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Review summary: Bart needed shop drawings on a tight schedule. The team discussed the project the same day, delivered drawings within a week, and completed minor revisions the following day. He praised their understanding of the scope, quick responses and progress updates.
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BidAccurate's drywall estimating services are for drywall and interior-systems subcontractors, general contractors, board and framing suppliers, homebuilders, and estimating teams across the US. You send plans and specs. We send back a drywall takeoff or a priced estimate you can bid from, buy from, or check a sub's number against.
A drywall number is only as good as the partition schedule behind it. We tie each wall and ceiling area to its board layers, light-gauge framing, insulation, finish level, trims, and install labor. If ACT, plaster, paint, firestopping, or rough carpentry isn't in your contract, we list it separately so it doesn't end up in your price by accident.
We build each estimate from what you send: plans, partition types, RCPs, details, specs, addenda, and bid instructions. A category below is only in your estimate when it's part of your contract scope.
A two-layer Type X rated partition and a single-layer corridor wall don't belong on the same line. We break board out by type, thickness, layer count, and the wall or ceiling type that calls for it.
Studs are counted by depth, gauge, spacing, and height. A tall 6-inch heavy-gauge wall gets priced differently from a short 3-5/8-inch partition, so the two never get averaged together.
Sound batts, rated walls, and shaftwall each trace back to the partition type that requires them. That makes it easy to hold a UL design or STC note up against the count.
Finish level drives most of the taping cost. We follow the specified Level 0 through Level 5 by room or surface, then count the bead, reveals, and control joints that come with it.
If you want a priced number, labor goes against hang, tape, and finish activities you can check line by line. Work that tends to fall between trades gets its own line too.
Units match how you buy material and how your crews install it.
Send the plans, specs, addenda, and your bid date. Include supplier quotes and labor rates if you want pricing. We'll look over the set and confirm what we'll deliver and how it will be broken down.
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We read the wall types, RCPs, sections, and spec as one set. When a detail adds a second layer of Type X or a deflection head, the takeoff picks it up.
Your estimator starts bid week with wall and ceiling areas, stud footage, and marked drawings already done. That leaves time for supplier calls and pricing.
Every yard gets the same list: board by type and thickness, studs by size and gauge, insulation and finish level by area.
Deflection track, backing, corner bead, control joints, access panels, and stocking drop off fast takeoffs all the time. We look for them on purpose.
Color-coded plans and a worksheet that cites the sheet for each line let your PM spot-check any quantity in a few minutes.
Send your supplier quotes, labor rates, waste factors, and cost codes. We build the estimate on those numbers.
Drywall bids usually go wrong in the wall types or at the edge of the scope: a missed second layer, deflection track nobody counted, firestopping each trade assumed the other had. We keep those calls on paper where you can see them.
Most drywall scope lives in the partition schedule and the details, not the floor plan. We work from wall types, RCPs, sections, finish schedules, the spec, and addenda, and check structural or MEP sheets where they change framing.
Board, studs, sound batts, resilient channel, sealant, and tape sit under the partition or ceiling type that calls for them.
Wall height, board orientation, layer count, and finish level all change production. When you ask for pricing, we write those assumptions down where you can argue with them.
Each quantity points back to a sheet. Exclusions, alternates, allowances, and open questions live in a separate log.
We deliver Excel and PDF sorted by floor, area, wall type, cost code, or whatever structure your estimating system already uses.
Send the revised sheets. We compare them to the last set, update the affected assemblies, and note what moved. The revision scope is agreed before we start.
Six steps from the set you send to the package you bid from.
Send the architectural set with wall types and RCPs, plus specs, addenda, the bid form, project location, and your deadline. Add supplier quotes and labor rates if you want a priced estimate.
We agree on what's yours: board, framing, insulation, finishing, and maybe ACT or firestopping. Alternates, exclusions, waste basis, and report format get settled here too.
Wall runs and heights by partition type, ceiling and soffit areas, openings, studs, track, and trim, all measured by assembly and location.
For a priced estimate, we apply your supplier pricing, crew production, and labor rates. Lifts, stocking, freight, waste, and agreed indirects go on top.
We check the takeoff against schedules, details, and the spec. Conflicts and gaps go into the assumption log.
You get Excel or PDF reports, color-coded markups, material and labor summaries, and scope notes set up for bidding or buying.
Tell us if you need board only, framing and board, finishing, quantities without pricing, or a fully priced drywall estimate.
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What you get back
Send the takeoff to board and framing suppliers for quotes, build your labor price, level sub bids, or load the quantities into your estimating software. The package supports your bid. It doesn't replace the design team's tested assemblies, engineering, field verification, or your own means and methods.
Board SF or sheet counts, stud and track LF, insulation, mud, tape, bead, fasteners, and accessories, grouped the way you asked for them.
Material, crew labor, lifts, delivery and stocking, waste, and supplier quotes, extended on the pricing basis we agreed at the start.
Floor plans and RCPs with each wall type, ceiling, and soffit colored so you can see exactly what we measured.
Sheet references, inclusions, exclusions, finish levels, waste factors, and whatever questions the documents left open.
Need more than drywall? These cover quantity-only work, full project estimates, and the carpentry that sits next to your walls.
Quantities and marked plans only, for teams that price drywall in-house.
Fold drywall into a full project estimate with the other trades, general conditions, and markups.
Wood blocking, backing, and sheathing often overlap the drywall package. Price that carpentry scope on its own.
Partner with experienced construction professionals to deliver your project on time along with in budget.
