Speed without shortcuts
Fast turnaround is a promise, not an excuse. Every number is verified before it leaves our desk, no matter the deadline.
BuildForge Estimation exists to take the slowest, riskiest part of bidding off your desk, the takeoff and the estimate, and hand it back to you fast, detailed and bid-ready.
Contractors lose work two ways: by bidding too slowly to make the deadline, or by bidding wrong because the takeoff was rushed. BuildForge was founded to solve both. We give construction and trade firms a dedicated estimating team without the overhead of hiring one.
You send the plans. We quote the work, build the estimate, and return numbers you can stand behind, organized exactly the way a proposal needs them. No long onboarding, no software to buy, no estimator on payroll between projects.
Behind every estimate is a real specialist who reads blueprints for a living, knows current material and labor pricing, and checks the work against the codes your jurisdiction enforces.
Your estimating partnerFast turnaround is a promise, not an excuse. Every number is verified before it leaves our desk, no matter the deadline.
Takeoffs interpreted directly from your drawings, priced against current market and supplier data for competitive, defensible bids.
Clean, trade-organized estimates and material lists, formatted so you can drop them straight into a client proposal.
Your plans, pricing and client relationships stay yours. We work quietly in the background as your estimating department.
Most of our work comes from repeat clients. We invest in understanding how your firm bids and what your proposals need.
Bluebeam, Planswift, ProEst and CAD/Revit workflows, the same industry-standard software your own estimators would use.
If your work involves a plan set and a deadline, we can estimate it.
Multi-trade bid packages and budget estimates for residential, commercial and light industrial projects.
HVAC, piping and fixture estimates produced by estimators who specialize in M&P scopes.
Conductor, conduit, gear and fixture takeoffs with accurate labor units and code compliance.
Feasibility and budget-level estimates to test project viability before committing capital.
Single-trade takeoffs and pricing to support competitive subcontract bids.
Cost checks against design intent so budgets and drawings stay aligned.
Fast, detailed estimates for renovation and fit-out work across all trades.
Independent estimates and second-set reviews to validate budgets and bids.
Every estimate is prepared by a specialist with 3+ years of trade experience, priced against live market data, and checked against the codes your jurisdiction enforces, before it ever reaches your proposal.
No hiring, no software, no overhead. Just send the plans and let us forge the numbers.