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Takeoff Services LLC
Where Bidders Win
Construction Estimating · All 50 States

Win More Bids Using Construction Takeoff Services

Streamline your estimating process with premier construction takeoff services. Scale seamlessly from flexible monthly packages to complete, dedicated enterprise bid management for growing contractors.

✓ 7,500+ projects estimated✓ Delivered on your bid date✓ Two-step QA on every package
Fixed quote in hours · Delivery confirmed against your bid date
Prefer to talk it through? Call (510) 810-0346
Price your next bid
STEP 1 OF 2
Fixed quote confirmed in writing before any work starts.
What do you need?
Describe your scope
Takes under a minute · Nothing billed until you approve the quote
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24-96h
Delivery window
2× QA
Checked twice, every package
CSI 01-49
All trades · 50 states
What We Do

Two ways we put winning numbers in your hands

Our professional takeoff services help contractors double bidding throughput and scale profitability, from quantity and material takeoffs to full construction estimating services.

Takeoff Services

Digital takeoffs from your drawings. Every quantity traceable to a labeled, color-coded plan markup.

Quantity Takeoff

Counts, lengths, areas, and volumes. Our quantity takeoff services measure digitally, tied to plan markups, any trade.

Material Takeoff

Procurement-ready material lists from our material takeoff services, built for apples-to-apples vendor quotes.
✓ Single trade or full multi-trade packages
✓ MEP takeoff services, quantified per discipline
✓ Concrete, steel, framing, finishes & sitework
✓ Residential · Commercial · Industrial · Public works
✓ Delivered in your template or CSI coding
✓ Every quantity traceable to a labeled markup
You receive
Excel/CSV sheetsMarked-up PDFsYour template / CSI
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Cost Estimation Services

Leverage our accurate construction estimating services to deliver detailed, market-aligned bids for every project.

Bid & Tender Estimates

Line-item construction estimating services with region-correct labor, material and equipment pricing, plus O&P.

Conceptual & Budget Estimates

ROM and early-design budgets that de-risk a job before the drawing set is finished.
✓ Residential · Commercial · Industrial
✓ Public works & prevailing wage
✓ CSI-aligned cost build-up (01-49)
✓ Xactimate® insurance estimating services
✓ Conceptual / preliminary budgets
✓ Value-engineering options
You receive
Editable Excel estimateAssumptions & exclusionsBid-ready summary
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Pricing At A Glance

Start per-bid. Scale to partnership.

Every project is quoted from your actual plans, a fixed price you approve in writing before we start. Nothing billed until you do.

See full pricing ↓
Try One BidPER BID
Fixed quote per project, no commitment. ~25-35% below in-house cost.
All Bids CoveredMOST CHOSEN
Flat monthly retainer for teams bidding 3+ jobs. 24-96h priority queue, ~40-55% saving.
Dedicated EstimatorDEDICATED
A named estimator from our team on your pipeline full-time, without the payroll.
How It Works

From plans to bid-ready in three steps

1

Upload your plans

PDF or ZIP up to 25 MB, or a Drive/Dropbox link for drawing sets of any size.
⬆ Upload project drawings
Takes 2 minutes
2

Approve a fixed quote

Scope, price, and delivery date confirmed in writing within business hours. No surprises later.
Within hours
3

Get bid-ready numbers

Editable Excel plus marked-up drawings, checked twice: estimator self-check, then independent QA.
Delivered in 24-96 hours
Sample Deliverables

See exactly what you get

Every package ships as a fully editable Excel/CSV workbook with color-coded plan markups. Every quantity traceable, every assumption written down, in your template or CSI coding.

  • ✓ Quantities by trade, priced to your region
  • ✓ Labeled PDF markups: audit any number back to the drawing
  • ✓ Assumptions, inclusions & exclusions sheet, so nothing hides
Not ready to send a live bid? Get the sample package.
A real (anonymized) estimate + takeoff package, straight to your inbox.
Estimate excerpt.XLSX
DescriptionQtyUnitUnit $Total
CSI 02050 · SELECTIVE DEMOLITION
Remove existing doors & frames174EA172.0029,926
Remove existing walls26,497SF3.6396,151
Remove existing slab w/ deck7,213SF5.4439,263
TRADE TOTALS · W/ TAX, O&P
09250 · Drywall & carpentry1,457,136
15600 · HVAC2,147,939
Proposed project amount · 68,673 manhours$18.23M

Editable Excel estimate

Real anonymized GC project
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Plan markupA-201.PDF
Color-coded plan markup of building elevations

Color-coded plan markups

Every quantity traceable to the sheet
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Trade Coverage

Every trade our construction takeoff services cover

Single trade or a full multi-trade package. Our quantity takeoff services measure straight off your drawing set: counts, lengths, areas and volumes. Every figure ships traceable to a labeled markup on the sheet it came from.

Structure & shell

The load-bearing package: everything that has to be right before a single finish goes in.

Concrete & masonry takeoff

CSI 03 & 04

Structural quantities pulled from foundation, slab and elevation sheets, with reinforcement counted rather than assumed.

  • Concrete takeoff

    Structural cubic yards, footing and slab areas, formwork square footage, rebar tonnage and reinforcement ties.

  • Masonry takeoff

    CMU block counts, brick and veneer areas, grout and mortar volumes, joint reinforcement and accessories.

Structural steel & metals takeoff

CSI 05

Member-by-member quantities coordinated to the framing plans and connection schedules.

  • Structural framing

    Beam and column schedules by linear weight, open-web joists, metal deck areas and connection plate counts.

  • Miscellaneous metals

    Stairs, handrail and guardrail runs, embeds, lintels and bracing, listed for fabrication buyout.

Wood, framing & composites takeoff

CSI 06

Framing packages your lumber supplier can quote from without a second pass.

  • Lumber & framing takeoff

    Stud counts, headers, plates, sheathing areas, hardware schedules and board-foot totals for buyout.

  • Engineered wood

    Floor truss assemblies, layout joists, LVL and glulam schedules with member sizes called out.

Openings, interiors & finishes

The scope that swallows margin when it is estimated by eye instead of measured.

Drywall & interior framing takeoff

CSI 09

Board and framing quantities separated by wall type so nothing gets averaged into one number.

  • Drywall takeoff

    Board square footage by layer and type, metal and wood stud framing, corner bead, tape and finish levels.

  • Ceilings & insulation

    Acoustical grid and tile areas, hard-lid framing, batt and blown insulation by assembly and R-value.

Finishes takeoff

CSI 09

Room-by-room finish quantities tied to the finish schedule, not to a gross floor area.

  • Flooring takeoff

    Flooring layouts by material and room, transition strips, and base linear footage.

  • Paint & coatings

    Paint volumes by surface, substrate and coat count, including prep and specialty coatings.

Openings takeoff

CSI 08

Every opening matched to its schedule mark so hardware and glazing do not go missing at buyout.

  • Doors, frames & hardware

    Door and frame matrix schedules with hardware sets, closers and specialty assemblies.

  • Windows & glazing

    Storefront and curtain wall areas, window counts by type, and glazing linear footage.

MEP & sitework

The two packages most often skipped by cheaper shops, and the two that decide whether a bid holds on site.

MEP takeoff services

CSI 21-28

Mechanical, electrical and plumbing measured as a standalone trade package or inside a full multi-trade estimate.

See division-by-division MEP measurement
  • Electrical takeoff

    Linear conduit and wire runs, device and fixture counts, panel, gear and feeder schedules.

  • Mechanical & HVAC takeoff

    Ductwork weight and linear footage, equipment counts, diffusers, and refrigerant and hydronic piping runs.

  • Plumbing takeoff

    Fixture counts, domestic, waste and vent piping by size and material, insulation, hangers and carriers.

Sitework & earthwork takeoff

CSI 31-33

Site quantities calculated from the civil sheets, including the cut-and-fill most bids guess at.

  • Earthwork

    Cut-and-fill volumes, clearing and grubbing perimeters, subgrade preparation and aggregate quantities.

  • Utilities & paving

    Underground piping runs and structure counts, paving and curb areas, striping and site concrete.

Need the same quantities formatted for buyout instead of bidding? Our material takeoff services consolidate every division above into one procurement sheet your vendors can quote line for line. It is the same professional takeoff service, formatted for purchasing instead of the bid.

Check coverage for my tradeDon't see your trade listed? Send the plans. We confirm coverage, price and delivery date in writing before anything starts.
Built For Your Project Type

Takeoffs and estimates built for the way your project is actually bid

Estimating for residential construction reads nothing like a public-works bid. Every package is built to the pricing model, wage rules and level of detail your project type demands, not run through one national template.

Single-family · Multifamily · Custom

Residential construction takeoff services

Our residential construction takeoff services cover framing, finishes and sitework with lumber and material lists your suppliers can quote from directly. Estimating for residential construction is priced to your local market and formatted the way tract and custom builders actually buy.

Residential construction estimating services
Retail · Office · Hospitality · TI

Commercial and tenant improvement

Ground-up and tenant improvement work priced with full CSI cost build-ups, region-correct labor and material rates, and the written assumptions sheet your GC review will ask for.

Commercial construction estimating services
Warehouse · Plant · Distribution

Industrial & heavy civil

Site-heavy scopes where earthwork, structural steel and MEP have to be quantified together so nothing falls between trade packages at buyout.

Industrial and heavy civil estimating
Schools · Municipal · State · Federal

Public works & government

Agency solicitations where the bid schedule sets the format and a price that is not on their form in their pay items is non-responsive however good the number underneath it is.

Public works estimating services
Federally funded · State funded

Prevailing wage & Davis-Bacon

Wage determinations mapped to the classification that actually does the task, with fringe on its own row before it rolls into the rate, so the labor line is competitive and audit-ready.

Prevailing wage estimating services
Water · Fire · Wind · Mold

Insurance restoration

Carrier-compliant mitigation and rebuild scopes, line-item and defensible, ready to submit without a supplement fight. Xactimate estimating services are available standalone or alongside a full rebuild estimate.

Xactimate insurance estimates
Bidding something that spans two of these? Most jobs do. One professional takeoff service covers the whole package.Price my project
Proof From The Field

What contractors say about working with our desk

Matcon Builders · client story, in their own words
Client Story · Matcon Builders
"Even with our in-house team, the partnership doubled our bidding capacity."

Matcon runs concrete and GC work across Florida and Georgia. Their in-house estimators were maxed out every deadline week, good jobs were passing by unpriced. They moved overflow to our estimating partnership: we produce the takeoffs and priced build-ups, their team reviews and sets margin. Within a quarter they were submitting twice the bids on the same payroll.

2×
Bid capacity
50%+
Estimating cost saved
24-96h
Delivery SLA
Burned by an overseas takeoff mill★★★★★
Sent one low-stakes bid after a bad outsourcing run. The first package landed with labeled markups and a written assumptions sheet, "the numbers held on site." Every bid now runs through this desk.
Commercial drywall subcontractor · Texas
Never outsourced before★★★★★
A GC doing every takeoff himself, nights and weekends. "Sent our first bid, won it, and moved to the partnership the same month." Now submits 3× the bids with his evenings back.
General contractor · North Carolina

Who We Work With

Trusted partners using our construction estimating services across the construction ecosystem.

General ContractorsSubcontractorsSuppliers & VendorsBuilders & DevelopersArchitects & EngineersOwners & Investors
Wherever You're Starting From

Pick your situation. Here's the honest answer.

You're the most expensive estimator you could ever hire.

Your rate is the highest in the company

Every takeoff night is owner time spent on production work, while the jobs you did not chase go to someone else.

You keep the final say

We hand you measured quantities and priced lines. Margin, strategy, and the number you submit stay yours.

The hours go back into winning

Clients use the reclaimed time to walk jobs, meet GCs, and submit more bids, not fewer.
Price one bid, get the hours backMost owner-estimators reclaim 10-15 hours a week.
Compare Your Options

Four ways to get numbers out the door

Judge us the same way you'd judge a sub: cost, speed, capacity, and what happens when something goes wrong.

Takeoff Services LLC
True cost
Fixed quote per scope, approved in writing before work starts
Speed
24-96 hours, scheduled against your bid date in writing
Capacity
A full bench that scales with your bid-heavy weeks
Quality control
Two-step QA plus a written assumptions sheet, every package
Market pricing
Region-correct pricing, 7,500+ priced projects behind it
When something goes wrong
Revisions included, direct line to the estimator who did the work
Hover a column to expand the full detail, the others collapse to the short version.
Already outsourcing? Run one bid head-to-head against your current firm.
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Ways To Work With Us

Start with one bid. Grow on the partnership.

Every project is quoted from your actual plans: a fixed price you approve before we start.

Try One Bid

Per-Bid Service
START HERE
Prove us out on a single project. Quoted per bid, no commitment, no contract.
  • ✓ Estimate + takeoff, two-step QA
  • ✓ 24-96 hour turnaround, scheduled to your bid date
  • ✓ Revisions included on unchanged scope
  • ✓ ~25-35% below in-house cost
Quote my first bid
MOST CHOSEN

All Bids Covered

Monthly Estimating Partnership
FLAT RETAINER
Bidding 3+ jobs a month? A standing estimating desk on a flat retainer: priority queue, every bid covered.
  • ✓ 24-96 hour deliveries across multiple bids
  • ✓ Unlimited revisions, addendum updates included
  • ✓ ~40-55% below in-house estimating cost
  • ✓ Curated project-leads feed for your service area
  • ✓ Scale up or pause month to month
Most per-bid clients move here by their third bid.
Size my retainer

Dedicated Estimator

A remote estimator from our bench
FULL CAPACITY
A named estimator from our bench working your pipeline 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. An estimating department without the payroll.
  • ✓ Your tools, templates, and workflow
  • ✓ Backed by our full bench and QA desk
  • ✓ Daily standups, direct line, your hours
  • ✓ Swap or scale without hiring risk
Meet my estimator
Running a full bid department? Enterprise Bid Management (200+ bids/month) is quoted by brief.
Prefer to talk it through first?
Book a free 15-minute scope call, no pitch, just an estimator looking at your project.
Schedule on Calendly →or call (510) 810-0346
Where We Work

Estimating desks covering all 50 states

We price against the market your job gets built in, not one national average. Labor rates, material costs and wage determinations are pulled for the jurisdiction on the drawings, so our construction estimating services hold up when the job goes to the field.

West & Mountain

CA · WA · OR · NV · AZ · CO · UT · ID · MT · NM · WY

Prevailing-wage-heavy public work and high-cost metro pricing.

Midwest & Plains

IL · OH · MI · IN · WI · MN · IA · MO · KS · NE · OK

Industrial, distribution and agricultural facility work.

South & Gulf

TX · FL · GA · NC · SC · TN · AL · LA · MS · VA · AR

High-volume residential, hospitality and storm restoration.

Northeast & Mid-Atlantic

NY · NJ · PA · MA · CT · MD · DE · RI · NH · ME · VT

Dense urban tenant improvement, renovation and union wage scales.

Headquartered at 7901 4th St N STE 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33702. Estimating delivered remotely, nationwide.

Book a 15-minute scope call
Takeoff Or Estimate?

Construction takeoffs and cost estimates, defined

The two services on this page do different jobs. Here is the difference in plain language, so you order the takeoff estimating services your bid actually needs.

What is a construction takeoff?

A construction takeoff is the measured list of every material and quantity a project requires, read directly off the drawings (counts, lengths, areas and volumes) before any price is attached. Quantity takeoff services turn a drawing set into a quantified scope you can send out for pricing; material takeoff services go one step further and consolidate those quantities into the buy list.

What is a construction cost estimate?

A cost estimate applies labor, material, equipment and markup to those quantities. Construction estimating services add region-correct pricing, waste factors, burden and overhead and profit to produce the number you actually submit.

Takeoff or estimate: which do you need?

If you already hold your own pricing and only need quantities, order the quantity takeoff services on their own. If you need a bid-ready number, order both together. Send the drawings either way and the estimator will tell you which one the job calls for before you pay anything.

Judge the work, not the pitch. See a real anonymized package first.Get the sample package
Takeoff services Construction estimating services
FAQ

Before you upload

Turnaround & subscriptions

What is the typical turnaround time for a bid?

Standard delivery takes 24 to 96 hours depending on plan complexity. Rush options are available for urgent bidding deadlines.

How does the Estimator-on-Demand subscription work?

You get flexible estimation support on a monthly basis without full-time overhead. Easily scale your bidding capacity up or down as needed.

Can you handle rush bids and same-week deadlines?

Yes. Tell us the bid date when you upload and we schedule delivery against it. Rush capacity is confirmed in writing alongside your fixed quote, before any work starts. If we cannot hit your date, we say so up front instead of missing it quietly.

Deliverables & trade coverage

What format will my final estimate files arrive in?

You receive fully editable Excel spreadsheets alongside marked-up PDF drawings. All files include clear line items and localized cost breakdowns.

What trades do your construction takeoff services cover?

We cover all major trades including civil, structural, MEP, framing, and finishes, with material and quantity takeoffs. Services span residential, commercial, industrial, and public works projects.

Do you offer MEP takeoff services?

Yes. Our MEP takeoff services cover CSI divisions 21 to 28: electrical conduit, wire and device counts, HVAC ductwork and equipment, and plumbing fixtures and piping. You can order MEP as a standalone trade package or inside a full multi-trade estimate.

Do you provide residential construction takeoff services?

Yes. Our residential construction takeoff services cover single-family, multifamily and custom builds, with lumber, framing and finish quantities formatted so your suppliers can quote from them directly. Estimating for residential construction is priced to your local market rather than a national average.

Accuracy & quality control

How accurate are your takeoffs and estimates?

Every package runs a two-step check: the estimator self-checks their own quantities, then a second estimator audits the package independently against the drawings. Assumptions, inclusions and exclusions are written down and delivered with the file, so nothing hides inside a total.

What happens if the drawings change or an addendum drops?

Send the addendum and we update the package. Revisions on unchanged scope are included on every engagement, and monthly partnership clients get ongoing addendum handling as standard.

Can I talk to the estimator who actually did the work?

Yes. You get a direct line to the estimator on your package rather than a support queue, for scope questions, a walkthrough of the assumptions, or revisions.

Tools & pricing

Which estimating software tools does your team use?

We utilize industry standards like Planswift and Bluebeam, plus Xactimate estimating services for restoration. This ensures exact quantity counts and market-aligned pricing.

Do your estimates include local labor rates and markups?

Yes, every estimate incorporates jurisdiction-specific labor rates and current material costs. We customize markups and waste factors to match your profit goals.

How does pricing work for takeoff estimating services?

Takeoff estimating services are quoted per package rather than per hour. Every project is priced from your actual drawings as a fixed figure, approved in writing before work starts, and nothing is billed until you approve it. Contractors bidding three or more jobs a month usually move to a flat monthly retainer, which works out well below per-bid pricing.

Getting started & confidentiality

What do you need from me to start?

The drawing set as a PDF or ZIP (or a Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive link for larger sets), the trades you want covered, and your bid date. That is enough for an estimator to scope the job and send back a fixed quote.

Is my project data confidential, and will you sign an NDA?

Yes. Drawings, pricing and client information stay confidential, and we will sign your NDA on request before you send anything over.

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