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A construction calculator that speaks the job site's language.

Feet, inches, and fractions—exact math, no drift. Purpose-built for construction, Western Construction Calculator combines a dedicated keypad for fast, familiar entry with an Advanced Tools section that goes beyond what any handheld calculator can do.

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Not yet available on Google Play -- launching soon.

Western Construction Calculator main keypad screen

Built for feet, inches, and fractions

Every calculation is stored as an exact fraction of an inch, so repeated add/subtract never drifts the way floating-point math does.

Feet · Inches · Fractions

Enter and read values the way they're marked on a tape measure, like 4'-6-3/8". Add, subtract, and convert without ever leaving that format.

Voice Input

Speak a measurement naturally -- "forty-eight feet five and three quarters inches" -- and it's entered for you. Useful when you need to enter multiple dimensions from a blueprint.

Stairs

Riser, tread, and stringer calculations from total rise, max riser height, and tread depth -- plus stairwell floor-opening length.

Roofing

Rafter length, pitch, and angle from run and rise. Solve for any two of run, rise, diagonal, or pitch, and get common, hip, valley, and jack rafter lengths.

Board Feet

Thickness × width × length, straight to board feet, for lumber takeoffs on the fly.

Circles & Arcs

Solve diameter, radius, circumference, or area from any one of them, plus arched-opening geometry from chord, rise, radius, or angle.

Polygons

Full angle, bisect angle, side length, perimeter, and area for any regular polygon, from the number of sides and one known dimension.

Area, Volume & Roof Materials

Area and volume calculations that go either direction, plus roof covering takeoffs -- squares, shingle bundles, and sheathing sheets -- from plan area and pitch.

See it on the job

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Main keypad screen with feet-inch-fraction entry and the full function keypad
Main keypad
Roofing (Advanced) right triangle screen solving run, rise, diagonal, and pitch, with ridge beam and rafter tail adjustments
Roofing solver
Arc (Advanced) screen solving an arched opening from chord and rise
Arc solver
Arc results with radius, angle, arc length, and arched wall stud lengths, plus the arc diagram
Arc results
Arched wall studs diagrams for inside and outside framing
Arched wall studs
Stairs (Advanced) results with riser height, tread depth, stringer length, stairwell opening, and the stair diagram
Stairs results
Compound Miter (Advanced) screen solving miter and bevel angle from spring angle and corner angle
Compound Miter
Polygon (Advanced) screen solving a regular polygon's angles, side length, perimeter, and area, plus the polygon diagram
Polygon solver
Blueprint Scale (Advanced) screen converting a drawing measurement to actual size at a chosen scale
Blueprint Scale
Volume (Concrete) screen computing cubic yards and cost from length, width, and thickness
Concrete volume & cost
Circle screen solving diameter, radius, circumference, and column volume
Circle solver
Circle results with diameter, radius, circumference, area, volume, and cone volume
Circle results
History screen listing past calculations for the current project
History
Create New Project dialog for keeping separate calculation histories per job
Projects
Preferences screen listing fractional resolution, unit displays, and framing defaults
Preferences

Get Western Construction Calculator

The app is in final testing and not yet published. Check back soon for the Google Play link.

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