Duval · St. Johns · Clay · Nassau counties
Construction estimating services in Jacksonville
Takeoffs and priced estimates for Northeast Florida general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, including roadway and public works bids.
- Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Orange Park
- Roadway and public works
- 24 to 48 hours
In short
Estimating in Jacksonville at a glance
MassBid Estimation prepares quantity takeoffs and cost estimates for construction projects across Jacksonville and Northeast Florida. Every trade on the drawings is measured, priced to the project's ZIP code and checked twice, and the package is typically delivered in 24 to 48 hours. Recent Jacksonville work includes a city road connector with a roundabout, estimated at $824,513 with paving measured section by section.
- Area covered
- Duval, St. Johns, Clay and Nassau counties
- Recent Jacksonville work
- A city road connector with a roundabout: reconstruction, resurfacing and a shared-use path
- Jacksonville cost drivers
- State roadway specifications, traffic control, a high water table, port and military work
- Code
- Florida Building Code; state transportation specifications on roadwork
- Turnaround
- 24 to 48 hours on most projects
- Checked by
- A separate QA team, twice on every job
- Team
- 20+ in-house estimators, typically 7 to 10 years in the trade
- Quote
- Free, usually back in about 20 minutes
Jacksonville · Letting day
On a road job the asphalt was two-thirds of the bid. The other third is where bidders lose money.
Jacksonville is the largest city by land area in the lower 48 states, and it is still paving. Road connectors, intersection rebuilds and shared-use paths follow the housing spreading into St. Johns and Clay counties.
Roadwork looks simple and is not: several pavement sections, traffic kept moving, and state specifications behind every item. Four things decide whether a Jacksonville estimate holds.
Four things a Jacksonville estimate has to get right
01 · The section
One rate for three pavements
Full reconstruction, milling and resurfacing, and a shared-use path are three different builds. On the road we estimated they ran from under $6 to over $7 per square foot.
What changes
Each pavement section is shaded and measured separately, with its own base and lift thicknesses.
02 · The traffic
Maintenance of traffic
The road stays open while it is rebuilt. Phasing, barricades, temporary striping and flaggers are real money and are easy to under-carry.
What changes
General requirements and traffic control are itemized. On this job they were $171,500.
03 · The spec
State mixes and testing
City and county roadwork in Florida follows state transportation specifications for mixes, densities and testing, which governs what the plant can supply and what it costs.
What changes
Mix types and thicknesses are taken from the typical sections, and tonnage is calculated from them.
04 · The water
Drainage and a high water table
Northeast Florida is low and wet. Road projects carry inlets, pipe, ponds and often dewatering.
What changes
Drainage structures and pipe are counted from the plan and profile sheets.
Northeast Florida submarkets
Northeast Florida, priced county by county
A port and military city, with the region's growth moving south and west.
Jacksonville and Duval County
Downtown, the Southside, the Northside and the Westside: logistics, healthcare, roadway and public works across a very large city.
St. Johns County
St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra and St. Johns: schools, retail and housing in one of Florida's fastest-growing counties.
Clay and Nassau counties
Orange Park, Fleming Island, Yulee and Fernandina Beach: subdivisions, roads and commercial growth following them.
The port, the bases and the beaches
Port terminals and warehouses, naval facilities under federal rules, and coastal work at the beaches with wind and flood requirements.
Real Jacksonville work
Sample takeoffs from a Jacksonville road project
Two pages from one finished job: a city road connector with a roundabout. The client name, street names and title block are removed; the quantities are as delivered. Click either page to enlarge.
Roadway
Asphalt paving takeoff for a Jacksonville road project
Protects you fromThree pavement sections at one rate.
Roundabout
Roundabout paving takeoff for the same Jacksonville project
Protects you fromPhases lumped into one area.
Every estimate is built to the client's own specification, so yours may be laid out differently. To see a past project in your own trade, ask for an example. Examples are finished work for other projects, not an estimate of yours; for pricing on your own job, send your Jacksonville drawings for a free quote.
Real Jacksonville figures
What a Jacksonville road project cost, by division
The division totals from the estimate we delivered for the road connector shown above, a site of about 96,900 sq ft.
Trade cost came to $824,513, or $8.51 per square foot of site. Paving was 65% of it and general requirements, mostly traffic control and mobilization, another 21%.
Figures are trade cost before overhead, profit and contingency, from the delivered estimate. Per-square-foot figures are per square foot of site. They are specific to that project and are not a price guide.
Real jobs, not a price list. Each figure comes from one project, priced for its own ZIP code and that client's wages, overhead and profit. Prices change by region and over time. Yours will be priced for your location.
| Division | Cost | Per sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| Paving, curb and sidewalk | $538,980 | $5.56 |
| General requirements and traffic control | $171,500 | $1.77 |
| Demolition and removals | $67,911 | $0.70 |
| Signs and pavement markings | $37,300 | $0.39 |
| Earthwork | $8,822 | $0.09 |
| Trade cost | $824,513 | $8.51 |
Full sample
Read a full sample, page by page
Asphalt paving and site concrete, from a finished job: a city road and roundabout in Florida. Open it full screen, scroll through all 6 pages and zoom in on any line.
This is one real job, shown as an example. It was built to that client's own specification: their wage rates, labor style, type of pricing, and overhead and profit. Prices also change by region and over time, so yours will be priced for your location.
Want a current sample in your own trade or specialty, or have a question? Use the contact form, email [email protected] or call (832) 356-4237.
Trades and places
What Jacksonville contractors send us most
Asphalt paving
Roads, parking lots and paths, by section and phase.
Asphalt paving estimatingSite utilities
Storm, sewer and water pipe by size with structures.
Site utilities estimatingEarthwork
Cut and fill volumes from the grading plan.
Earthwork estimatingSidewalks, curb and site concrete
Walks, ramps, curb and gutter for public works.
Exterior improvements
Northeast Florida places we price
- Jacksonville
- St. Augustine
- Orange Park
- Jacksonville Beach
- Fernandina Beach
- Ponte Vedra Beach
- Fleming Island
- Middleburg
- Green Cove Springs
- Atlantic Beach
- Yulee
- Palm Coast
Pricing data
How a Jacksonville project is priced
Quantities are priced from our own pricing database, built with local vendors across the United States. The estimator enters the project's ZIP code and gets current material prices for that part of Jacksonville.
Material prices change from region to region and from month to month, so a price book or a national average is out of date before the bid goes in.
Priced by ZIP code
Current local material prices for the place the job is built, not a national average.
Updated by vendors
Local vendors update their prices in the database as they change.
Labor as you bid it
Union, open shop, or Davis-Bacon and prevailing wage rates with fringes.
How it works
From Jacksonville drawings to a finished estimate
Send the drawings
Plans, specifications and addenda, with the project address or ZIP code, the bid date and any bid form or template you have to fill in.
Free quote
We review the set and reply with a quote and a delivery date, usually within about 20 minutes.
Takeoff, pricing and two QA reviews
Quantities are measured on the drawings and priced to the project's ZIP code. A separate QA team checks the quantities against the plans, then the priced estimate.
Delivery and revisions
The package typically arrives within 24 to 48 hours. Addenda and revisions are free, with no limit and no time limit, and are handled on priority.
The work is done in-house by more than 20 estimators, typically with 7 to 10 years of industry experience.
What it costs
Estimating prices for Jacksonville projects
- Single project
- From $199. Simple scopes typically run $100 to $250.
- Larger buildings
- Typically $200 to $500. Large or multi-building projects are quoted individually.
- Monthly plan
- From $1,499 for 10 to 15 projects, for contractors who bid every week.
Every job is quoted individually from the drawings, and the quote is free. See all pricing
After delivery
An editable Excel workbook and free revisions
- Formulas built in
An Excel workbook you can change yourself
The estimate arrives as an editable Excel workbook with the formulas built in. Change a quantity, a rate or a markup and every total follows. Move overhead and profit from 25% to 30% and the whole bid recalculates on the spot.
- No waiting
Adjust your bid at the last minute
If something changes just before the deadline, you do not have to send the estimate back and wait. Open the workbook, change the number and submit. The control stays with you.
- Priority turnaround
Free revisions, with no limit
Addenda, scope changes and pricing updates are all free, however many times you come back, and there is no time limit. Revisions are handled on priority and typically come back within an hour to a few hours.
Questions
Jacksonville construction estimating FAQ
Yes. We price projects in Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Orange Park, the beaches and the rest of Duval, St. Johns, Clay and Nassau counties, each to its own ZIP code.
On a city road connector with a roundabout that we estimated, trade cost was $824,513 for about 96,900 square feet of site, or $8.51 per square foot before overhead and profit. Paving, curb and sidewalk were $538,980 of that.
It depends on the section. On that project, milling and resurfacing and full reconstruction were priced separately and ran from under $6 to just over $7 per square foot, because reconstruction includes new base.
Yes. Maintenance of traffic, mobilization and other general requirements are itemized. On the road connector they came to $171,500, about 21% of trade cost.
Yes. Quantities are returned against the owner's bid items where a bid form is provided, so the unit prices can be entered directly.
The road connector is the Jacksonville job we can show today. Our Florida page shows work from fire stations, hotels and other buildings elsewhere in the state.
Yes. Every trade is covered, from site work and concrete to MEP and finishes, for warehouses, schools, medical buildings and housing.
Yes. This page shows a full sample from a finished job (asphalt paving and site concrete, for a city road and roundabout in Florida), which you can open full screen and read page by page. It was built to that client's own specification, so the wage rates, pricing and overhead and profit are theirs. Ask us for a current sample in your own trade.
From our own pricing database, built with local vendors across the United States. An estimator enters the project's ZIP code and gets current material prices for that part of Jacksonville, and vendors update their prices as they change. Labor is priced as union or open shop, or at Davis-Bacon rates with fringes on government work.
Yes. The estimate is delivered as an editable Excel workbook with the formulas built in. Change any quantity, rate or markup and the whole estimate recalculates. If overhead and profit was set at 25% and you want 30%, change that one cell and every total updates, so you can adjust your number minutes before the bid is due without sending it back to us.
As many as you need. Every revision is free, including addenda, scope changes and pricing updates, however many times you come back, and there is no time limit. Revisions are handled on priority and are typically returned within an hour to a few hours, depending on the size of the change.
Most packages are delivered in 24 to 48 hours. The quote is free and usually comes back in about 20 minutes.
A single project starts at $199, and simple scopes typically run $100 to $250. Larger buildings typically run $200 to $500. Every estimate is built to the client's own specification.
Other cities and services
Bidding a Jacksonville project? Send the drawings.
Free quote in about 20 minutes. Takeoffs and estimates typically in 24 to 48 hours, priced to the project's Northeast Florida ZIP code and built to your format, with free revisions with no limit.