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Industrial estimating

Industrial & process estimating

Manufacturing facilities, process piping, plant structural steel, equipment setting and heavy MEP distribution.

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How we approach it

Process, structural & plant MEP

A 6" stainless line and a 6" carbon steel line are different money, so piping is never aggregated by diameter. Each line is measured against its specification and service, with valves, fittings and supports counted individually.

For fabricators, steel is taken off by member and connection type. That separation is what lets a shop change its rate without anyone rebuilding the estimate.

Packages we produce

Process pipingStructural steel fabricationManufacturing facilitiesEquipment foundations & settingPlant electrical & instrumentationIndustrial HVAC & ventilationPlatforms, stairs & handrailPlant expansions & retrofits

What we look for specifically

Piping aggregated across specs, connection labour buried inside a tonnage rate, and shutdown or live-plant productivity losses left out.

Typical scope coverage

Industrial

  • Piping by line size, spec, service and material
  • Valves, fittings, supports and specialty items counted
  • Structural steel by member; connections separate
  • Platforms, ladders, grating and handrail
  • Equipment pads, anchor bolts and setting hours
  • Power distribution, MCCs, tray and terminations
  • Instrumentation, controls and conduit runs
  • Insulation, coatings and fireproofing
Trades in this sector

The packages industrial bids usually turn on.

Each one has its own page covering how that trade is measured, the units it is measured in, and the errors we look for.

Division 40

Process piping

Measured line by line against specification and service, never aggregated by diameter, with valves, fittings and supports counted individually.

Division 05

Structural steel

Measured by member and connection type, so tonnage, shop hours and field erection can be priced and flexed independently.

Division 26

Electrical

Devices and fixtures counted on the sheet in colour, conduit and conductor measured by run, gear taken from the one-line.

Division 23

HVAC & mechanical

Ductwork by gauge and weight, equipment by schedule, hydronic piping by size, with insulation, controls and terminal devices counted separately.

Division 21

Fire protection

Heads by type and coverage, pipe by size and material, with valves, hangers, standpipes and pumps counted individually.

Division 03

Concrete

Footings, slabs, walls, grade beams, reinforcement and formwork, measured by system and location rather than as one running volume.

Industrial questions

What contractors ask us first.

Yes. The productivity loss of working around operating equipment is applied as a stated factor on the affected scope. Pricing live-plant tie-ins at greenfield rates is one of the most expensive errors in industrial estimating.

Yes, with routing assumptions written down so they can be checked when isometrics are issued. Revisions inside the agreed scope carry no additional fee.

Yes: pads, anchor bolt assemblies, setting labour and rigging, priced alongside the structural and piping scope.

Send us a industrial package.

A fixed fee, a firm delivery date and a written scope statement, usually back the same working day.

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Fixed project fees · Written scope before work starts · Unlimited revisions within scope