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Commercial Estimating

Nova Estimation is a dedicated construction cost estimating partner for general contractors, subcontractors, developers and owners across the United States. We take your plans and specifications, quantify every line of the scope, apply current zip-code level pricing, and return a bid-ready estimate in Excel and PDF with a marked-up plan set you can audit line by line.
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Full CSI division coverage

Office, retail, healthcare, hospitality and mixed-use bids.

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Senior estimator review on every job

Custom homes, additions, remodels and multi-family.

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Excel, PDF and marked-up plan set

Plants, warehouses, data centers and process work.

What You Get

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Live Cost Databases

Give every contractor accurate numbers fast enough to bid the job.

02

Confidential & Secure

Be the estimating partner contractors keep for every single bid.

03

Certified Estimators

You send drawings, specs, addenda and the bid date.

04

Bid-Day Support

We quantify every scope and mark up the plan set.

BENEFIT

Scope & Deliverables

Nova Estimation delivers detailed construction cost estimates and quantity takeoffs in 24 to 48 hours, so contractors can bid more jobs without adding office staff.
  • Bid-Ready Deliverables
  • Color-coded plan mark-ups
  • Bid-Ready Deliverables
  • Color-coded plan mark-ups

Commercial Estimating

89 %

MEP Estimating

92 %

Industrial Estimating

78 %

Frequently asked questions

Most estimates are back with you in 24 to 48 hours. Larger or multi-building projects can take longer, and we confirm the exact delivery time when we quote the job - always before your bid date, never after.

The drawing set, the specifications, any addenda issued so far, and the bid date. PDF, DWG or a plan-room link all work. If something is missing we will tell you what we need before we start rather than guessing at it.

Measured quantities for every scope in your package, a color-coded mark-up of the plans so each quantity can be traced, scope notes with exclusions and assumptions, and an RFI list of anything the drawings do not answer.

We work in Bluebeam, PlanSwift, Trimble and Excel, and deliver in Excel and PDF as standard. If your team works in a specific format or template, send it over and we will match it.

Pricing is per project and quoted up front - no retainer, no minimum volume and no subscription. You approve the fee before any work starts, and you are invoiced once the estimate is delivered.

Quantities are measured directly from your drawings and checked by a second estimator before delivery. Pricing uses current material and labor costs adjusted to the project zip code, and we state the basis of every number so you can audit or override it.