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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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The full Division 09 scope
BidAccurate's finishes estimating services take the full Division 09 scope and estimate it as one package. General contractors use it to budget and buy out interiors. Finish subcontractors use it when they carry more than one trade. We work from your architectural set and return a takeoff or a priced estimate.
The finish schedule holds it together. One room might call for CPT-2 floors, RB-1 base, PT-3 walls, and ACT-1 ceilings, and each of those codes goes into its own trade's quantities. Framing, millwork, waterproofing, fireproofing, and exterior cladding stay out of the package unless you tell us they're in.
We work from your floor plans, RCPs, interior elevations, wall types, finish schedule, specs, and addenda. Below is everything a finish package can include. Your estimate covers only the sections you're bidding.
The wall type legend tells us what's in each partition. Board type, layer count, and finish level get tied to the walls on the plan and to the soffits and ceilings on the RCP.
From the reflected ceiling plan we take ACT by grid and tile type, drywall ceilings and soffits, and specialty units like clouds and baffles. Wall angle and shadow molding are measured along the actual perimeter.
Floors come off the finish plan and room finish schedule. Each finish code gets its own line, along with its base, transitions, and prep.
Paint and wallcovering often get lumped into one wall area. We split them using the interior elevations and finish schedule, down to color and sheen when that changes the price.
A finish package involves several installers. When you want pricing, each trade's labor is priced on its own, and framing, millwork, and other adjacent work stay out unless you tell us otherwise.
Each finish uses the unit its supplier and installer work in. The report follows the spec section or bid package split you plan to issue.
Send the drawings, finish schedule, specs, addenda, and bid date, plus any quotes or labor rates you want used. Tell us how you're splitting the trades and we'll set up the takeoff to match.
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We read the floor plans, RCPs, elevations, wall types, and room finish schedule as one set. A finish code means the same thing in every trade's quantities.
Splitting Division 09 across several subs? The takeoff can be broken out by bid package, so each sub prices the same quantities.
Material lists by product, finish code, and floor let you put supplier quotes side by side.
Who carries the reveal trim, the tile backer, the floor leveling? We list those handoff items so each one lands with somebody instead of falling between subs.
Color-coded markups and sheet references show where each quantity came from. Inclusions, exclusions, and alternates are written out.
We'll build on the supplier quotes, labor rates, waste factors, and cost codes you send, inside your own template if you have one.
The hard part of a finish package is keeping several trades consistent with one schedule. Most of what goes wrong happens at the handoffs between them.
Plans, RCPs, elevations, wall types, the finish schedule, specs, and addenda get checked against each other. When the schedule and the plan disagree, it goes on the question list.
Flooring, tile, ceilings, board, plaster, wallcovering, and paint each keep their own lines instead of folding into one blended finish allowance.
Leveling, primers, membranes, trims, and finish changes at doorways are measured. They're small per room and add up across a building.
Each number traces back to a marked sheet. Trade boundaries and open questions are written into the scope log.
Organize by spec section, finish code, floor, room, cost code, or supplier package, in Excel or PDF.
Finish schedules change often between bid sets. Send the revised documents and we'll update the affected systems under an agreed revision scope.
We confirm the trade split first, then measure, price, and cross-check before anything goes out.
Architectural plans, RCPs, interior elevations, wall types, the finish schedule, Division 09 specs, and addenda, along with the bid form, location, and deadline.
We agree on which Division 09 sections are in, how to split them by sub or supplier, and what's excluded, carried as an allowance, or bid as an alternate.
Walls, floors, and ceilings are measured by finish code and location. Base, trim, panels, and accessories are counted in the same pass.
With pricing in scope, we apply your material quotes, crew production, wage rates, prep, equipment, and freight to each system.
Quantities are compared with the drawings, schedules, specs, and addenda. Finish conflicts and gaps between trades go into the notes.
You receive Excel or PDF reports, color-coded markups of plans, RCPs, and elevations, and the scope notes.
Send the documents and tell us whether you want the full finish package or one piece of it, like ceilings, tile, or paint.
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Finish package outputs
Send out sub and supplier bid packages from it, price installation, level sub coverage, track addenda, or load quantities into your estimating system. It supports bid decisions. Field verification, manufacturer instructions, spec and code review, moisture and substrate testing, safety planning, and means and methods remain your team's responsibility.
Every finish code with its areas, lengths, and counts, grouped by system, room, floor, or bid package.
Material and labor priced per system on the basis you confirmed. Prep, protection, freight, and waste sit on their own lines.
Floor plans, RCPs, and elevations shaded by finish, so you can see what was measured where.
Trade boundaries, exclusions, alternates, allowances, and the finish schedule questions the documents couldn't answer.
Bidding a single trade instead of the full package? These pages cover each one, plus general takeoff and estimating.
Quantities and marked plans for the whole finish package, with pricing left to your team.
Fold the finishes into a full project estimate with every other trade and your markups.
Bidding just the paint? We price coatings on their own, with substrates, prep, and access.
A flooring-only takeoff covering finishes, base, transitions, and prep for when you're bidding the floors and nothing else.
Board by type and layer, finish levels, beads, and drywall ceilings for a drywall-only bid.
Stucco and plaster systems, lath, and accessories priced as their own package.
Partner with experienced construction professionals to deliver your project on time along with in budget.
