How we build a project-specific estimate, and what to send so it is accurate.
Square footage sets scale, but room and fixture density often predict labor better — a 20,000 square foot medical suite is a far larger job than a 20,000 square foot open warehouse.
Condition and dust load, finish types, ceiling height and elevated work, access constraints, phasing requirements, and schedule compression all move the number materially. Our guide on cost factors explains each in more detail.
Building type and address, approximate square footage (by floor or zone if possible), current project stage, finish types, target date, and any access or phasing constraints.
Visual information helps more than description. A floor plan, a handful of photos, or a short walkthrough video conveys dust load and finish condition far better than words.
A published per-square-foot rate would be misleading. The same area can differ several-fold in labor depending on condition, finishes, access, and phasing, and a rate quoted without those variables tends not to survive the site visit.
A project-specific estimate built on your actual conditions is more useful to both parties than a headline number that changes.
Ask what is included and excluded in writing — particularly elevated work, exterior glass, mechanical rooms, and protection removal. Ask how schedule compression or late trades would be handled, and how punch-list touch-ups are treated.
Ask what documentation you will receive at completion.
If the scope or schedule changes before work begins, tell us — estimates are revised rather than quietly adjusted later. Once agreed, the written scope is what the walkthrough is checked against.
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