For facade, cladding & panel subcontractors
Facade and cladding takeoff starts with complete scope. Compare elevations, sections and specifications, then check panel quantities before missing material and installation work end up outside your quote.
Plan review + quantity takeoff · Your estimator stays in control
Before the numbers go in your quote
Your estimators know to look beyond the main elevation. Give them another pass through the documents to investigate missing surfaces, conflicting materials and unclear trade responsibilities.
01 / Balcony soffits & returns
The elevation shows a balcony, but the underside finish or return detail is unclear. Confirm which faces need panels and how they are dimensioned before including the area in your bid.
Question to resolve: Which underside and return surfaces belong in our scope?
02 / Facade projections
A wood-clad projection appears in a rendering, while the drawings leave its extent or construction unclear. Compare the references and flag the missing information before measuring.
Question to resolve: What are the material, dimensions and limits of this projection?
The estimating consequence
A return omitted on one balcony can be omitted on every repeated balcony. Clarify the detail once, then check where it repeats before pricing material and installation work.
These are illustrative scope questions. They are not verified findings from a customer project.
Check how the finish continues under balconies and around corners. Flag missing finish callouts, dimensions or details for clarification.
Compare facade projections across elevations, sections, specs and supplied renderings. Identify where the documents leave the extent of the work unclear.
Compare panel support requirements with wall details and structural drawings. Check which trade is assigned backing, brackets and interfaces.
Compare the revised set with the previous issue. Review changes to materials, details and dimensions before updating your quantities.
Two services, one bid package
Plan review compares drawings and specifications for conflicts and missing information. Use your own checklist to focus the review on details your team knows to question.
Quantity takeoff measures the scope you request and gives your estimator quantities, a counting basis and source references to verify before pricing.
Use the pre-bid review and takeoff together, or choose the service you need.
Inside the product
Open a takeoff item to inspect its source and counting basis. The example below shows the existing takeoff interface on another trade; it is not a facade project.
Start with a past bid or your next one
Upload the drawings, specifications, addenda and any renderings supplied as project references. Tell us which panel systems and surfaces you price.
Include your checklist if you have one. Share a sample takeoff report to show your material groups, units and quantity breakdown.
Check findings and quantities against their drawing references. Resolve open design questions, then add your waste, labor rates and prices.
Work with aluminum composite, insulated metal, wood composite or other cladding systems? Tell us which systems and interfaces are yours.
Measured scope and open questions
If the documents do not define a finish or dimension, your estimator needs to clarify it with the design team. Use the review to investigate gaps; use the takeoff for quantities that can be supported by the project documents.
Before you try it
A checklist or another project reference can help identify a question to investigate. We cannot confirm an undocumented finish, dimension or design intent. Keep it as an open scope question for your estimator and the design team; do not treat it as a verified quantity.
Yes. Describe the aluminum composite material (ACM or ACP), metal cladding, insulated metal panels, wood composite panels or soffit scope shown in your documents. Choose Takeoff and select the relevant trade or Other. Include the materials and surfaces to measure, how to handle openings, and a sample report if you have one.
No. Start with the project files and a description of your scope. An existing checklist and sample takeoff are useful references, but neither is required.
Yes. Use a past bid set or a current project. A past project lets your estimating team compare our findings and quantities with the work they have already completed.
You can export quantities as a PDF or CSV and use them in your estimating and proposal workflow. Your team supplies pricing, waste allowances, labor and commercial terms. Share a sample proposal if you want to discuss the output format.
Upload them to your project or use its email-in address. You can also use an available cloud-file connector. If your bid files are in BuildingConnected or ConstructConnect, download the documents and upload them; direct bid-file import from those platforms is not currently available.
Bring the project files. Add your checklist and a sample takeoff if you have them.
Check your facade scope before you price it
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