CIVIL ESTIMATING SERVICES
All Things Estimating provides tender support for civil contractors, earthworks contractors, builders, subcontractors and developers across Australia. We prepare clear and practical civil estimating quantities for tendering, budgeting and planning. Depending on the documentation you have, this can include take-off reports, rated or unrated BOQs, tender schedules, and supporting quantities for review.
Services can include preliminaries and establishment. Site stripping, sediment control and fencing, bulk cut and fill quantities, pavement boxing for hardstand and flexible pavements, site stabilisation, retaining walls, trenching, civil drainage and hydraulics and programming quantity support.
The process would start by sending me the tender documents, a quick phone conversation to discuss your requirements and then I would then return with a draft BOQ for your review. If you have existing surveying and proposed levels – I can calculate bulk quantities using Mudshark estimating software. If you have access to geotechnic bore hole logs, I can break down the bulk quantities into the variable soil types for cut and fill.
Via remote – we can review my take offs and 3D model and adjust if required. After the review the updated take off could be sent to you in various forms. It could be an unrated or rated BOQ format and within a live remote meeting we can also rate up the quantities together plus fill in tender schedules and programming as required .
Mud Shark Modelling Software
Existing Model
The software I use can generate an existing 3D model from a PDF file, CAD Files and TIF files.
Proposed Levels
The software I use can generate an proposed levels from finished or benched levels . Existing 3D model from a PDF file, CAD files and TIF files.
Reports can be generated on a full range of proposed built structure such as trenching, concrete beams and slabs, site strip & re-spread quantities and cut & fill .
Foundation Layers from Bore Hole Logs
If you have geotechnic bore holes logs – These can be plotter onto the existing structure and when a report is produced your cut and fill quantities are automatically separated into layered quantities.
What I Need to Get Started
For most basic sites
For most sites, all we need is existing site plan with contours or spot heights, proposed concept. Then we can do the rest. This would result in basic cut and fill quantities.
For commercial sites
For commercial projects – we need survey & civils, architectural, structural, landscaping drawings, geotechnical reports with boreholes & DA approvals.
Sample of our work – follow this link.