Estimators & QS · Q-001

Take offthe whole setbefore lunch.

Point in a room for its area, box a symbol to count every copy, measure duct, pipe and tray by size, and hand over a spreadsheet whose totals are formulas - for every trade on the job.

G-102
A room filled from the drawing · counts · lengths · a 1:20 viewport
SHEET Q-001.1
The work

From drawings
to a priced estimate.

Calibrate

Pick the scale per sheet, or per viewport where a detail sits beside the plan.

Measure and count

Rooms filled from the drawing, symbol counts, lengths, net areas, volumes and services by size.

Hand it over

A spreadsheet with SUMIFS totals, CSV for your estimating system, a PDF record.

SHEET Q-001.2
What you will use

Quantities you
can stand behind.

01 · Areas

Rooms filled from the drawing

Point inside a room and the area is read off the drawing's own line work, door openings closed and columns cut out. Cut-outs net out risers and voids; give an area a depth for volume. Measurement & takeoff →

Q-001.1
NET AREA
  1. 01Room read off the line work: 92.40 m²
  2. 02Column cut out: −0.36 m²
  3. 03Riser cut out: −4.20 m²
  4. 04Net: 87.84 m²
  5. 05At 0.2 m depth: 17.57 m³
02 · Services

Duct, pipe and tray by size

Services drawn to size schedule themselves: metres of each size and material, bends by angle, tees, reducers and risers, and supports at their spacing - a parts list a supplier can quote. Duct, pipe & tray →

Q-001.2
SERVICES · SCHEDULED
  1. 01SA duct 600 × 300 · 24.0 m
  2. 02CW copper DN25 · 36.5 m
  3. 03Cable ladder 300 × 100 · 30.0 m
  4. 04Tees 12 · bends 31 · reducers 6
  5. 05Supports at their spacing
03 · Spreadsheet

A workbook, not a dump

One sheet per group or a heading per group, measurements as numbers with their unit in its own column, and a Totals sheet of SUMIFS and COUNTIFS - so a quantity corrected in the spreadsheet carries through. Exports →

Q-001.3
TAKEOFF.XLSX
  1. 01Header row styled and frozen
  2. 02Measurements as numbers, units apart
  3. 03Dates as dates
  4. 04Totals as SUMIFS by unit
  5. 05Counts as COUNTIFS by tag
SHEET Q-001.3
Questions

Asked by estimators.

Can I measure off a scanned drawing?

Yes. Measurements work on any sheet once it is calibrated, and a room can be filled from a scan's picture when there is no line work.

Can one sheet have two scales?

Yes. Viewports let a 1:20 detail sit beside a 1:100 plan, each measured at its own scale.

Will my measurements open in other PDF apps?

Yes. Measurements are saved with their scale as standard PDF measurements, and measurements made elsewhere open here at the scale they were made at.

SHEET G-501
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