Back to deals
Evalation Lab

Productivity

Free

Evalation Lab

by Evalation

vVersion 1.7 588 MB Universal 4+

Description

Evalation Lab is the design and estimating tool built for outdoor living contractors — decks, pergolas, concrete flatwork, and retaining structures — all in one app on your iPad or iPhone.

DESIGN ON THE JOB SITE
Draw your deck or structure to scale directly on the canvas. Snap walls, draw deck surfaces, place footings, railings, and stairs. The 3D view updates in real time so you can walk clients through the design before a single board is cut.

STRUCTURAL CALCULATIONS BUILT IN
Evalation Lab runs IRC-compliant beam sizing, joist spans, and footing loads as you design. Every structural result is documented and printable.

PROFESSIONAL BLUEPRINTS — INSTANTLY
Generate a full permit-ready blueprint package as a PDF: plan view, section cuts, framing layout, material schedule, and code notes. No CAD software needed.

ACCURATE ESTIMATES IN SECONDS
Material takeoffs and labor costs are calculated automatically from your design. Set your own pricing, margins, and framing system — Fortress Evolution, Safco Buildex (Forever Frame®), or Traditional Lumber — and the estimate updates live.

TREX RAINESCAPE® DRAINAGE SYSTEM
Add the Trex RainEscape® under-deck drainage system to any deck surface with a single toggle. The app calculates trough count, drain locations, butyl tape rolls, and hidden gutter linear footage per bay — with full line-item pricing in the estimate.

DECK ADD-ONS
• Under-deck ceiling systems
• Trex RainEscape® drainage
• Hot tub structural allowance
• Custom fascia and border board layouts
• Cantilever configurations

MULTIPLE MODULE TYPES
• Decks & multi-surface deck systems
• Freestanding and attached pergolas
• Concrete and paver flatwork
• Retaining walls

SIGN AND CLOSE ON SITE
Send the estimate to your client, collect an e-signature, and walk away with a signed proposal — all from the app.

CONNECTED TO EVALATION OPS
Sign in with your Evalation Ops account to pull scheduled estimates directly into Lab, design them, and sync the completed blueprint, material list, and estimate back to your Ops dashboard in one tap.

BUILT FOR CONTRACTORS
Dark interface designed for outdoor readability. Large, high-contrast labels that stay legible in direct sunlight. Fast, no-clutter workflow that respects your time on a busy job site.

What's new (vVersion 1.7)

Pricing now syncs automatically from your Evalation Ops account. Every material line item — deck tiers, framing, railing, pergola, concrete, and RainEscape prices — is pulled from Ops and applied to the app before each estimate. Your iPad will never show a price that doesn't match Ops.

Syncing happens silently in the background on launch and before each estimate. If you're offline, the app uses your last synced prices — nothing resets or defaults. You can also trigger a manual sync from Pricing settings.

All pricing fields are now labeled "Managed in Evalation Ops" and are read-only in the app.