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Heavy Civil Estimating
Home Services Heavy Civil Estimating Heavy Civil Estimating Heavy civil estimates driven by crew production rates and equipment hours rather than generic unit costs, with earthwork volumes calculated from the survey and grading plans.
Inside a heavy civil estimate
Heavy civil estimates are built from crew production rates and equipment hours rather than generic unit costs. Earthwork volumes are calculated directly from the survey and grading plans, so cut, fill, haul and disposal quantities reconcile with the drawings you are bidding. Utility, paving and traffic-control packages are priced separately with current regional labour, material and equipment rates, and every line item is traceable back to the sheet it came from.
A trade estimator who works on heavy civil packages every week handles the file, confirms the fee and delivery date before opening the drawings, and lists every assumption and exclusion in writing.
Turnaround is normally 24 to 48 hours, and when addenda change the heavy civil scope the revised quantities are issued without a second invoice.
Included in every engagement
- Cut and fill volumes from existing and proposed grades
- Crew composition, production rates and equipment hours
- Storm, sewer, water and dry utility packages
- Paving, curb, sidewalk, striping and signage
- Traffic control, erosion control and mobilisation
Best suited to
- Civil, earthwork and utility contractors
- DOT and municipal bidders
- Site packages on large vertical projects
Process
From drawings to a priced heavy civil package
Your heavy civil scope is quoted at a fixed fee, measured by a trade estimator rather than a generalist, and delivered on the confirmed date with assumptions and exclusions listed.
01
Send your plans
Upload the drawing set, specs and bid date. Any format works, PDF, DWG or a shared link.
02
Get a fixed quote
We review the scope and confirm price and delivery date before any work begins.
03
We measure and price
Quantities are taken off digitally and priced with current regional labor and material rates.
04
Delivery and support
You receive editable Excel, PDF summary and marked-up plans, plus support through bid day.
Need heavy civil estimating on a live bid?
Send the drawings today and get your heavy civil quantities priced, marked up and ready to bid, with revisions covered when addenda change the scope.