Construction Sales Estimating
The number on the cover sheet of a tender decides whether you win the job, and whether the job pays. Our estimating team builds that number up from first principles — quantity by quantity, rate by rate — so the bid you submit is competitive on price, defensible under negotiation, and survives contact with the site. We work with contractors, sub-contractors, developers and consultants across residential, commercial, renovation and fit-out projects in the UAE.
Take-offs, BOQs and pricing built up from first principles and verified line-by-line — not desktop benchmarks. Every estimate is delivered against a written scope and a fixed turnaround, in the format your bid team and QS already use.
Services Include
- Preliminary Budget Estimates
- Detailed Quantity Takeoff
- Tender & Bid Preparation
- Subcontractor Pricing Analysis
- Labor & Material Cost Analysis
- Profitability & Markup Analysis
Deliverables
- Comprehensive Tender Submissions
- Detailed Cost Reports
- Bill of Quantities (BOQs)
- Hassle-free Pricing Sheets
Software & standards
We estimate in DataBuild and Advanced Excel, with quantity take-offs performed from CAD, BIM or PDF drawings depending on what the client supplies. BOQs are produced in the structure the client requires — including standard splits by trade (architectural, civil, MEP, finishes), by element (substructure, superstructure, envelope), or by location (block, level, unit type).
AI & automation
Quantity take-off is one of the most time-intensive parts of a tender. We layer AI-assisted take-off tools on top of our manual workflow — automated counts from CAD/BIM/PDF drawings, ML-driven outlier detection against our historical rate database, and pattern recognition for tender risk. Every BOQ that leaves our office is reconciled and signed off by a human estimator; AI compresses the path to a defensible number, never replaces it.
Industries we work in
Residential, Commercial, Renovation and Fit-Out — villas and high-rise residential, commercial cores and shells, full refurbishments, and turnkey fit-outs.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. We deliver BOQs in the structure the client requires — by trade, by element, by location, or in the bespoke format requested by the client's QS. Splits are agreed in writing at proposal stage.
Turnaround depends on drawing completeness and project size. A typical mid-sized building tender (e.g. a low-rise residential or commercial fit-out) is produced in 7–14 working days from receipt of a complete drawing set. Express turnarounds are quoted on request.
Yes. We maintain a working subcontractor and supplier pricing position for the UAE market, refreshed per tender, and we will incorporate the client's own preferred-supplier rates where provided.
We work to the standard the client nominates — including CESMM (Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement), NRM (RICS New Rules of Measurement), POMI (Principles of Measurement International) or the client's in-house BOQ template. The applicable standard is confirmed in the proposal.
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