Construction estimating services in Scottsdale, AZ

Pricing depends on project type, square footage and how many trades you want covered. We do not publish a flat rate because a tenant improvement and a mid-rise multifamily building take very different amounts of time. Send the plan set and the scope you want priced, and we will quote the fee before we start. Most projects are returned in 24–48 hours, with rush turnaround available when your bid date is close.

Most projects are delivered in 24–48 hours. Larger multifamily, industrial or full MEP packages can take longer, and we will tell you the expected date when we quote the fee. Rush turnaround is available for active bid dates. Deliverables come as Excel and PDF, organized by CSI MasterFormat division, with marked-up plan sets so you can trace every quantity back to the drawing.

We use Bluebeam Revu for plan review and markup, PlanSwift for quantity takeoff, and RSMeans data for cost reference. Material and labor pricing is adjusted by ZIP code so the numbers reflect the Scottsdale and Phoenix-metro market rather than a national average. When you have your own historical pricing, we can apply it instead of the RSMeans default.

Yes. We cover single-family custom homes, multifamily buildings, tenant improvements, retail, light industrial and sitework. Scottsdale's permit mix leans heavily toward multifamily, so we see a lot of podium and wrap construction, but we also price hillside custom homes in the northern part of the city. The takeoff format is the same either way: CSI divisions, measured quantities and clear units.

The permit figures on this page come from the U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey for 2025. That survey counts new privately-owned residential units permitted by the city itself, not commercial permits and not additions or remodels. In 2025 Scottsdale issued 2,061 residential units, up 56 percent from 1,320 in 2024, with 1,692 of those units multifamily. The survey is a useful demand signal, but it is not a construction cost index.

Yes. Hillside work adds retaining walls, stepped footings, drilled piers and sometimes caissons, and those items need to be measured from the structural and geotech drawings rather than estimated by allowance. We separate sitework, foundation and structural quantities so you can see how much of the cost is driven by the slope. If the geotech report calls for over-excavation, we price it as its own line.

Send the architectural, structural, civil and MEP drawings, plus any specifications, schedules and the geotech report if you have it. If you have a bid date, tell us that up front so we can sequence the work. For tenant improvements, the landlord's shell drawings and the tenant's plans both matter, because the split of scope between them is where most gaps appear.

Yes. Along with Scottsdale, we cover Mesa, Chandler, Glendale, Gilbert, Tempe and Tucson. Soil conditions, labor rates and permitting differ across the metro, so a takeoff priced for one city does not automatically transfer to another. If your project spans multiple jurisdictions, tell us and we will note where the assumptions change.

Material and labor pricing is adjusted by ZIP code, and we flag sales tax as a separate consideration rather than burying it in the unit price. Arizona's transaction privilege tax works differently from a conventional sales tax, and rates vary by city, so you should confirm the current rate with your accountant or the Arizona Department of Revenue. We keep tax out of the bare cost and let you apply it at the bid level.

Yes, with the understanding that early sets produce allowances for undefined scope. We will mark which quantities are measured from the drawings and which are allowances, so you know where the risk sits. As the design develops, we can update the estimate and convert allowances to measured quantities. That staged approach is common on multifamily and commercial work in Scottsdale, where the permit set often follows the pricing set.