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Commercial estimating

Commercial estimating

Ground-up commercial, tenant improvement, retail rollouts, pre-engineered metal buildings and light industrial shells.

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How we approach it

Offices, retail & warehouses

Commercial bids turn on three things: general conditions, the structural package, and where MEP responsibility actually starts and stops. Those get the most review time.

On pre-engineered buildings the manufacturer’s supplied package is separated from field-installed scope, because that boundary is where double-counting and gaps both live. On tenant improvement work, pricing starts from the landlord’s real base-build condition rather than an assumed bare shell.

Packages we produce

Office buildingsRetail & hospitalityWarehouses & distributionPre-engineered metal buildingsTenant improvement / fit-outSchools & institutionalMixed-use developmentsTransfer & processing facilities

What we look for specifically

General conditions under-run on long programmes, PEMB scope counted twice, and design-intent MEP priced as though it were coordinated.

Typical scope coverage

Commercial

  • General conditions and preliminaries
  • Sitework, foundations and slab systems
  • Structural steel, joists, deck and connections
  • Masonry, tilt-up and precast
  • Envelope: cladding, glazing, roofing, waterproofing
  • Partitions, ceilings and interior finishes
  • MEP distribution and terminal devices
  • Fire protection, life safety and low voltage
Trades in this sector

The packages commercial bids usually turn on.

Each one has its own page covering how that trade is measured, the units it is measured in, and the errors we look for.

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Structural steel

Measured by member and connection type, so tonnage, shop hours and field erection can be priced and flexed independently.

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Concrete

Footings, slabs, walls, grade beams, reinforcement and formwork, measured by system and location rather than as one running volume.

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Drywall & metal stud

Measured against the partition schedule, so board layers, stud gauge, insulation and finish level are priced per wall type rather than averaged.

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Doors, windows & glazing

Doors, frames, hardware sets, windows, storefront and curtain wall counted against the schedule, unit by unit.

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HVAC & mechanical

Ductwork by gauge and weight, equipment by schedule, hydronic piping by size, with insulation, controls and terminal devices counted separately.

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Electrical

Devices and fixtures counted on the sheet in colour, conduit and conductor measured by run, gear taken from the one-line.

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Fire protection

Heads by type and coverage, pipe by size and material, with valves, hangers, standpipes and pumps counted individually.

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Roofing

Shingle, membrane, metal and built-up systems measured on the slope, with every layer of the assembly counted as its own line.

Commercial questions

What contractors ask us first.

The manufacturer supplied package is separated from field-installed scope explicitly, because that boundary is where double-counting and gaps both live. You see exactly what is supply and what is erection.

Yes. Pricing starts from the landlord base-build condition described in the lease or drawings rather than an assumed bare shell, which is a common and expensive assumption.

Yes, modelled against the actual programme duration rather than a percentage. General conditions under-run on long programmes is one of the more damaging errors in commercial bidding.

Send us a commercial package.

A fixed fee, a firm delivery date and a written scope statement, usually back the same working day.

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Fixed project fees · Written scope before work starts · Unlimited revisions within scope