GC Takeoffs Services
Behind Every Strong GC Is a Rock-Solid Estimate.
As the general contractor, every subcontractor’s number eventually becomes your number. If one trade’s scope doesn’t quite meet the next, or a line item falls into the gap between two subs who each assumed the other had it covered, it’s your bid — and your margin — that absorbs the difference. Morgan Cost Management’s GC takeoff services bring every trade and division of your project together into one coordinated, gap-free estimate, priced to your local market instead of a national average. Whether you’re hard-bidding competitive work or building a budget for a negotiated contract, you get one number you can stand behind, backed by the detail to prove it.
Why General Contractors Trust Us
Morgan Cost Management stands out because we combine deep construction knowledge with precise, technology-supported estimating processes. We understand the daily pressures general contractors face and provide the accurate, well-documented takeoffs and cost estimates you need to compete effectively.
By choosing us, you will experience higher success rates on bids, a dramatic decrease in unexpected costs and change orders, improved profit margins across projects, and more available time to focus on execution, client relationships, and business development. Our approach also helps foster better collaboration with project stakeholders through clear and professional documentation.
The long-term rewards include increased bidding confidence, significantly lower financial exposure, and sustainable, profitable growth for your company in a challenging construction environment.
Our Main Services
- Solar Installation and Estimating
- Commercial Estimating
- Residential Estimating
- Industrial Estimating
- Electrical Estimating
- Plumbing Estimating
- Mechanical Estimating
- Quantity Takeoff
- Cost Estimating
- Building Estimating
Opening Hours
Mon-Fri: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Sunday: Closed
What's Included in Our GC Takeoff Services
A complete GC estimate covers every trade your project needs — sitework, concrete, masonry, structural steel, carpentry and framing, roofing and building envelope, doors and windows, finishes, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing — brought together into a single, coordinated takeoff instead of pieced together from separate sources. We also account for general conditions and overhead: supervision, temporary facilities, permits, and insurance — the costs that quietly get missed when trades are estimated in isolation rather than as one project. And because comparing subcontractor pricing is part of every GC’s job, we offer bid leveling support: laying sub quotes side-by-side, trade by trade, to catch scope gaps, duplicate coverage, and pricing outliers before you commit to a number.
Hard Bid. Design-Build. Preconstruction. We Speak All Three.
Hard-bid, competitive public work needs airtight numbers, since there’s no room to renegotiate once the bid opens — we build those estimates to hold up under scrutiny from owners, architects, and competing bidders alike. Negotiated and design-build work moves differently, often priced in phases as the design develops, so our takeoffs evolve alongside your drawings instead of waiting for a finished set. And early-stage preconstruction work calls for fast, directionally accurate budgets that help you and your client make decisions before a full design even exists. Whatever stage your project is at, your takeoff matches the bid you’re actually pursuing — not a one-size-fits-all process.
Our GC Takeoff Process
- Plan Review — full drawing set reviewed across every trade and division
- Quantity Takeoff — precise measurements by trade, using Bluebeam, PlanSwift, Accubid, and Trimble
- Bid Leveling Support — subcontractor quotes compared side-by-side to flag scope gaps and pricing outliers
- Cost Application — pricing applied using zip-code-specific RS Means data
- Quality Check — a second estimator verifies the full, combined estimate before it reaches you
- Delivery — one complete, itemized estimate across every trade, ready for bid day
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a GC takeoff?
A GC, or general contractor takeoff, is a full-scope estimate covering every trade and division a project needs, combined into one coordinated number a general contractor can use to build a complete bid.
What’s included in a general contractor’s estimate?
A complete GC estimate includes quantity takeoffs across every trade — sitework, concrete, structural, carpentry, finishes, and MEP — along with general conditions and overhead costs like supervision, temporary facilities, and permits.
Do you help compare subcontractor bids?
Yes. Our bid leveling support compares subcontractor quotes trade by trade, helping you spot scope gaps, duplicate coverage, and pricing outliers before you commit to a number.
Can you estimate every trade, or do I need separate takeoffs for each one?
We provide full-scope estimates covering every trade in a single, coordinated takeoff, so you don’t need to piece together separate estimates from multiple sources.
Are general conditions and overhead included in the estimate?
Yes. General conditions such as supervision, temporary facilities, permits, and insurance are accounted for alongside your trade-specific quantities, not left for you to calculate separately.
What if I only need one or two trades estimated, not the whole project?
That’s not a problem. While our general contractor takeoff services cover full-scope estimating, we also provide standalone takeoffs for individual trades like concrete, civil, or MEP if that’s a better fit for your bid.