Quantity Takeoffs and Priced Bills for Subcontractors
Quantity surveying for subcontractors · UK · Australia · Poland
Quantity takeoffs and priced bills for specialist subcontractors
Send the PDF drawings, DWG files or IFC model for your next tender. You get a measured takeoff or priced bill in your own format, with the assumptions listed.
20 years measuring and pricing construction work in the UK, Australia and Poland.
Measured to NRM2, SMM7, AS 4000 or KNR/KNNR, whichever your bill is written to.
Main contractor · full takeoff
Residential block, London
Complete measured takeoff for the main contractor’s tender: 32 trade bills from one drawing set, issued in the contractor’s estimating format with a query register.
Bills issued in two weeks.
Facade remediation · Gateway 2
£15m package, Birmingham
Scope and cost from the FRAEW report and survey drawings, priced with access and phasing for the Gateway 2 submission.
Drylining and screed
£7m package, residential tower, central London
Partitions, linings and MF ceilings measured by wall type from the GA plans; screed by zone. Bill in the subcontractor’s own format.
Structural · Australia
AUD 26m defence project, nine buildings
Formwork, reinforcement and concrete by element from the structural set, priced in the contractor’s schedule format.
Client names on request. Most of our work is subcontract tender support and stays confidential until award.
What we measure and price
We measure and price single trade packages. Mostly for subcontractors bidding to a main contractor, sometimes for the main contractor checking what came back.
| Service | What you get | Measured to |
|---|---|---|
| Quantity takeoff and bills of quantities | Measured quantities by element, floor and block from 2D drawings, DWG or IFC models. Delivered in your bill format, with the assumptions listed. | NRM2 · SMM7 · CITE/eBQ |
| Tender pricing and bid support | Priced bill, preliminaries, qualifications and a tender query register. Checked against the specification before it goes out. | Your rates or ours |
| Facade and cladding remediation | Scope and cost from the FRAEW or EWS report and survey drawings. Access, phasing and Gateway 2 submission costs included. | BSR Gateway 2 · PAS 9980 |
| Specialist trade packages | Drylining and screed, firestopping, structural frame, masonry and tiling. Boundary items with the next trade flagged. | NRM2 · AS 4000 · AS 3700 |
| Poland: kosztorysy and PZP tenders | Przedmiar robót, kosztorys ofertowy and kosztorys inwestorski for public and private tenders. Steel halls and prefabricated structures. | KNR/KNNR · Norma PRO · PZP |
How it works
Send the pack
Drawings, the specification, the tender bill if there is one, and your return date.
We come back within one working day
You get the scope we would measure, a fixed fee and a delivery date.
You get the takeoff or priced bill
In your format, with the assumptions listed.
Priced per package, quoted before we start. No hourly billing and no fee for scope we did not agree.
What the deliverable looks like
A trade bill as it leaves us: item, description, quantity, in the contractor’s report format.
Scaffold face schedule for a facade remediation tender: lengths, heights, areas and access notes per elevation.
Who does the work
Robert Kowalski. Twenty years measuring and pricing construction work in the UK, Australia and Poland. Facade and cladding remediation, drylining and screed, firestopping, structural and masonry packages.
You deal with me directly. The person who measures your drawings is the person who answers the phone when your contracts manager queries a rate. I do not subcontract the measurement out, and I do not run more tenders at once than I can take proper care of. Where I use software to speed up measurement, I say so, and every quantity that leaves here has been checked against the drawings by hand.
What to send us
Drawings (PDF or DWG), the specification or NBS output, the tender bill if there is one, and your return date. IFC or Revit if you have a model. We do not need one.
Attach a file up to 20 MB with the form. For a larger pack, use the Document download link field or ask us for an upload link.
What happens next
We read the pack and come back within one working day with the scope we would measure, a fixed fee and a delivery date.
If it is not a package we can do well, we say so and tell you who does.
Frequently asked questions
Q: What do you need from me to start?
A: Drawings as PDF or DWG, the specification or NBS output, the tender bill if there is one, and your return date. We read IFC from Revit, ArchiCAD and Tekla if you have a model, but we do not need one — most of what we measure comes off 2D drawings.
Q: Is my package too small?
A: No. Most of what we do is single trade packages.
Q: What format does the takeoff or priced bill come back in?
A: Yours. Excel in your estimating layout, a CITE/eBQ file for import, or the bill format your main contractor has issued. Tell us what your estimator works in and we deliver to it.
Q: What does it cost?
A: Priced per package, quoted before we start. No hourly billing and no fee for scope we did not agree.
Q: How accurate are the quantities?
A: Quantities are measured to the drawings and the specification you send. Where the information is incomplete we list the assumption rather than absorb it.
Send us the drawings for your next tender
Send one package and see what comes back. If your return date is inside 72 hours, ring instead.
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Contact: info@bimtakeoff.com | +44 (0) 20 3239 9967