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Wood and CFS framing
Framing subs, GCs, and homebuilders across the US use our framing estimating services when they want a number that follows how a crew builds. We split the job into wall types, floor systems, and roof systems, and measure each one from the architectural and structural sets.
That makes labor easier to price. A short interior partition and a tall exterior shear wall with hold-downs take very different crew hours, even at the same LF. Wood and cold-formed steel stay separate, and we mark anything that belongs to drywall, roofing, or the truss designer as excluded.
We build the scope from your plans, wall types, framing layouts, and bid instructions. Some of the categories below won't apply to your job. Others, like CFS, may be split between you and the drywall sub, so we confirm that split before we count anything.
Each wall type is taken off on its own: stud size and spacing, plate height, treatment, and the openings in it. Headers and jack studs get counted per opening, not averaged across the floor.
We count joists, rafters, and trusses from the framing plans level by level. The sections and details fill in blocking, cantilevers, and overbuilds.
Load-bearing CFS and exterior infill go in their own section. Interior non-structural studs often belong to the drywall sub, so we ask before we include them.
Sheathing is measured per assembly, so wall sheathing, subfloor, and roof deck stay apart. Hardware is counted at the connections the structural sheets show.
For a priced estimate, we attach install activities to each assembly and list what's excluded. Truss engineering is the usual one.
Counts, LF, and SF: the units your crew lead and your supplier already work in.
Send the current plans, specs, addenda, and bid date. Include lumber or steel quotes and crew rates if you have them. We'll go through the set and tell you how we'd break out the takeoff.
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We match the architectural wall types to the structural framing layouts. A shear wall called out on the structural sheets ends up on the right wall in your takeoff.
You start pricing from wall LF, member counts, and panel areas.
Your lumberyard, CFS supplier, and truss vendor each get the breakdown they need. When their quotes come back, you can line them up item by item.
Blocking, backing, built-up headers, hold-downs, and fire blocking are the usual misses on a framing bid. Each one has its own check in our takeoff.
Walls, floors, and roofs are color-coded on the plans, and each quantity has a sheet reference next to it.
Send your production rates, crew costs, and material quotes. We apply them as given and keep your cost codes.
Labor drives a framing price, and labor depends on wall heights, openings, and connection details. We keep those in plain view so you can price them.
Framing information is spread across wall types, elevations, sections, and the structural layouts. We pull it into one takeoff and flag the places where sheets disagree.
Wood is broken out by size and grade, CFS by depth and gauge. Each system has its own section of the estimate.
Headers, jamb studs, sills, hangers, and hold-downs show up as their own lines. You won't find them buried in an allowance.
Inclusions, exclusions, and open questions sit next to the quantities they affect, with the drawing reference.
Excel and PDF, organized by building, level, wall type, phase, or cost code. We can also work inside your own spreadsheet.
Send the revised drawings. We compare them with the prior set and update the walls, floors, hardware, and labor that changed.
Here is how a set of framing plans becomes a priced estimate, start to finish.
Architectural and structural sets, framing layouts, wall types, specs, addenda, and the bid form. Add the job location and bid date, and any supplier quotes or crew rates you want used.
Wood, CFS, or both? Who carries sheathing, hardware, trusses, and interior studs? We settle that first, then agree on a waste basis and how the report is laid out.
We measure walls by type, count members and openings, and work out panel areas for each floor and roof.
If you want a priced estimate, this is where your material quotes, crew production, labor rates, and lift or crane costs go in.
We review the quantities across both disciplines. Conflicts, assumptions, and exclusions go on the scope log.
You get Excel or PDF reports, marked plans, and material and labor summaries, set up for your bid.
Send it over and tell us what you need: wood, CFS, quantities only, or a full labor and material estimate.
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Framing estimate outputs
Send the material breakdown to your lumberyard, CFS supplier, or truss vendor. Use the labor numbers to plan crew size, compare sub coverage, or load quantities into your estimating system. The estimate is a bidding tool. It doesn't replace structural design, truss engineering, shop drawings, field verification, or your own means and methods.
Members, wall LF, and panel SF grouped by assembly, floor, or area, with wood and CFS separated.
Crew hours, material, lifts, and delivery, priced on the basis we agree with you. Indirects are added if you ask for them.
Walls, floor systems, roof framing, and sheathing marked in color, so you can check coverage without re-measuring.
Waste assumptions, delegated-design items like trusses, exclusions, and anything the drawings left unclear.
Framing runs into carpentry and drywall on most jobs. These services cover those packages.
Framing quantities on their own, with marked plans, for a supplier quote or an internal check.
Carpentry past the structural frame: stairs, trim, finish work, and the labor to install it.
Interior partitions as their own package, from metal studs and gypsum board through taping and finishing.
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