Metric takeoffs priced at UK labour rates, written in British terminology, reported as an elemental breakdown or in your own format, and delivered in GBP.
A US template converted to metric at the end still reads as a US document: the wrong sheet sizes behind the waste figures, the wrong words for the preliminaries, and a tax line that means something different.
UK packages are measured in metric from the start, with purchase units, sheet sizes and stock lengths set for the UK market. That matters most where waste is driven by what the material comes in, which is covered in waste factors by material.
Labour is still built from production rates in hours per unit, priced at UK wage levels, so a rate change is one edit. Site overheads are set out as preliminaries, post-contract changes are priced as variations on the same basis as the tender, and undefined work is carried as provisional sums with the basis stated.
If your cost plan follows an elemental structure, the estimate reports in it. If you work from your own template, send it and we build into that. See construction estimating methods for how elemental and trade estimates relate.
Full comparison on US and UK conventions.
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Conversion of an existing property into self-contained units. Priced in metric with UK labour rates and British conventions, delivered in GBP rather than a US template with a currency conversion applied at the end.
Estimating support for a London developer across a multi-block mixed-use scheme, with cost information structured for their internal reporting rather than an imported American format.
Yes. UK projects are measured in metric with UK labour rates and British terminology, and delivered in GBP. They are not run through a US template and converted at the end.
Yes. Estimates can be structured as an elemental breakdown, in CSI divisions, or built into your own template. Send the format with the drawings and the numbers are reported in it from the start.
Published office hours are Mon to Fri, 9:00 to 18:00 EST, which is afternoon and evening in the UK. Drawings are shared by link and questions handled by email, so a set sent during the UK day can be measured the same day, and during bid week we keep overlap with your hours for questions.
Yes. UK examples include a residential conversion in South-East London and estimating support for a developer on a multi-block mixed-use scheme, reported in the client’s own elemental breakdown.
A fixed fee, a firm delivery date and a written scope, with the numbers set out the way your cost plan or tender needs them.
Metric · UK rates · GBP · Unlimited revisions within scope
