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Takeoffs, pricing and tenders, ready on time.

Also called: Estimator, Quantity Takeoff Specialist, Takeoff Estimator

From US$6 an hourUS$6-27.50/hr

  • Construction
  • Trades & home services
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  • Works your hours
  • Colombia hub, on New York time or an hour behind
  • Month to month
What your Construction Estimator gets doneSample day
  • Reads drawings, specifications, addenda and tender conditionsScope review and tender set-up
  • Measures quantities digitally from PDF, CAD and model-based drawingsQuantity takeoff
  • Sends trade packages to subcontractors and suppliersPricing and procurement
  • Produces the estimate summary, pricing schedule or bill of quantitiesTender assembly and reviewDoing
In your tools
  • Autodesk Takeoff
  • Sage Estimating
  • AutoCAD
  • Adobe Acrobat Pro
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft 365 Copilot

Pick the level. See the price.

US$10.50an hourFull time, 38 hours a week, all-in

Level 2 of 4, also called mid-level.Recommended
Even a local mid-level admin costsUS$22.86/hr
A tested Intermediate Construction EstimatorUS$10.50/hr
At least 54% lessBasis: a Seat's hourly price against the hourly wage of a comparable local hire at the same level. Benefits and payroll taxes would add to the local cost.

Runs a whole estimate from documents to tender submission.

  • Complete tender estimates with scope checklist and RFI log
  • Multi-trade takeoff mapped to cost codes
  • Leveled subcontractor comparisons with recommendations

3-5 years estimating live tenders, typically residential, multi-unit or light commercial work up to about AUD/USD 5M.

How the Intermediate level works

Per hour, all-in: recruiting, testing and management.

What you hand to your Construction Estimator

Tasks

  • Scope review and tender set-up

    • Reads drawings, specifications, addenda and tender conditions
    • Logs conflicts and gaps between drawings, schedules and specifications
    • Reviews site information or joins site inspections to note anything
    • Sets up the estimate file with the right cost code structure

  • Quantity takeoff

    • Measures quantities digitally from PDF, CAD and model-based drawings
    • Takes off structure, envelope, internal finishes
    • Proves each takeoff with an independent check before it goes into pricing
    • Tracks drawing revisions and re-measure only what changed

  • Pricing and procurement

    • Sends trade packages to subcontractors and suppliers
    • Levels subcontractor quotes on an equal-scope basis
    • Builds self-perform rates from labor, plant, materials
    • Prices preliminaries, temporary works, provisional sums
    • Refreshes the rate library after each award and each completed job

  • Tender assembly and review

    • Produces the estimate summary, pricing schedule or bill of quantities
    • Reconciles the total against similar past jobs
    • Prepares value-engineering options and alternative pricing

  • Post-tender and change

    • Supports post-tender clarifications and negotiations
    • Converts the winning estimate into a project budget
    • Prices variations and change orders quickly

Tested before you meet them

  1. Digital takeoff testAll levels1.5 hrs
  2. Scope review and RFI writingAll levels40 min
  3. Rate build-up and pricing work sampleIntermediate and up1.5 hrs
  4. Subcontractor bid leveling exerciseIntermediate and up45 min
  5. Estimate review and error auditIntermediate and up45 min
  6. Tender-deadline pressure role-playAll levels30 min

One score on every profileSample shown

84%

Three checks before your shortlist

  • Skills tested: A skills test for the role, marked by a senior
  • English and comms: written English tested, spoken English checked on a call
  • ID, work history and references: photo ID, past roles and two referees

From booked call to day one

  1. Step 1: Book a demo

    Tell us the role, your hours and your tools.

  2. Step 2: Meet your shortlist

    Their level and hourly price, tested before you meet.

  3. Step 3: Pick your person

    Month to month. We handle the contract, the equipment and the onboarding, and make sure it all runs.

  4. Step 4: They start work

    In your tools, within 12 to 48 hours of a successful interview.

Questions answered

An Intern Construction Estimator is US$6 an hour, Intermediate US$10.50, Expert US$16.50 and Specialist US$27.50, full time (38 hours a week). That is all-in: recruiting, testing and management, month to month.

Scope review and tender set-up, quantity takeoff, pricing and procurement and tender assembly and review, run to your priorities. You choose what they own first.

Six practical tests, marked by a senior, including digital takeoff test, scope review and RFI writing and rate build-up and pricing work sample. You see the score before you meet.

Tell us and we replace them free, with a new shortlist of tested people to meet. Seats are month to month with 30 days' notice.

More questions

Within 12 to 48 hours of a successful interview. First you meet your shortlist, interview the people you like and pick your person.

Yes. Your Construction Estimator works your business hours in your time zone and joins your Teams or Slack like anyone else. The hub matched to United States clients is in Colombia, on New York time or an hour behind.

Yes, where it helps. Your Construction Estimator works in the AI tools you already use. They use AI for first drafts and routine work, check every output, and follow your AI policy. You can ask for no AI on any task.

An Intermediate Construction Estimator runs a whole estimate from documents to tender submission. An Expert Construction Estimator leads tenders end to end. We usually recommend Intermediate.

It stays under your rules: your admin settings and AI policy apply. Our talent rules ban client data in personal or free AI accounts, and passwords, card numbers, health details and ID numbers never go into any AI tool.

You direct the work day to day. We handle recruiting, equipment and quality checks.

Yes. Every Construction Estimator is tested live in the tools on your job description, such as Bluebeam Revu and PlanSwift, before you meet them.

In week one: grant access to document storage covering current tender documents; walk through two recent won estimates and one lost estimate; and hold 30-minute intro calls with the estimating manager, a project manager. You agree the first priorities with them on day one.

Yes. It's also called Estimator, Quantity Takeoff Specialist and Takeoff Estimator. Same tasks, tests and prices, whatever the name.

Their written English, with a scored test, and their spoken English, on a call with us. We also check their ID, work history and references.

Yes. You meet your shortlist on a short call and pick the person you want. Nobody joins without your yes.

In our talent hubs in the Philippines, Vietnam, Kenya, Nigeria, Brazil and Colombia, and we hire from 60+ countries. Wherever they are, they work your hours.

Pay only for the hours they work. All your Seats are on one bill, and Studio plans are billed monthly.

It can, at most once a year. Your person's hourly rate may rise by up to 5% a year, from the first anniversary of the Seat's start, with 60 days' notice and the right to end the Seat before it applies.

Only when you and your person both agree to it in advance. Otherwise they work the hours you set, and you pay for the hours they log.

You aren't charged for hours your person doesn't work, apart from paid leave. After their third month, your person earns 8 hours of paid leave a month. Paid leave hours are charged at their usual rate.

Your person logs their hours each day in the Get Hands client app, where you can see them. Your next invoice is adjusted to those hours.

Yes, with no minimum hours. From 20 to 37 hours a week, the hourly rate is 10% higher than full-time. Under 20 hours, it's 20% higher.

Yes. Tell us the roles on a call and we shortlist tested people for each.

Yes. You give them access in your own systems, and you can change or remove it at any time.

They get their own login in each of your systems, never a shared one. Any password that has to be shared goes through your own password manager, never email, chat, code or prompts.

A tested shortlist within 72 hours of your call, or your first week is free. That's part of The Right Hands Guarantee.

Yes. Book a 15-minute demo any time, or choose Talk now on the booking form for a Microsoft Teams link straight away. You can also message us on WhatsApp on +61 485 061 086, or email hello@gethands.com.au.

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