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Shallow and deep foundations
BidAccurate's foundation estimating services cover the below-grade scope for general contractors, foundation and concrete subs, suppliers, and developers across the US. We pull from the structural and civil sets, the architectural wall sections, the spec, and the geotechnical report when you have one.
On most jobs the foundation plan alone won't get you to a number. Footing steps show up in the sections, over-excavation in the soils report, and waterproofing in Division 07. We measure footings, grade beams, stem walls, piers, mats, and deep foundation elements, then pick up the excavation, base, backfill, drainage, and reinforcing that go with them, as far as your contract scope reaches.
Your scope split decides what we measure. If the sitework sub carries mass excavation and you carry footing excavation, the takeoff follows that line. Here's what we usually cover.
Each footing is listed by mark, size, and top-of-footing elevation. Steps and depth changes stay with the footing they belong to.
Piles and drilled shafts are measured the way your spec pays for them, whether that's a count, a depth, or a length below cutoff. Specialty-sub work stays apart from what you self-perform.
Footing concrete, forms, and rebar are reported together, so a grade beam's yardage, contact area, and bar weight can be checked on one row.
Trade splits get fuzzy here. We measure dig, base, backfill, and waterproofing when they're yours and carry them as allowances when the documents leave it open.
For a priced estimate, labor and equipment are broken out by activity. Dewatering and shoring get their own lines because site conditions drive them so heavily.
Units match how each item is bought or installed. Assumptions about soil and trade limits are written out.
Send the current plans, spec, soils report, addenda, location, and bid date. We'll review the below-grade scope and confirm what we'll measure and what you'll receive.
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Foundation work is spread across the structural and civil sets, the wall sections, the spec, and the geotech report. We pull them together and note where your scope ends and the sitework or waterproofing sub's begins.
Tracing stepped footings and pile layouts by hand is slow work. We do that part so your team can price.
Element-by-element concrete, rebar, and waterproofing quantities drop straight into quote requests to your ready-mix plant, rebar fabricator, and pile contractor.
Keyways, slab dowels, waterstops at wall joints, footing drains, and pile testing are common misses. We check for each one.
Marked-up foundation plans, plus a drawing reference on every line of the workbook.
We can price with your ready-mix and rebar quotes, pile subcontractor numbers, crew rates, equipment costs, and cost codes.
Soil conditions, groundwater, installation method, and who owns the dig all move a foundation price. We put each of those decisions in the estimate where you can see it, instead of folding them into one unit price.
When a soils report is in the bid set, we read it for over-excavation, bearing elevation notes, and groundwater that change the quantities.
Footings and walls sit in one group, piles and piers in another, so a specialty sub's quote drops right in.
Excavation, base, and backfill are listed beside the footing they serve. That makes it easy to confirm each footing has a matching dig.
Marked plans, sheet references, and an assumption list let your estimator check our calls quickly.
We set up the Excel and PDF files around your bid schedule, cost codes, or supplier list at intake.
If an addendum deepens a footing or swaps spread footings for drilled piers, we compare sets and update what changed.
The path from your document upload to a below-grade takeoff your team can check before pricing.
Include the structural and civil plans, the geotechnical report if there is one, the spec, addenda, bid form, location, and bid date.
First we confirm who digs, who waterproofs, and who carries the piles. Then we agree on units, alternates, pricing inputs, and report format.
Footings, walls, piers, piles, forms, rebar, excavation, and moisture protection are measured and sorted by the agreed breakdown.
Plan quantities are checked against sections, footing schedules, and the geotech recommendations. Anything that doesn't line up goes on the assumption log.
You receive Excel or PDF reports with color-coded plan markups. Material, labor, and equipment are priced when you ask for it.
Send the set and tell us what you need: measured quantities, supplier-ready summaries, or a priced estimate with labor and equipment.
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Foundation deliverables
Use the files to request concrete, rebar, waterproofing, or pile quotes, compare a spread-footing option against drilled piers, or move the quantities into your own estimating system.
Every footing, wall, pier, pile, and cap with its concrete, forms, rebar, and accessories, sorted by element and location.
Foundation plans marked by color for linear, area, volume, and counted items.
If you request pricing, we extend material, labor, equipment, specialty-sub, and indirect costs on the basis we confirm with you.
Trade splits, geotech notes, alternates, allowances, and exclusions on one list.
Foundation work hands off to concrete above grade, rebar inside it, and sitework around it.
Carry the estimate up into slabs, columns, elevated decks, stairs, paving, and site concrete.
Footing and wall reinforcing broken out by bar size, mark, and weight, with laps and supports listed.
Mass excavation, grading, utilities, and paving around the building pad.
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