How We Build Winning Bids for Canadian Contractors
A transparent 5-step workflow designed to eliminate scope discrepancies, capture vertical elevations, and deliver audit-ready Excel packages in 24 to 48 hours.
Plan Submission & 15-Minute Scope Review
You upload your project plans (PDF, DWG, or ZIP archive) via our secure upload desk. Within 15 minutes during business hours, a Senior Estimator audits the sheet index, identifies addenda, clarifies scope inclusions, and delivers a firm flat-fee proposal with a confirmed delivery schedule.
High-Precision Digital Takeoff
Our estimators extract every physical assembly from your drawings, measuring exact lineal runs, counting devices and fixtures, calculating cubic volumes, and generating clear, colour-coded visual markup drawings.
Canadian Code & Labour Calibration
We calibrate unit prices to the project postal code, provincial safety code (CEC CSA C22.1, NBC, CCQ sector rates), prevailing union wage schedules or open-shop local rates. Material allowances include current Canadian distributor freight and winter hoarding conditions.
Dual-Estimator QA Review Protocol
Before any file leaves our desk, an independent Senior Review Estimator audits the takeoff. We cross-check architectural against structural and MEP sheets, verify addenda revisions, capture vertical drops and risers that flat plans can obscure, and verify formula integrity across the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Bid-Ready Package Delivery & Support
You receive an unlocked, fully editable Microsoft Excel Bill of Quantities (BOQ), colour-coded marked-up PDF drawing sets, an unpriced vendor request tab, and an inclusions and exclusions sheet. Our estimators remain available for bid-day leveling questions or scope clarifications.
Estimating Software & Universal Formats
Our estimators prepare takeoffs with industry-standard Canadian estimating and takeoff software. Deliverables are unlocked Microsoft Excel workbooks and colour-coded marked-up PDFs, so you do not need a software licence to review them.
Ready to Win More Profitable Construction Bids?
Upload your drawing sets for a firm flat-fee proposal within 15 minutes during business hours. Complete CSI MasterFormat Excel & colour-coded marked-up PDF packages from CA$75.