have spent years building takeoff sheets they trust. Developers run proformas that decide whether a deal pencils. Owners track program through cells they understand.

The spreadsheet is the surface where the math actually happens in this industry. The problem is this never played well with the designs put forward or iterations that inevitably happen during a project.

The disconnection between Excel and the design model is the real problem. Excel itself isn't.

What we built

The Arcol Excel integration connects your Arcol project to your Excel file. You can push square footages, unit counts, and any other program metrics directly into a chosen Excel workbook and the excel file persists through sessions.

When the design moves, we'll notify you to update excel and one update pushes values through to the spreadsheet. Your formulas keep referencing the same cells. Your templates stay intact. Nothing about how you work in Excel changes. The numbers just stop going stale.

Connected Constructible Design in practice

This launch is one instance of the larger thesis Arcol is building toward. Connected Constructible Design means the surfaces designers use and the surfaces builders use sit on the same source of truth, without forcing either side to abandon the tools that work for them. The Excel integration is one bridge across that wall.

There will be others. The principle stays the same: meet the work where it already happens.

Try it

The Excel integration is available now. If you run your projects through a spreadsheet and you want those numbers to come from a design that actually moves, start a project in Arcol or book time with our team to learn more.