Estimating built per trade — not a blank spreadsheet

Room- and surface-based production rates: walls, ceilings, trim, doors, windows — interior and exterior, by prep level and coat count. Estimate a repaint from a walkthrough in minutes, then bill the GC with AIA-style pay apps when it's commercial work.

Board counts and labor split by phase — hang, tape, finish level, texture — with ceiling-height multipliers and metal-stud framing assemblies. Built for subs bidding commercial interiors off plans and billing monthly.

Flatwork, formwork, and reinforcement assemblies: slabs by thickness and finish, footings, walls, rebar and mesh, pump time. Yardage math handled, waste factors explicit.

CMU, brick veneer and stone by wall type, with the lines that decide the bid: grout at reinforced cells, bond beams, lintels, flashing, scaffold time, wash-down — plus repointing and cut-and-tooth for restoration work.

Cut and fill by soil type, trenching by depth (shored over 5 ft priced separately), haul-off by truck cycle, imported structural fill, compaction in lifts, plus mobilization, clear-and-grub and erosion control.

Hardscape priced with its base section — paver patios, driveways, flagstone, seat walls, steps — alongside sod, beds and plant material by container size, irrigation zones, drainage and low-voltage lighting.