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Geoglyphs provides precise, efficient, and professional commercial estimating services tailored for commercial general contractors, subcontractors, commercial zone developers, lenders, and firms in architecture, engineering, and design.
With extensive technical knowledge and experience, our team understands that accurate estimates are crucial for effective budget creation and cost control throughout a project’s lifecycle. Our estimators have a robust background in commercial takeoffs and estimation, serving a diverse portfolio across North America, the Caribbean, and Australia, including renovation, restoration, additions, and new construction. Every project benefits from the oversight of senior project managers with extensive commercial estimation experience.
Need expert advice on commercial construction estimation and scheduling? Struggling with detailed material bills for specific trades or complexities? Unsure about preparing and filing competitive bidding proposals? Geoglyphs has you covered. Our team of skilled quantity surveyors, consultants, and engineers offers accurate, timely services tailored to your needs, helping you achieve your goals, set profit margins, and create standout bidding proposals.
Commercial Estimating Services
The pricing for material, labor, and equipment is done through our developed construction cost databases and RSMeans.
We ensure the accuracy of the estimate according to the location of the project by employing zip code based pricing.
Our services include:
- Bid Estimates
- Assistance with Filing Bids
- Project Lead Generation
- Subcontractor Marketing
- Accurate Material & Labor Takeoffs
- Change Order Management
- Cold Eye Review
- Project Scheduling
- Cost Management
- Value Engineering
- Legal Claims
FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS
At Geoglyphs, our highly detailed pre-construction final commercial estimates provide a solid foundation for planning proposals, securing loans, allocating funds, managing costs, and negotiating with contractors. Our expertise ensures that your bids are accurate and competitive, giving you the confidence to move forward with your project.
For Commercial Design-Build Firms
Project owners working with design build firms often face budget constraints that necessitate precise estimation and cost control for materials, labor, and equipment throughout all project phases.
Our design-build estimates provide a comprehensive overview of all associated costs, even at the early stage of design typically around 50% completion. This enables owners to make informed decisions. Our estimates generally include:
- Costs related to architectural, engineering, and mechanical design, as well as drafting service charges.
- Fees for various subcontractors, including mechanical and electrical services.
- Labor costs.
- Material costs.
- Equipment costs.
- Man-hours.
- Other indirect costs, such as permits, taxes, logistics, and storage
Our Estimation Process
Following this, the project documents and specifications provided by the client are thoroughly reviewed. Our trade specialists then import the plans using advanced software, measuring dimensions and scales through a point-and-click method to digitally takeoff the quantities.
After completing the on-screen takeoffs, all material quantities are exported to EXCEL spreadsheets and organized by division or according to CSI cost patterns. We leverage our connections with local vendors and RSMeans to ensure accurate, zip-code-based pricing for materials and labor, considering union and prevailing wages, including standard time and overtime.
Finally, a cross-check is conducted by the lead estimator to ensure quality assurance and control of the project deliverables.
1. Submit your drawing plans:
When you submit your drawing plans and specifications, we prepare a quote including the invoice, turnaround time, and the delivery date of the estimate. Click here to upload plans
2. Get a Quote
Once we review the plans, you'll receive a quote promptly. Upon acceptance, you can pay the invoice using a credit card, debit card, or PayPal. Our team will then begin working on your project.
3. Receive Estimate
You will get an estimate detailing all material and labor quantities along with their pricing. We provide the estimate and takeoff sheet in EXCEL, our own template, or a client-specific template, based on your preference.
What is Included
Our estimation process includes an initial meeting to define the scope of work, reviewing project documents, digitally taking off quantities using advanced software, exporting quantities to EXCEL spreadsheets, and applying accurate pricing using RSMeans and local vendor data. Finally, a lead estimator performs a quality assurance check.
We ensure accuracy by using the latest software for digital takeoffs, applying zip-code-based pricing from RSMeans and local vendors, and categorizing labor costs according to union and prevailing wages. Each estimate is cross-checked by a lead estimator to maintain high standards of quality control.
We use advanced software such as Planswift, Bluebeam, and other industry-leading tools for digital takeoffs, allowing us to measure dimensions and scales with precision.
Material and labor costs are determined through our connections with local vendors and RSMeans, providing accurate, zip-code-based pricing. Labor costs are categorized based on union and prevailing wages, including standard time and overtime rates.