Services
From quantity takeoffs to bid-ready cost estimates, choose the support your project actually needs.
The first three build on each other: measured quantities, then costs, then your markup. A preliminary estimate is the rough early version for projects without full drawings.
Measurements only, you do the pricing
The takeoff, fully priced
The priced estimate, ready to submit
An early budget, before full drawings exist
Whole-project estimates, or backup on the divisions your team can't get to.
Takeoffs and pricing focused on your trade and scope.
Budget checks while the design is still moving.
Cost comparisons between design options to keep drawings on budget.
Each project ships with three pieces, so you can verify the work before a bid goes out under your company's name.
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.
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.
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.
Sample project: urgent care clinic, shown on our home page
| RFI | Sheet and location | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RFI-01 | A-501, Room 105 | The lab ceiling isn't on the finish schedule, and exam rooms 102 to 104 call for ACT. Should the lab get washable vinyl-faced tile? Priced as standard 2' × 4' ACT. | Open |
| RFI-02 | S-101, detail 2/S-301 | General notes show the perimeter footing 12" deep, and detail 2 shows 16". Which governs? Priced at 12" per the notes. | Open |
| RFI-03 | A-601, door 6 | No hardware set is listed for the lab-to-staff door. Priced as a passage set with a closer. | Answered |
Each trade gets its own takeoff in the units it's bought and bid in. A full-project estimate is those trade totals added together.
CSI Divisions 31 Earthwork, 32 Exterior Improvements, 33 Utilities
The first crews on site. We measure clearing, earthwork, trenches, and buried utilities from your civil sheets.
Cut and fill, mass excavation, grading, utility trenching, haul-off
Hand off the earthwork math and put those hours into chasing more site packages.
CSI Division 03
Footings, slabs, walls, and elevated decks. Concrete is a costly scope, so a small quantity miss becomes a big dollar miss.
Rebar, formwork, PT tendons, PSI, slab on grade
Rebar weights and form areas take the most takeoff time, so we list both for each element.
CSI Division 04
Brick, concrete block, and stone, from load-bearing CMU buildings to full veneer elevations.
CMU, mortar, grout, bond beams, control joints
A block-heavy job can mean thousands of units. We count them so you don't have to.
CSI Division 05
The structural frame of commercial buildings, measured member by member.
W-shapes, columns, joists, deck, erection drawings
Every member, connection, and weld accounted for, not just the headline tonnage.
CSI Division 06
Wood framing and finish work for homes and light commercial buildings.
Rough and finish carpentry, trusses, sheathing, millwork
Board-foot takeoffs are laid out to trim waste, because every extra percent of lumber comes out of margin.
CSI Division 07
The scopes that keep weather out and heat in, on low-slope commercial roofs and steep-slope homes.
Squares, TPO, flashing, R-value, underlayment
Low-slope TPO or steep-slope shingle, measured in the units you order in.
CSI Division 09
Interior build-out: metal framing, board, paint, ceilings, and floors. Margins are tight and bid counts are high.
Gypsum, tape and finish, ACT, metal framing, finish levels
In a trade won on volume, faster takeoffs mean more bids submitted every week.
CSI Divisions 21 to 28
The densest drawings on most jobs, and the sheets most likely to change right before bids are due.
Ductwork, tonnage, conduit, switchgear, fixture schedules
Each pipe run, conduit path, and fixture gets its own line, so late revisions are easy to trace.
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.
Send the plans and tell us what you are bidding. We will recommend the right scope and quote it for free.