Measured construction quantities prepared from plans and specifications, organized by trade for contractors to price bids, review scope, and plan procurement.
- Service Overview
Construction Takeoff Services From Your Plans
We measure counts, lengths, areas, volumes, and other trade-specific quantities directly from drawings, schedules, details, and specifications. The results are organized by confirmed scope so your team can review quantities, apply its own pricing, prepare bids, or plan procurement. Where suitable project models are available, our BIM quantity takeoff services can support model-based quantity extraction and review against the project documents.
How This Service Works
Key Challenges Contractors Face
- Manual takeoffs consume estimator hours that could be spent on pricing, bid review, and scope coordination.
- Quantities spread across drawings, schedules, details, and addenda increase the risk of missed or duplicated scope.
- Tight bid deadlines can leave limited time to measure every required trade consistently.
- Our Value
Takeoff Support That Fits Your Estimating Workflow
Use the completed quantities as the measurement base for your own pricing, bid checks, procurement planning, or internal estimating workflow while keeping control of your rates and commercial decisions.
Before sending a project, you can review representative quantity takeoff samples to see how quantities, marked-up drawings, and report information are organized.
Not sure whether your project needs measured quantities, a procurement-focused material takeoff, or a priced estimate? Compare quantity takeoffs, material takeoffs, and cost estimates in our Estimating Guide.
Before sending a project, you can review representative quantity takeoff samples to see how quantities, marked-up drawings, and report information are organized.
Not sure whether your project needs measured quantities, a procurement-focused material takeoff, or a priced estimate? Compare quantity takeoffs, material takeoffs, and cost estimates in our Estimating Guide.
Quantities Ready for Pricing & Review
Measured quantities can be organized around the confirmed trade scope, units, and reporting requirements so your team can move efficiently into pricing, procurement, or bid review.
From Project Drawings to Measured Quantities
See how room dimensions and opening deductions carry through to a quantity schedule. This simplified example shows measured quantities without labor or material pricing.
| Measured item | Quantity | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Floor finish coverage | 300 | SF |
| Ceiling finish coverage | 300 | SF |
| Net interior wall-face area | 569 | SF |
| Baseboard length | 67 | LF |
Measurements are taken between finished interior faces. One room-side wall face is measured, with the door and two windows deducted in full. Baseboard stops at the 3 ft doorway and continues beneath both windows. Waste, material orders, labor and pricing are excluded.
Illustrative only. No pricing. Not for construction. This is not a client project.
Need quantities for your bid? Send your drawings and the trades you need measured.
Request a takeoff quote- Deliverables
Estimating Deliverables Built for Real Construction Workflows
Depending on the selected service and confirmed project scope, deliverables may include detailed cost estimates, organized quantity takeoffs, marked-up drawings, editable spreadsheets, and scope documentation for contractor and project-team review.
Common Deliverables & Report Formats
From takeoffs to final reports, deliverables are structured for clear scope review, pricing review, bid preparation, and preconstruction planning.
Related Services
Depending on your project stage and scope, these related services can support quantities, pricing, bid preparation, revisions, and ongoing preconstruction work.
Detailed construction cost estimates prepared from drawings, specifications, and confirmed project scope, with quantities and agreed material, labor, equipment, and other included costs organized for bidding, budgeting, and preconstruction decisions.
Material-only takeoffs from project drawings and specifications for U.S. contractors and construction suppliers, with quantities organized for bidding, supplier quotations, and procurement planning.
Model-based quantity takeoffs developed from suitable client-provided BIM data, with measurable quantities reviewed against the available model, drawings, specifications, and confirmed scope.
- FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the questions contractors most often ask before requesting an estimate.
What is included in a quantity takeoff?
A quantity takeoff measures project scope directly from the construction documents and organizes counts, lengths, areas, volumes, and other trade-specific quantities. The exact format and level of detail are confirmed before work begins.
Do quantity takeoffs include labor and material pricing?
Not necessarily. A quantity takeoff can be provided as measurement-only support so your team can apply its own labor and material rates. If pricing is required, construction cost estimating can be quoted as a separate or combined scope.
Can you prepare single-trade and multi-trade quantity takeoffs?
Yes. The confirmed scope can cover an individual trade or multiple trades depending on the project documents, bidding requirements, and quantities you need measured.
How are quantity takeoffs delivered?
Depending on the confirmed scope, deliverables may include editable Excel workbooks, PDF reports, marked-up drawings, quantity schedules, and scope notes such as assumptions, inclusions, and exclusions.
Can quantity takeoffs be updated when drawings or addenda change?
Yes. Revised drawings and addenda can be reviewed as an updated scope so affected quantities can be identified and revised based on the latest project documents.