Electrical estimating & takeoff services
Devices and fixtures counted on the sheet in colour, conduit and conductor measured by run, gear taken from the one-line.
What an electrical package looks like.
Electrical is a counting trade, and the count has to be visible. Every device, fixture, sensor and detector is covered by a coloured bubble on the drawing as it is counted, and the running total is carried into a legend on the sheet. That is what lets you audit our number against the plan in minutes rather than trusting it.
Conduit and conductor are measured by run with size and type, not as one aggregate length, so a change in wire size reprices in one column. Gear comes from the one-line diagram and panel schedules, item by item.
Measured in
What we look for specifically
- Device count not reconciled against the fixture schedule
- Conduit and conductor aggregated so a wire size change forces a rebuild
- Homerun lengths estimated rather than measured to the panel
- Site and underground power priced without excavation
Electrical
- Devices by type: switches, receptacles, GFCI and specialty outlets
- Lighting fixtures by type from the schedule, with lamps and drivers
- Occupancy, vacancy and daylight sensors
- Smoke, carbon monoxide and combination detectors
- Conduit by size, type and run
- Conductor by size, insulation and run, with terminations
- Panelboards, switchgear, transformers and disconnects
- Feeders and branch circuits from the panel schedule
- Fire alarm devices, panels and notification appliances
- Low voltage, data, security and AV rough-in
- Site lighting, duct bank, transformer pads and terminations
- Generators, ATS, and emergency power distribution
Turnaround
24–48 hours on a single-trade package
Who it is for
Electrical subcontractors, low voltage contractors, home builders and general contractors.
Every electrical package ships the same four things.
Whatever the trade, the deliverable is consistent, so a package from us always drops into how you already work.
Excel workbook
Line-item detail with quantities, wastage, labour hours and material priced on separate columns.
Colour-marked sheets
Every measured item marked on the drawing with a count legend, so any figure can be checked against the plan.
Assumptions & exclusions
Written down, including anything the drawings did not answer, rather than absorbed into a rate.
Planswift source file
On request, so your team can re-measure a revision without coming back to us.
Common questions on electrical takeoffs.
Yes, as standard. Every counted device carries a coloured bubble on the sheet and a legend lists each type with its running count. Clients regularly hand that set straight to the installer for rough-in.
By run, with size and type on each line, including homeruns measured to the panel rather than estimated. That way a change in conductor size is a column edit, not a re-measure.
Yes: fire alarm devices and panels, data, security, access control and AV rough-in, counted by device with conduit and cable pathways measured.
Yes, including duct bank, feeders, transformer pads, site lighting and terminations, with trenching and backfill stated as separate lines.
Packages that usually travel with this one.
Most enquiries cover more than one division. Bundling them into a single engagement keeps the assumptions consistent across the whole bid.
Send us one electrical package.
A fixed fee, a firm delivery date and a written scope statement, usually back the same working day. Judge us on the file that comes back.
CSI Division 26 · 24–48 hours on a single-trade package · Unlimited revisions within scope