Process piping estimating services
Measured line by line against specification and service, never aggregated by diameter, with valves, fittings and supports counted individually.
What a process piping package looks like.
A 6" stainless line and a 6" carbon steel line are entirely different money in material, welding and testing. Process piping is therefore measured against the line list and P&IDs by specification and service, with each line carrying its own material, schedule and insulation requirement.
Valves, fittings, flanges, supports and specialty items are counted individually rather than allowed for as a percentage. Weld counts are reported by diameter-inch where the scope warrants it, and the productivity loss of working inside a live or partially operating plant is stated explicitly rather than assumed away.
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What we look for specifically
- Lines aggregated by diameter across different specifications
- Fittings and supports allowed for as a percentage
- Tie-ins to live systems priced at new-construction rates
- Insulation and heat tracing omitted from the line list
Process piping
- Piping by line number, size, specification and service
- Material and schedule per line from the pipe spec
- Valves by type, size, rating and actuation
- Fittings, flanges, gaskets and bolt sets
- Pipe supports, guides, anchors and spring hangers
- Weld counts by diameter-inch where required
- Specialty items: strainers, traps, expansion joints
- Insulation and heat tracing by service
- Coatings, painting and identification
- Equipment connections and tie-in points
- Hydrotesting, flushing and commissioning
- Live-plant productivity and shutdown constraints
Turnaround
48–72 hours depending on spec count
Who it is for
Industrial and mechanical contractors, pipe fabricators, plant maintenance contractors and EPC firms.
Every process piping 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 process piping takeoffs.
Either. Isometrics give the most accurate result; where only P&IDs and general arrangements exist, routing assumptions are stated in writing so they can be checked when isometrics are issued.
Yes, by diameter-inch where the scope calls for it, which is how fabrication and NDT are usually priced on industrial work.
As an explicit productivity factor on the affected lines, stated in the assumptions. Pricing live-plant tie-ins at greenfield rates is one of the most expensive errors in industrial estimating.
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 process piping 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 40 · 48–72 hours depending on spec count · Unlimited revisions within scope