Construction Estimating

Construction Estimating

A complete, priced construction cost estimate built from your drawings and specifications. Every scope quantified, every line priced against current regional cost data, delivered in a format you can bid from without rework.

What is included

  • Full CSI MasterFormat coverage, divisions 01 through 33
  • Conceptual, schematic, design-development and hard-bid stages
  • Material, labor, equipment, subcontractor and general conditions pricing
  • Overhead, profit, escalation and contingency carried explicitly
  • Excel workbook, PDF summary and a marked-up plan set with every job

Who it is for

Project types we estimate are broken out below – commercial, residential, industrial, multifamily and civil each carry different cost drivers, and we estimate them differently.

Project types we estimate

Cost drivers differ enough between project types that we estimate them differently. Pick the one that matches your work:

  • Commercial Estimating – Commercial cost estimates and takeoffs for office, retail, healthcare, hospitality, education and mixed-use projects.
  • Residential Estimating – Estimates and material takeoffs for custom homes, additions, remodels, ADUs and spec builds.
  • Industrial Estimating – Estimating for plants, warehouses, data centers, manufacturing and process installations.
  • Multifamily Estimating – Unit-by-unit and building-level estimates for apartments, condos, townhomes and student housing.
  • Civil Estimating – Earthwork volumes, utilities, paving and site development estimates for civil and infrastructure projects.

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Send us the plans

Tell us the scope and the bid date. We confirm price and delivery time within the hour, and most estimates are back inside 24-48 hours.

Call +1 518 974 7222 or email info@novaestimation.com.

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