Commercial Construction Estimating Services

Our commercial quantity takeoff services encompass all of the systems that a commercial building needs – structural, envelope, MEP, and finishes – and is taken from the architectural and engineering drawings. We use commercial cost estimating, which incorporates current regional pricing, to provide you with a complete and defensible bid number to support your bid or budget.

We offer office building estimating services for tenant improvements and ground-up office construction and retail construction estimating services for single tenant and multi tenant retail facilities. Our staff can also assist with hotel construction estimating and that involves the repetition of guest rooms, as well as the more complex MEP systems that are often found in hospitality projects.

Estimating for healthcare construction estimating demands a keen focus on specific systems, infection-control needs, and the rules and regulations that are specific to healthcare. Likewise, our educational facility estimating services cover the unique code and life-safety requirements that schools and universities have to address.

In addition to the cost estimate, our commercial bid preparation services and commercial project estimating services enable contractors to put together a full and compliant bid package for commercial work, both competitive and negotiated. We also handle mixed-use development estimating and quantities and pricing coordination between the building types that are usually found in these projects.

Mixed-use projects are especially complex to coordinate as they often have a combination of structural systems, varying levels of finishes, and mechanical needs for both residential and retail elements. Our estimating staff recognizes this challenge directly in the breakdown and has the expertise to support you.

Another aspect of determining estimation accuracy is that the margins are frequently narrower on residential work than on commercial work. The residential project estimating team at our company is aware of the pressure that builders experience and will provide you with an estimate that is sufficiently detailed to not compromise your margins while meeting the deadline required for competitive bidding.

We also have pricing benchmarks in a variety of markets across the country and with numerous residential markets so whether you’re building in a high cost coastal market or a more moderate inland market your price is based on realistic material and labour costs in your local area, not a generic national average.

We can also format the estimates in a standard format that facilitates comparison cost per square foot in multiple homes or floor plans, so that any discrepancies in cost can be identified and any causes of cost discrepancies determined, including changes in design or specification.