What actually happens after you send us your drawings
My Project Estimating · Quantity Takeoff
You've got the drawings, you need a price, and you don't have the hours in the week to measure the job properly yourself. Send them over and it can feel like sending work into a black box. Here's exactly what happens to them.
The drawings come in
We start with what you send, whatever state it's in, full drawing sets, a single sketch, a spec with no drawings at all. Nothing gets guessed at this stage. If a detail's missing or a dimension doesn't add up, we come back to you before we measure a thing, rather than picking a number and hoping it's close.
Every element gets measured
Each part of the job is taken off on its own, floor by floor, element by element, walls, floors, roof, finishes, services, whatever the drawings show. Quantities are measured to NRM2, so the whole job comes out in a consistent, recognised order rather than a list built around whatever caught the eye first. Nothing gets bundled into a round number because it was easier than measuring it properly.
Rates go against real quantities
Once the quantities are set, each one gets priced against current rates for that type of work, not a single figure spread across the whole job. Anything that can't be fully quantified from what you've sent, a spec point still open, ground conditions nobody's confirmed, gets flagged as its own item rather than folded into a total where it disappears.
You get a breakdown, not a black box
What comes back is a full breakdown, item by item, with a summary and a cover page in front of it, ready to hand to a client without you rewriting a word of it. You can see exactly how the total was built, check any line you want to, and stand behind the number because you know what's in it, right down to the last item.
Most jobs come back in a few working days, so it's ready before the tender deadline is breathing down your neck rather than after it.
Send your drawings and we'll turn them into a client-ready estimate. See a sample estimate to see exactly what you'd be handing over.
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