Site utilities estimating services
Storm, sanitary, water and dry utilities measured by diameter and material, with structures counted and trench work priced separately.
What a site utilities package looks like.
Utility runs are measured pipe by pipe with diameter, material and depth, because trench depth drives excavation, shoring and bedding far more than pipe cost does. A 200-foot run at four feet and the same run at twelve feet are entirely different money.
Structures are counted individually: manholes, catch basins, inlets, cleanouts, hydrants and valves each carry their own line with depth stated. Connections to existing mains are itemised because they usually carry permits, traffic control and utility company coordination.
Measured in
What we look for specifically
- Trench depth not carried into excavation and shoring
- Structures counted without their depth
- Tie-ins to existing services left out
- Surface restoration missing where trenches cross paving
Site utilities
- Storm drainage by diameter, material and invert depth
- Sanitary sewer by diameter, material and depth
- Water main and services with fittings and thrust blocks
- Dry utility duct bank, conduit and pull boxes
- Manholes, catch basins and inlets by type and depth
- Cleanouts, valves, hydrants and meter pits
- Trenching, bedding, backfill and compaction by run
- Rock excavation and dewatering where indicated
- Connections and tie-ins to existing mains
- Testing, flushing, CCTV and certification
- Traffic control and surface restoration
Turnaround
48 hours on most utility packages
Who it is for
Underground utility contractors, site contractors, heavy civil general contractors and municipal contractors.
Every site utilities package ships the same four things.
Whatever the trade, the deliverable is consistent, so a package from us always drops into how you already work.
Excel workbook
Line-item detail with quantities, wastage, labour hours and material priced on separate columns.
Colour-marked sheets
Every measured item marked on the drawing with a count legend, so any figure can be checked against the plan.
Assumptions & exclusions
Written down, including anything the drawings did not answer, rather than absorbed into a rate.
Planswift source file
On request, so your team can re-measure a revision without coming back to us.
Common questions on site utilities takeoffs.
Yes, measured per run using the invert depths from the profile drawings, with bedding, backfill and compaction as separate lines. Trench work usually outweighs pipe cost on deep runs.
Yes. Manholes, catch basins, inlets and valves are counted individually with their depths, because a shallow inlet and a deep manhole are very different installations.
Packages that usually travel with this one.
Most enquiries cover more than one division. Bundling them into a single engagement keeps the assumptions consistent across the whole bid.
Send us one site utilities package.
A fixed fee, a firm delivery date and a written scope statement, usually back the same working day. Judge us on the file that comes back.
CSI Division 33 · 48 hours on most utility packages · Unlimited revisions within scope