Preliminary estimate
±20% to ±40%
Checking whether a project pencils out and setting a starting budget.
Takeoffs and cost estimates for U.S. contractors
Bid more projects without hiring another full-time estimator.
Raybil measures and prices drawings for general contractors and trade contractors across the U.S. Every number comes back marked on your plans, so you can check it before you bid.
Send your plans and get a fee and delivery date by email. No obligation.
- Local pricingMaterial and labor costs matched to the market where the project is built.
- Delivered in Excel and PDFAn itemized sheet plus marked-up plans, or your own template filled in.
- Sorted by CSI divisionEach line carries its MasterFormat code and the sheet it came from.
- Billed by the projectNothing on payroll. Send one job or your whole bid list.
Your time belongs on the job site, not behind a plan table after dark.
An invite you can't get to is work you never had a shot at. We take on the measuring and pricing, so more of those invites become submitted bids.
Field work comes first
Between walkthroughs, crew calls, and inspections, there's rarely a clear block of hours left for measuring drawings.
Bid dates don't wait
When takeoffs back up, deadlines slip past. Quicker numbers let you accept more of the invitations you receive.
Most bids don't win
Every losing bid is estimating time nobody pays for. Getting more bids out, faster, is how the odds start to tilt your way.
A full-time estimator is a $70K+ commitment
Salaries commonly run $70,000 to $110,000+ before benefits, even in slow months. Raybil is paid only when there's a job to price.
Pick the estimate your project needs
From an early budget on a sketch to a bid-ready number with your markup applied.
Detailed estimate
Highest level of detail we produce
Final budgets, lender and owner reviews, and tracking cost during the build.
Quantity takeoff
Quantities only, pricing left to you
Subcontractors who price with their own crew rates and supplier numbers.
Bid estimate
Full detail, with your markup included
Contractors submitting on public or private projects.
Every number comes with its receipts
You shouldn't have to take an estimate on faith. Each project ships with three pieces you can check against your own plans.
Excel bid sheet
Materials, labor hours, equipment, and waste allowances, itemized with the sheet reference and CSI code. Built to paste into your proposal, or mapped into your own spreadsheet.
Color-coded PDF markups
Your drawings returned with each scope traced in its own color. When the sheet lists 168 LF of partitions, the PDF shows exactly which walls make up that number.
RFI log
Gaps and conflicts found in the documents, tied to a sheet and room, with the assumption we priced. You see them early enough to ask the design team before bids close.
Measured the way your trade bids
Each trade has its own units and vocabulary. Pick yours to see what we measure.
- Sitework31–33
- Concrete03
- Masonry04
- Structural steel05
- Carpentry & framing06
- Roofing & insulation07
- Drywall & finishes09
- MEP21–28
Other scopes we take on: elevators, fencing, landscaping, piling, plaster, glass and glazing, flooring, paint and wallcovering, sheet metal, welding, process and site piping, and mechanical insulation.
From plans received to bid-ready
Fee and delivery date are agreed before any work begins.
- 1
Send your plans
Upload your PDFs and tell us the trades and bid date.
- 2
Get a free quote
We review the set and email a fee and delivery date.
- 3
We measure and price
Quantities taken sheet by sheet, then priced to your scope.
- 4
Review and delivery
Bid sheet, marked-up PDFs, and RFI log, before your deadline.
Have a bid coming up?
Send the drawings today. You'll get a fee and delivery date by email before committing to anything.