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Exterior Improvements Estimating
Everything outside the building envelope — paving, landscaping, and site amenities scoped from the civil and landscape sets.
What We Take Off
- Asphalt and concrete paving
- Curbs and sidewalks
- Fencing and gates
- Landscaping and irrigation
- Site furnishings
- Pavement marking and signage
Works from whatever plans you have
Traditional 2D CAD drawings and PDF plan sets, or 3D BIM models — exterior improvements 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 exterior improvements estimates commonly go wrong
Paving thickness and base depth both affect material quantity — a takeoff based only on surface area without cross-section detail will run short.
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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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