Exterior improvements and site work estimating

Paving area by type and thickness with base and joints, sidewalks and ramps, curb and gutter in linear feet, markings and signs, fences and gates, retaining and site walls, bollards and wheel stops with their footings, site furnishings, playground surfacing and equipment, and landscaping by species and area.

Earthwork is Division 31, the grading and preparation of the ground. Exterior improvements is Division 32, what is built on it. Asphalt paving is one part of Division 32 that paving contractors often need on its own. Site contractors and general contractors usually need the whole division, which is what this covers.

Yes. Each thickness is measured as its own area with its base, reinforcing and joints. On one commercial site we took off, concrete pavement was 5, 6 and 7 inches thick in different areas, 22,013 square feet in total.

Yes, where it is in the scope. Trees, shrubs and perennials are counted by species and size from the plant schedule, sod, seed and mulch are measured by area, and irrigation is taken off where an irrigation plan is provided.

Yes. Each site item is counted and its footing is calculated in cubic yards with excavation, from the detail or a stated assumption where no detail is given.

It depends heavily on how much of the site is paved and with what. On two sites we estimated, Division 32 was $2.23 per square foot for a small drive-through site and $26.60 for a public safety building with heavy concrete aprons and retaining walls, before markups.

Site work spans three divisions: 31 Earthwork, 32 Exterior Improvements and 33 Utilities, with site demolition in Division 02. Each can be estimated alone or together as a site package.

Yes. This page shows a full sample from a finished job (sidewalk and site concrete, for a public sidewalk project 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 market, 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.

A single site starts at $199, and simple scopes typically run $100 to $250. Larger sites typically run $200 to $500, and large or multi-phase sites are quoted individually. The quote is free and usually comes back in about 20 minutes.

Yes. Every estimate is built to the client's own specification. Send your unit prices, the owner's bid form or your template and the package is returned that way, or order quantities alone and price them yourself.