Millwork take-offs and estimating Bid more work without burning drawing hours.
Every bid you don’t submit is revenue that went to the shop down the road. Most shops don’t skip bids because the work is wrong – they skip them because the estimator is also the engineer, and drawing hours always win. This service exists so the bids go out.
What we deliver at bid stage
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Material take-offs
Sheet goods, solid stock, veneers, laminates, solid surface, hardware – counted from the architectural set and spec, organised the way you buy.
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Bills of quantities (BOQ)
Structured, priceable line items you (or your client) drop rates onto. Common on UK and institutional work; rare as a vendor capability, which is exactly why it wins bids.
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Bills of materials (BOM)
The production-side list, per unit and per package, that connects the eventual drawings to procurement.
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Division 06 40 00 / 12 30 00 bid packages
Scope letters, inclusions and exclusions, alternates and unit rates assembled in specification language your GC’s estimator recognises.
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Why take-off first is the right sequence
A take-off done before detailing pays twice. At bid time it wins you the job with numbers you trust. At production time it’s the skeleton the drawings hang on – quantities reconcile, procurement starts earlier, and the surprises that usually appear at cut-list stage appear at bid stage instead, when they’re still the architect’s problem to resolve.
Scope honesty
We count material and quantity. Labour pricing stays with you – your crew, your methods, your rates. If you want your labour factors applied to our quantities inside a retained account, we can build that with your data; we don’t guess at it, and you shouldn’t let any vendor guess at it either.
Send the next bid package
One take-off. Free. See what your estimator gets back.
Send a bid package – free first take-off
Selected work
Drawing sets behind take-offs and bids
See how a bid package was resolved
Real project outcomes from BluEnt’s broader portfolio.
Free first take-off
Have a bid package to price?
Send the basics. The right next step can follow.
Read by someone who prices millwork, not a sales desk.
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Before engaging
A take-off done before detailing pays twice: once at bid, once at production.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What do you need for a take-off?
The architectural set (PDF is fine), the millwork spec sections, and your preferred grouping – by room, by elevation, or by material.
How accurate are they?
Every take-off states its basis, assumptions and exclusions on page one.
48-72 hours - really?
For the free first take-off on a standard bid package, yes – that’s the offer’s committed window. Larger or unusual packages get a committed date in the quote, like everything else we do.
Send a bid package – free first take-off
Your next bid package. One take-off. Free. See what your estimator gets back.
Scope, queries and an honest read on the schedule, before any commitment.
- Basis, assumptions and exclusions stated on page one of every take-off
- Material and quantity only – labour pricing stays with you
- One named contact, not a general queue
- Free first take-off on a standard bid package, returned in 48-72 hours
Project enquiry
Scope and questions come back, not a template.
