Construction estimating services from CVA put a trained remote estimating assistant alongside the person who owns scope, quantities, pricing, and risk. The desk controls plan sets, prepares quantity takeoffs to your documented method, tracks subcontractor bid coverage, assembles the estimate record, and surfaces missing decisions before the deadline. Your qualified estimator reviews everything and owns the number that goes out.
A reliable service lane starts with controlled inputs and a named client reviewer—not a broad list of tasks with unclear authority.
The exact format is agreed during onboarding. These are the operating records the service is designed to keep current.
Name the current drawings, specifications, addenda, folder structure, and update cutoff.
Document what the support desk prepares, what the estimator checks, and what blocks release.
Test the workflow on one opportunity before expanding tools, scopes, or volume.
Use missing information, rework, and late decisions to improve the next bid cycle.
Answers describe how the service is scoped and where authority stays with your team.
An estimating support desk controls plan sets and addenda, prepares takeoff workspaces, performs quantity takeoff under your documented methods, tracks subcontractor and supplier quote coverage, maintains a scope-gap log, and assembles the estimate record for submission. Your qualified estimator retains quantities, production assumptions, pricing, exclusions, risk, and final approval.
Yes, under a documented methodology you approve and subject to estimator review. The desk measures to your defined rules, scope divisions, and cost codes, and flags anything ambiguous rather than assuming. Takeoff output is prepared for review, not treated as a final quantity, because responsibility for quantities stays with your estimator.
Commonly On-Screen Takeoff, PlanSwift, Bluebeam Revu, and the takeoff and estimating modules inside the platform you already run. The desk works in your licences and your file structure rather than importing project data into unfamiliar tooling.
Estimating support prepares one number on one job: plan control, takeoff, quote coverage, and estimate assembly. Bid management runs pursuit logistics across many opportunities: the bid calendar, go/no-go records, prequalification, and submission compliance. High-volume bidders usually need both.
Yes, for quote solicitation and follow-up under an agreed communication standard using your approved vendor list. The desk chases coverage and records responses. Scope negotiation, commercial terms, and any commitment to a trade partner remain with your team.
Addendum control is a core recurring task: each addendum is logged, applied to the controlled current set, checked against issued quotes, and flagged where it changes scope already priced. The point is that your estimator is never working from a superseded set without knowing it.
We’ll map the source information, recurring output, responsible roles, client approvals, and a measurable first scope.