Outsource Estimating
Outsource Estimating Services to a Team That Never Misses a Deadline
Build AI Estimating gives outsource estimating services contractors, developers, and construction managers an experienced, reliable estimating team on demand, for cost-effective, accurate takeoffs and estimates. Whether you need a preliminary, conceptual, schematic, or fully detailed estimate, our team of estimators is built to keep your bidding pipeline moving.
Backed by AI-assisted quality checks, we help you bid with numbers that hold up, wherever your project falls on the complexity scale.
Project Types We Cover
Companies working on both public and private projects turn to us for a reliable bill of materials, across every major project category.
Outsource Estimating in Every CSI Trade
From concrete and masonry to electrical estimating outsourcing, you can hand off estimates for any CSI trade on your project.
Services We Offer
Bid, budget, design, and preliminary estimates
Feasibility studies
Consultation and bid filing
Litigation assistance
Preconstruction and change order management
Subcontractor marketing and project leads
Project scheduling and cost management
Structural steel and MEP shop drawing services
Why Outsource Estimating to a Professional Team?
Accuracy is the biggest challenge in producing a reliable bill of material, whether you're preparing estimates yourself or running them through an in-house estimator. Smaller trade contractors doing takeoffs in-house often find it time-consuming and error-prone, which costs bids. Building and staffing an in-house estimating department, on the other hand, means training, expensive software, and ongoing salary and benefits costs.
Outsourcing to a team already working across hundreds of companies gives you precise, reliable, timely estimates and a stronger return on investment, all while staying compliant with standards, materials, and local pricing.
Software We Use to Achieve Accuracy
Our estimators work in the leading takeoff platforms, including Planswift, Bluebeam, RS Means, FastPIPE, FastDUCT, IMHS Mark Systems, Trimble, Xactimate, and Quest Estimating. If you work from a specific template or software, we're happy to match your existing workflow.
What Outsourcing Gets You
Accurate material takeoffs, man-hours, and labor costs that keep you from underquoting or overquoting. Faster turnarounds mean you never miss an opportunity, and a quicker bill of material speeds up your whole bidding process, letting you bid on more projects and win more of them.
You save the expense of buying software and hiring and training estimating staff, freeing your in-house team to focus on bid filing and bidding network management instead of production takeoffs. That means more bid volume, lower overhead, and more time to focus on growth, networking, and client relationships.
Cost-Effective Estimating
Our monthly takeoff packages can save a significant share of your in-house estimating expenses, with precise, detailed line-item estimates built for commercial, residential, and industrial projects alike.
Dedicated Outsourced Estimator
Whether you need a freelance or fully dedicated estimator, we offer flexible full-job and hourly pricing structured however works best for your business, with 24/7 support and quick turnaround.
A Simple Process for Quality Estimates
Submit Your Drawing Plans
Send us your bid set, schematic, design development, construction documents, or conceptual drawings. We accept PDF, along with Dropbox or portal links, and reply with a quote covering invoice, turnaround time, and delivery date.
Get a Quote
Once you accept the quote, pay the invoice by credit card, debit card, or PayPal, and our team gets to work on your project right away.
Receive Your Estimate
Your estimate arrives with all material and labor quantities priced out, delivered in Excel using our template or yours, as needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ready to Bid More & Win More?
Upload your plans and get an accurate estimate built around your project's exact scope, delivered in 24 to 48 hours.
