Bidding Professionals

Construction Material and Quantity Takeoff Services

While providing Construction takeoff Services, we start with reading the building drawings/plans and calculate the type and the amount of materials required to build the specific building. The calculation of materials in terms of type and amount is called the quantity takeoff. These calculations are put in an excel spreadsheet in an organized format and delivered to the client. The preparation and delivery of this spreadsheet is called construction takeoff.

Our Process of Quantity Takeoff

The process of quantity takeoff is simple. The client sends us the project plans and we provide free consultation as well as a quote to do the project according to the given scope. Once we have an agreement, we initially charge 50% of the fee and start the project. 

The first step in the process of quantity takeoff is to go through the project plans thoroughly and check if the concerned estimate is a budget estimate or a design estimate. In the second step, the quantity estimator marks the plans on Bluebeam Revu which is a software used to calculate the quantity take-offs. The third step is the material cost estimation in which we estimate the cost of each corresponding line item using RSMeans. RSMeans is an online platform by which we can get the changing market prices of construction materials. 

Our construction takeoff gets the labour and materials prices and the labour productivity from RSMeans. The detailed construction take-offs are performed with everything broken down to show each minor detail to the client.