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General contractors
Supplement your preconstruction team, manage bid volume, and keep deadlines from bottlenecking growth.
Remote estimating. Personal service.
Bid with confidence. Build with certainty.
Bradford Estimation gives contractors dependable takeoffs, cost estimates, and bid support without the expense or distance of another full-time hire.
Clear scopes & assumptions
Dependable turnaround
Practical deliverables
Direct owner access
An estimating partner, not a bid mill
Built for contractors who need more capacity—and less overhead.
You should be building relationships, managing crews, and winning work. We help carry the estimating load with a personal approach that large volume firms cannot match.
- Quantity takeoffs and detailed cost estimates
- Bid preparation, scope review, and alternates
- Flexible monthly support or per-project pricing
- Deliverables organized for the way your company bids
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Specialty contractors
Turn drawings into clear quantities, labor assumptions, material costs, and bid-ready scope.
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Growing builders
Build a repeatable estimating process before hiring another full-time office position.
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Busy owners
Get estimating support from someone who answers the phone and understands the field.
Core values
The way we work is part of the work.
Our company is built around three principles that are simple to say and demanding to practice.
Dependable Turnaround
We set a realistic due date, communicate early, and respect the contractor's bid calendar.
Honor in Every Number
Clear assumptions, honest scope, and careful work—without hiding uncertainty or padding the answer.
Neighborly Service
The accessibility and care of a family business, with the standards of a professional estimating partner.
How it works
A straightforward path from plans to bid day.
Send the documents
Share plans, specifications, addenda, scope notes, and the bid due date.
Confirm scope
We review the package and confirm deliverables, fee, assumptions, and timing.
Estimate & review
Takeoff and pricing are completed, then checked for scope gaps and presentation.
Receive your package
Get an organized estimate, takeoff, marked plans, and a clear list of inclusions and exclusions.
Need dependable estimating capacity this month?
Choose a monthly partnership or request a fixed fee for one project.