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Metals Estimating
Structural and miscellaneous steel takeoffs, from primary framing down to the stairs and railings that get missed in a rushed bid.
What We Take Off
- Structural steel framing
- Steel joists and decking
- Miscellaneous metals (stairs, railings, ladders)
- Cold-formed metal framing
- Expansion joint assemblies
- Steel connections and fasteners
Works from whatever plans you have
Traditional 2D CAD drawings and PDF plan sets, or 3D BIM models — metals quantities are taken off directly from your source files, cross-checked against the model where one exists, and delivered in the same itemized format either way.
Need the drawings themselves, not just a takeoff from them? See Drawing & Engineering Services.
Where metals estimates commonly go wrong
Connections are where miscellaneous-metals estimates go wrong — a stair or railing package looks simple until every connection point gets priced individually.
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Send your plans and get an itemized, bid-ready estimate back — organized the way you actually bid.
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