ESTIMATING

Download a fresh estimating spreadsheet from the templates page

USING THE ESTIMATING SPREADSHEET

• At the top, add “Project Name” and “Date of Estimate”.

• Go through the Spreadsheet and place a 1 under quantity of any line item you think will be used for this project.

• As bids are generated from subcontractors they should be saved in Drive in the “Subcontractor Bids” folder and renamed to the subcontractor. Then enter them into the spreadsheet.

• If you are getting more that one bid in a trade you need to analyze the bid for the one most appropriate for the project. You can enter both bids in the spreadsheet but be sure only one of them has a 1 under quantity.

• You can use the comments column as necessary.