Plumbing Estimating Services

Plumbing estimating is an inevitable part of any type of commercial and residential project. General Contractors, Plumbing Contractors and material suppliers are always looking for reliable plumbing estimators to prepare accurate material takeoff and cost estimating for them. For the last 7 years, Bidwin Solutions has been offering plumbing estimating services to a wide range of clients from contractors to architects covering a detailed quantity takeoff with all pre construction aspects of the project.

Bidwin Solutions offer plumbing estimates at every step of pre-construction phases. Our plumbing estimating services include design estimates, preliminary estimates, budget estimates and 100% construction drawings estimates. In 2017, Bidwin Solutions entered the construction industry with a well-organized and experienced based key to do perfect plumbing estimating. It makes us stand apart from the competition and helps us maintain a client retention rate of more than 80%.

Our key to successful plumbing estimates include a thorough understanding of the project, quantifying each and every plumbing line items – for which we have prepared a detailed list of items – calculating labor hours, labor productivity, equipment hours, equipment productivity and prepare an organized linked spreadsheet to facilitate the client for a successful bid and negotiation with the builder. This excel sheet provides a detailed understanding of the project to anyone without even looking at the project drawings.

Finally, we have to calculate prices based on labor and equipment hours. Our professional estimators has the expertise to calculate the best prices for the clients keeping in mind the client’s labor prices, type of project, project location, permits and delays during the construction. The final excel sheet includes a detailed list of materials, pricing breakdown, wastage, contingency, overhead and profit.

Every contractor wants to win more and more jobs with maximum profit margins. Whether you are a big contractor or a small one, you need to win frequent bids to keep your business moving. For any subcontractor, winning bids is his bread and butter, he has to put extreme efforts and hardwork to win every bid possible to survive in the industry. Plumbing contractors are always looking out for different ways to perfect their bids and win maximum of their submitted bids with maximum profit. One thing that’s common is to submit the maximum number of bids. There are usually two methods to submit their bids.

First is to hire an in-house estimating team which will include a quantity surveyor for plumbing fixtures and piping, cost estimator and a senior estimating to supervise and finalize all the bids. A capable team of this size can produce a decent bid win ratio but it is costly enough that most of the contractors cannot afford it. The second method is to outsource the complete estimating to a team like Bidwin Solutions. Bidwin Solutions is a team of estimators, quantity surveyors and chief estimators who follow the exact same procedure as an in-house estimating team and is budget friendly.

After the pandemic, most of the contractors are outsourcing their estimating to us because of affordability and high bid win ratio. This is a tough call to make for the first timers because construction is more of a physical kind of business. It involves physical interaction, meeting with people etc. But now, first thing a business owner wants is to cut down the expenses so they can maximize the take home money and grow quickly as a business.