Metal Estimating
Estimation Co provides metal estimating services to general contractors, sub-contractors, and civil engineering firms. Our estimating services include a calculation for all windows, frames, doors, and openings in the construction project. Expert estimators at Top estimators provide material and labor cost to window and frame contractors with precise numbers. So, they can bid perfectly and win jobs. We can calculate the installation and labor cost of every metal, whether it is Aluminum, copper, bronze, fiberglass, or anything else.
We calculate the labor costs of special materials for all residential and commercial facilities.
Our clients
- Steel Manufacturers
- Framing Contractors
- Piping & Duct Fabricators
- Sheet Metal Fabricators
- Rebar & Structural Steel Fabricators
- Rebar & structural Steel Erectors
- Installers
- Distributors
For Fabricators and Erectors
For fabrication, our estimates comprise all the material costs, labor costs, and equipment costs used for drilling, cutting, and welding of the fabricated steel items along with man-hours. And for erections and installations, we provide the estimate that includes the mill base price for the fabrication of different steel components, charges for shipping to the site along with steel detailing, and man-hours.
Top estimators quantify the following in steel takeoff services
Our estimates comprise the detailed breakdown of metals and steel including materials, plates, connectors, accessories, and erection costs that help in planning, procurement, cost control, reduced storage space at the site, to ensure maximum productivity and cost savings for your projects.
All line items are quantified and takeoff in an EXCEL sheet accompanied by marked-up plans and pdf format files. As per your requirements, your estimate can be categorized by unit price, lump sum, and cost-plus formats. We quantify the following types of materials:
- Fasteners
- Fastenings
- Rebar
- Steel framing
- Metal joists
- Metal decking
- Stud framing
- Stick framing
- Dome structures
- Access ramps
- Stairs
- Load-bearing wall framing
- Lintels
- Ladders
- Railings
- Gratings
- Decking
- Canopy
- Bollards
- Treads and nosing
- Trench drains
- Castings
- Trusses
- Ironwork
- Floor steel
- Roof steel
- Column steel
- Copper flashing
- Fireproofing
- Gusset plates
- Base plates
- Steel Girders
- Steel Anchors
- Nosing strips
- Corner beads
- Ornamental ironwork
Scope of projects
With the capability to handle all types and sizes of projects, we provide structural steel estimating services and detailing services for the structures for the following scope of projects:
- Public
- Residential
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Institutional
- Multiplexes
- High Rise Buildings
- Recreation Centers
- Power Plants
- Manufacturing Units
- Monuments
- Parking
- Water Treatment Plants
- Condominiums
- Sports Clubs
- Health Centers
- Bridges & Flyovers
- Dams
- Culverts
- Hotels
- Renovation
- Additions
Software in our practice
Estimation Co serves its clients with precise estimating services with the culmination of expert estimators and detailers proficient in the following Software:
- Planswift
- ASA Rebar Estimating Software
- Soule Software
- RGS Rebar
- Tekla Structures
- AutoCAD
- Rebar CAD
- ASA Microstation
Rebar and Structural Steel Estimating services
The construction industry is evolving every minute, and there is more and more completion out there. That’s why many contractors fail only due to overbidding. Therefore, Estimation Co helps contractors in a precise bidding process that always wins jobs.
You can count on us for your rebar or reinforcing steel takeoffs as we have successfully delivered highly accurate and comprehensive estimates to rebar contractors for materials, accessories, and erection costs. Our rebar estimators have the capability and software expertise to handle the project of any type and complexity including bridges, residential buildings, commercial buildings, industrial buildings, infrastructures, culverts, retaining walls, wing walls, etc.
We make use of 3d model technology for steel estimating that depicts a clear understanding of the scope of work thus helping inaccurate cost analysis and feasibility. Our rebar estimating deliverables includes:
- Contract plans & numbers
- Take-off Quantities
- Rebar Weight
- Structural Activity Codes (SAC)
- Part Codes (Rebar, wire mesh, and other accessories)
- Steel grade (e.g. ASTM A108)
- Structure wise or scope wise bid item number
- Appendix
- Locations
- Reference Sections
Rebar and Structural Steel detailing services
Our rebar detailers specialize in the latest CAD technology like AutoCAD, Rebar CAD, ASA Microstation, and Tekla to prepare shop drawings that simplify the rebar arrangement for the erection of complex structures.
Many structural engineers, rebar fabricators, erectors, and installers approach us for detailing services that help their workers during the placement of reinforcing steel and lead to faster completion of the building structure.
Our team has practical knowledge of bar configurations to produce optimum bar bending or cutting schedule that helps reduce the wastage. With years of experience and attention to the detail, we have reached a point where we can assure that you can refer to our thorough and easy to understand drawings for the visualization of actual structures.
Outsource your detailing services to us for efficient, accurate, and easy to follow drawings within the fastest turnaround times. We offer CAD drafting and detailing based on ACI, CRSI, ASTM, AS, and BS coding formats including:
- Structural BIM modeling
- Rebar Shop Drawings
- Rebar Placement Drawings
- Rebar Detailing
- Structural and Light Steel Detailing
- Steel Joist & Deck Detailing
- Bar Bending Schedules
- Precast Concrete Detailing
- Retaining Walls Detailing
- Foundation Detailing
- Shear Wall Detailing
- Concrete Stair Detailing
- Footings Detailing
- Grade Beam Detailing
- Precast Masonry Stone Detailing
- Connection Sketches
- Drawing Index
- Single part Fitting Drawings
- 2D Drafting & 3D Structural Modeling
- Shop/Fabrication Drawings (column, beam, brace, stair, handrail, ladders, etc.)
- General Arrangement/ Erection Drawings for Connections
Come Work with Estimation Co!
Estimation Co is a one-stop solution for all your estimating requirements, working with clients throughout North American, Caribbean, and Australian regions. In the US, we serve the following markets: New York, Florida, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Minnesota, Illinois, Texas, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Missouri, Colorado, Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana, Alabama, Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Washington, California, South Carolina, New Jersey, Oregon, Virginia.