Choose a trade estimate, a quantity-only package or an early-stage budget. JLG Estimating supports commercial contractor bid teams with drawing-based takeoffs, agreed pricing inputs and traceable scope assumptions.
Itemized quantity takeoffs, fixture quantification, and bid-day pricing support for commercial plumbing contractors bidding medical, institutional, office, and multi-family construction nationwide.
Review scope and submit plans →Comprehensive mechanical equipment quantification, hydronic piping takeoffs, and packaged HVAC systems estimating for commercial mechanical contractors nationwide.
Review scope and submit plans →Detailed sheet metal poundage takeoffs, duct fitting breakdowns, and fabrication labor estimates for commercial ductwork and ventilation subcontractors.
Review scope and submit plans →Accurate linear footage, valve schedules, and fitting counts for chilled water, hot water, steam, and industrial mechanical piping systems.
Review scope and submit plans →Forensic, plan-by-plan material counts and color-coded markups delivering exact quantities for commercial plumbing, HVAC, and piping bids.
Review scope and submit plans →Turnkey bid estimates, scope reviews, addenda tracking, and bid-day recaps designed to help commercial subcontractors bid with confidence.
Review scope and submit plans →Itemized quantity takeoffs, conduit run measurements, switchgear quantification, and bid assembly support for commercial electrical contractors nationwide.
Review scope and submit plans →Early-stage cost modeling, schematic budget takeoffs, and value engineering analysis for mechanical and plumbing design-build contractors.
Review scope and submit plans →Use a quantity takeoff when your team already holds supplier quotes and installation rates. Request a priced bid estimate when you need quantities assembled with agreed labor, material, equipment and indirect inputs. Use a conceptual MEP budget when the design is still developing and assumptions need to be tracked between milestones.
For concrete, masonry, structural steel, framing, roofing, waterproofing, openings, drywall, painting, flooring or sitework, review the individual trade pages. Each package has different documents and measurement units; confirm which trades and interfaces your proposal covers.
The document set, design stage, trade complexity, alternates and requested deadline affect the assignment. Review fee and revision questions, see illustrative deliverable formats, then send your current plans and exclusions through the request form on the relevant service page.