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Increase Your Bid Win Rate with Metals Takeoffs
Contractors and fabricators often lose valuable time trying to interpret drawings, measure quantities, and calculate metal costs while deadlines for bids keep getting closer. Our Metals Estimating Services are designed to make bidding easier, faster and more reliable. Kelly Estimating provides accurate structural steel estimating, rebar estimates, and miscellaneous metals takeoffs so you can submit competitive proposals without the stress of doing it all in house.
Every detail is carefully reviewed to help you plan costs and avoid surprises during pricing. Whether you’re pricing commercial, residential or industrial projects, our team supports your bidding process with dependable outsourced estimating services, giving you the confidence to pursue more opportunities and improve your win rate.
Get Reliable Estimates in 3 Steps
Send Us Your Metal Project Plans
Submit your structural steel drawings, rebar layouts, or miscellaneous metal drawings to plans@kellyestimating.com. We carefully review every detail to ensure your details are fully understood.
Receive a Fast Quote
Within 5 minutes, we provide a transparent quote. Once the quote is approved, we will give you an invoice.
Get a Complete Estimate
Once payment is cleared, we deliver a detailed metal takeoff and full bid-ready estimate. This includes material lists, labor hours and cost breakdowns to help you submit precise bids.
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Metals Estimating Expertise For All Projects
Residential Metals Estimates
We help residential builders and contractors with accurate metals takeoffs for single-family homes, multi-family developments, apartments, and housing complexes. Our estimates are prepared with bidding accuracy in mind, ensuring you understand material costs before submitting your proposal. This allows you to avoid underpricing or overestimating, giving you a balanced, competitive bid that supports profitability and project success.
Commercial Metals Takeoffs
Our commercial metals estimating services for projects cover office buildings, shopping centers, hospitals, educational facilities and mixed use developments. By outsourcing your estimating needs to experts, you gain the clarity needed to submit strong proposals while saving time and internal resources during competitive bidding.
Industrial Metals Estimating
We provide detailed industrial metals takeoff services for facilities such as manufacturing plants, warehouses, processing units and distribution centers. Our team prepares accurate quantity takeoffs and cost estimates specifically to support your bidding process, helping you price complex structural components with confidence.
Rebar Takeoff Services
Our rebar estimating services provide precise quantity takeoffs, bar sizes, and detailed bending schedules specifically for structural steel reinforced projects. We focus on accurate placement, cutting lengths, and total material requirements so contractors can bid confidently without guesswork. With our reliable rebar estimates, you can reduce waste, avoid cost overruns, and submit competitive, accurate bids every time.
Structural Steel Takeoffs
Our structural steel estimating services provide precise measurements and quantity calculations for beams, columns, joists, trusses and other steel components required in construction projects. We prepare detailed takeoffs specifically for bidding purposes ensuring every steel piece is accounted for and accurately priced. By using our reliable structural steel takeoffs, contractors can submit competitive bids and plan with confidence.
Steel Framing Estimating
We deliver accurate steel framing quantity takeoffs and cost estimates to help contractors prepare competitive bids for structural and light gauge framing projects. Our team carefully reviews drawings to quantify studs, tracks, connectors, and related components, ensuring nothing is missed during pricing. With reliable numbers, you can bid confidently, reduce errors, and improve your chances of winning projects.
Why We Are Smart Choice for Accurate Metals Takeoffs?
Metal Expertise
Our team specializes exclusively in structural steel, rebar, and miscellaneous metals takeoffs, ensuring your estimates are accurate, detailed, and tailored for competitive bidding.
Fast Turnaround (12–24 Hours)
We deliver precise metal takeoffs and bid-ready estimates within 12–24 hours, helping you meet tight deadlines without compromising quality.
24/7 Support
Our dedicated team is available around the clock to answer questions, clarify takeoffs, and provide guidance for your bidding process.
Instant Quotes
Get quick preliminary estimates for your projects, enabling faster decision-making and planning before you commit to full bids.
First Estimate Discount
New clients receive 30% off their first metals estimate, making it easy to experience the quality and reliability of our services at a reduced cost.
Save Up to 70% on Outsourcing
Outsourcing metals estimating to reduce overhead and the need for in house staff and can save up to 70% compared to hiring full time estimators without compromising quality.
Get Professional Metals Takeoff Services
We provide precise metal takeoffs and estimating support to help contractors prepare accurate, competitive bids. Every structural steel, rebar and miscellaneous metal quantity is carefully measured and verified to prevent costly errors. Our clear, bid-ready estimates give you the confidence to submit proposals quickly and competitively.
Clients
Steel Manufacturers
Gain fast, accurate metals estimates to streamline bidding, reduce errors, and optimize project planning.
Framing Contractors
Save time and improve bid success with precise steel framing takeoffs and labor cost insights.
Piping & Duct Fabricators
Get reliable pre-bid estimates that prevent material overages and support competitive proposals.
Sheet Metal Fabricators
Ensure accurate pricing and quick bid preparation with detailed metal takeoffs and quantity verification.
Rebar & Structural Steel Fabricators
Minimize costly mistakes and speed up bidding with verified rebar and steel estimates.
Rebar & Structural Steel Erectors
Plan labor and material needs confidently, improving bid accuracy and project profitability.
Installers
Avoid underestimating or over-ordering materials and save time during the bid and planning phase.
Distributors
Provide clients with precise project quantities, helping support accurate proposals and reliable deliveries.
Hire Certified Metals Estimators
Outsourcing your metals takeoffs needs Kelly Estimating makes bidding simple and stress free. No matter where your project is located or how complex the steel, rebar, or miscellaneous metal scope is, our team is ready to provide accurate metal takeoffs and bid-ready estimates.
We’re available 24/7 to review your project documents and respond quickly, usually within minutes so you never miss a submission deadline. With our experienced estimators, you can submit competitive bids with confidence and save time, labor and overhead by leaving the estimating to the experts. Share your plans today and let us help you stand out from competitors and win more contracts.
All our estimates comply with recognized industry standards, including AASHTO, ASTM, CRSI, RSIO, ACI, and BS, ensuring reliability and consistency for every project.
Methods Behind Metals Estimating Workflow
Our process starts by collecting all structural drawings, steel details, and project specifications, then coordinating with your team to understand the scope of metal work and bidding requirements. Next, we send the plans to our metals estimating team, who use advanced digital takeoff tools to measure every structural steel element, rebar, and miscellaneous metal component. Each item is carefully verified to ensure nothing is overlooked, supporting precise pre-bid calculations.
We then analyze material quantities, labor hours for steel handling and erection, and current market rates for metals to produce realistic, competitive estimates that protect your margins. Every metals estimate undergoes a thorough review by a senior estimator, checking for completeness, accuracy, and alignment with bid expectations, so you can submit proposals confidently. Finally, estimates are delivered in clear, client-friendly formats such as Excel or PDF, including detailed metal quantities, labor breakdowns, and cost summaries for fast and reliable bid preparation.
Successfully Estimated Metals Projects
Office Building
Brighton Hill Condo
Address: 100 Brighton Hl Cir, Columbia, SC 29223, United States
Scope of Work: We offered metal estimating services for the multi-family unit light-gauge metal framing and security gating.
Condominium Complex
Acamaya
Address: 3070 Dauphine St, New Orleans, LA 70117, United States
Scope of Work: We offered metal estimating services for the modern stainless steel kitchen fit-outs and custom metal countertop frames.
Commercial Area
Clark Oil Corporate Offices
Address: 720 Station St, Waynesboro, MS 39367, United States
Scope of Work: We provided metal estimating for the structural steel framing and decorative aluminum sunshades of this office.
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