Construction Estimating Form

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The Construction Estimating Form plays a very important role during the estimating phase of a project. An estimating form helps you keep a handle on of all the information that is needed for estimation such as, unit cost, Order of Magnitude Estimates, Square Foot and Cubic Foot Estimates, Assemblies Systems Estimate, Unit Price Estimate. Aside from the estimating form, other important forms exist which are significantly utilized by all construction companies. These are construction bid forms and construction proposal forms. After you have finished your takeoff and assembled your bid, you will fill out the bid form. The bid forms are the forms that you fax out to General Contractors during the bidding process. More often than not, you will not contract with your proposal. Instead, the general contractor will usually have his own contract and will ask you to sign it (remember, you still have to use a proposal form to put in your bid).
Your proposal form will usually have the following (but not absolutely limited to the following):

• Your company name, address, phone number, contractor license number and expiration date.
  Current date, job name and job location.
  The title of your scope of work.
  
• A depiction of what your range of work includes, including material. Mention of a joint check agreement if it applies.
  
• The sum on your proposal should be portrayed in words as well as numbers.
  
• You should include payment arrangements. Your signature and your printed name.
  
• A statement restricting the number of days for which your proposal is good.
  
• A place for the general contractor to sign provided he wants to contract by way of your proposal.

A great number of contractors have Contractor Estimating Forms and processes with a lot of variety that fits their own needs. Standards for estimation practices do exist and were compiled by the American Society of Profession Estimators (ASPE) and American Association of Cost Engineers (AACE). Contractor Estimating Form, worksheets, order of procedures and mode of applying costs are all able to be designed and adjusted by the individual firm in order to meet its needs.

Construction Bidding and Estimating Software by and large has the following forms:

• Contractor Estimating Form, checklists, job and equipment logs, time sheets
  
• Contracts, bid proposals and change orders for remodeling, new construction and Time and Material jobs
  
• Process billing sheets, purchase orders, time and material invoices
  
• Lien notices, time cards, cover letters, transmittals, memos and more.
  

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