Quantity takeoff for contractors and builders across Ontario. Measured twice, by two different methods, with the controls shown on the face of the workbook. Fixed price before the work starts. Three business days.
Wall area is measured wall by wall, then measured again room by room. The two are put side by side. A room-by-room measure cannot see a wall where it ends or meets another wall, so it reads low — and the gap is reported, never averaged away.
The exact control is floor area closure: the rooms plus the footprint of the partitions must equal the inside of the envelope, to the square centimetre, on every floor. If it does not close, the file does not leave.
The rules the measurement follows are written into the workbook — where each quantity is measured from, which openings are deducted and which are not, and what is left out. Two people measuring the same house only agree if they are working to the same rules, so the rules are stated, not assumed.
Priced on the gross floor area of the drawings, so you can work out the number yourself before you write. Quoted as one fixed figure, agreed in writing before any work starts.
| Scope | What is measured | Rate | Turnaround |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single trade | One trade only — board, or framing, or insulation. | from $175 | 1 business day |
| Standard | Wood framing, envelope, board, insulation, finishes and trim. | $0.15 / sq ft · min $300 | 3 business days |
| Full | Standard, plus foundation and excavation, plus mechanical and electrical quantities. | $0.22 / sq ft · min $500 | 3 business days |
First job: half price, up to $300 off. One per firm, on the first job only, whichever scope you choose.
A two-storey house of about 2,800 sq ft comes to roughly $425 at the standard scope, or $625 at the full scope — half that on a first job. Prices in Canadian dollars. HST is not charged.
Your drawings stay yours. They are never reproduced, published or shown to anyone. Only the index — drawing number, revision and date received — appears in the deliverable, and the specimen on this page is an invented project drawn for the purpose.
Send the set as it is — PDF, a photo of a printed sheet, or a CAD file. A fixed price comes back before anything is measured. If the scope is unclear, you get a question, not a surprise on the invoice.
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