Using a Preliminary Estimate to Compare Design Options
An early estimate works best when it shows which design decision is changing the budget and which costs remain common across options.
Construction Estimating Resources
These estimating guides explain how to write bid scope, check quantities and compare design options. Start with the guide that matches your next bid decision.
Carry plan revisions and open scope questions into bid review.
How to Check a Quantity Takeoff Before Pricing
A takeoff review checks quantities, units and scope boundaries before the sheet becomes an estimate or order.
How to Write a Bid Scope Subcontractors Can Price
A bid scope should tell each bidder what to furnish, install and coordinate, using the same documents and assumptions.
How to Build a Reviewable Construction Cost Estimate
A construction estimate is reviewable when someone can trace the total back to quantities, prices and the assumptions behind both.