Estimation
Takeoff
The process of estimating the quantities of materials required from the project plans.
Construction Takeoff
Takeoff (or material takeoff) is the process of estimating the quantities of materials required from the project plans to determine the cost of materials.
Methods
- **Manual** — measure drawings with a scale ruler
- **Digital** — software extracts quantities from the digital model
- **BIM-based** — quantities auto-extracted from the BIM model
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