Commercial Estimating Services
Buildit Estimating has been servicing the buildings services industry for over 10 years, providing highly comprehensive construction estimating services and material start-ups for builders, general contractors, subcontractors, engineering companies, architects, designers, investors, owners, and developers. Our experienced and professional estimators help you properly get top-notch construction take-off and other home estimating services and improve your budgeting.
Commercial estimating requires sound and in-depth technical knowledge along with precision and experience. We believe that an accurate estimate serves as a primary tool for budget creation and cost control throughout the lifecycle of the project.
Our Estimators have a great deal of experience of commercial takeoffs and estimation with a diversified portfolio in America. Construction industries including renovation, restoration, addition, and new construction. Each project is reviewed by senior project managers having past experience of estimating a huge commercial portfolio of projects.
Do you require assistance with commercial construction project estimating and scheduling?
Thanks to our team of professional quantity surveyors, consultants, and engineers, we can ensure accurate and fast services suited to your unique needs. We can help you accomplish your objectives, whether preparing estimates, establishing profit margins, or making competitive bidding bids.
Our Commercial Estimating Services:
Bid Estimates
Most Accurate & Detailed Commercial Estimates
At Buildit Estimating, we strive to deliver the most precise and thorough commercial estimates, complete with line item descriptions and colored marked-up drawings. Our created commercial estimate databases and RSMeans are used to price materials, labor, and equipment.
Preliminary Commercial Estimates ( For Developers)
Commercial developers must estimate numbers and amounts even before developing drawings to assess the project’s feasibility. Our library of million-dollar project evaluations, software expertise, and historical data helps real estate developers, owners, and investors produce credible early commercial estimates and feasibility studies.
Pre-Construction Final Commercial Estimates
Eventually, when the construction drawings are completed, either concurrently with or following the design process, general contractors and subcontractors begin submitting bids. Our comprehensive pre-construction final commercial estimates aid in the development of planning proposals, the acquisition of financing, the allocation of finances, the management of costs, and the negotiation of contracts with contractors.
FOR COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTS & DESIGNERS:
Architects and designers use estimation in the design phase of a project to create a budget. Commercial Architects and Designers can submit their design development and schematic drawings to produce budget estimates during the design development process.
Design-Phase Estimates
Our estimating team works closely with architects and designers on commercial projects throughout the design phase, giving cost estimates for numerous design options. This enables the design team to assess and adjust the design parameters following their client’s budgetary constraints, preventing unexpected expenditures or overruns later.
Our services include:
- Bid Estimates
- Assistance on smartly filing bids
- Project Lead Generation
- Subcontractor Marketing
- Precise material & labor takeoffs for procurement
- Change Order Management
- Cold Eye Review
- Project Scheduling
- Cost Management
- Value engineering
- Legal claims
Budget Creation
Estimation is at the heart of budget creation for Architects & Designers during the design phase of the project. We help Commercial Architects and Designers for budget creation in a way that you can send us your design development and schematic drawings so that we can create budget estimates in the development phase of design.
At Buildit estimating, we provide:
- Quick Turnaround Times of 24 to 48 hours
- Market Competitive Rates
- Detailed & Accurate Estimates
- Easy to Understand Reports
- Coloured Marked Drawings for Review
- Experienced team of construction estimators certified with credible accreditations like AACE & AIQS
- Estimates comply with International Standard
- Confidentiality guaranteed
- 24/7 Support on Chat & Email
With inhouse trade specialized estimators, we offer commercial estimating services in all CSI divisions, you can rely on us for the following takeoffs:
OUR ESTIMATION PROCESS
- The estimation process at Buildit Estimating starts with a formal meeting of estimators to discuss and identify the scope of work. This also includes the allocation of tasks to trade specialist estimators.
- Then after reviewing the project documents and specifications provided by the client, the trade specialized estimators import the plans using the latest software and measure the dimensions and scales by the point and click method to digitally takeoff the quantities.
- After performing the on-screen takeoffs, all the material quantities are exported to EXCEL spreadsheets and categorized by division or by the pattern of CSI costs.
- Our connections with local vendors and RSMeans help in the accurate and zip code based pricing for material and labor costs are categorized with respect to union and prevailing wages including standard time and overtime.
- Finally, a cross-check is performed by the lead estimator for the quality assurance and quality control of the project deliverables.
