Construction estimating services in Draper, UT

It comes from the U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey for 2025, which counts new privately-owned residential units permitted by the city itself. Draper issued 280 such units, down about 7 percent from 300 the prior year, with 222 single-family and 58 multifamily units. The survey does not capture commercial or industrial permits, so do not read it as total construction volume. For a commercial or industrial project, ask the city's building division for the current permit activity.

Sloped lots create two extra quantities that flat-lot takeoffs miss: structural fill placed under footings and stepped or thicker flatwork. On a walkout basement, the retaining side of the foundation also carries more backfill and drainage than the uphill side. We take off cut and fill by contour band rather than as one balanced number, so you can see where the overrun risk sits. If your geotechnical report calls for over-excavation, that volume belongs in Division 31, not in the footing concrete line.

Use the ground snow load adopted by the jurisdiction, not a valley default. Draper sits higher on the bench than the Salt Lake Valley floor, so a truss package copied from a valley plan can come up short on top chord size, connectors and blocking. The adopted code edition and the snow load map change over time, so confirm the current requirement with the Draper building department and put the number you used in the takeoff notes. That note is what protects you if the plan reviewer applies a different figure.

Yes. Multifamily units were 58 of the 280 residential units permitted in 2025, about 21 percent of the total, and that work has different takeoff logic than single-family. We take off a typical unit once, then apply a unit-mix multiplier, and keep the common areas — corridors, stairs, elevator, clubhouse, parking structure — as separate scopes. Plumbing and mechanical counts are checked against the riser diagram, not the marketing plan. Multi-family takeoff scope is described on our multi-family estimating services page.

Material pricing is adjusted by ZIP code, and we keep taxable material and non-taxable services on separate lines so your accounting can apply the correct treatment. On public work, wage determinations change the labor burden, and those rates are set by the awarding agency, so we price to the determination you provide rather than assuming one. If your project is private, say so, and we will price labor at market rates. Tell us at the start which basis applies so the estimate is not revised twice.

Send the plan set, elevations, the structural sheets and the geotechnical report if you have one. The geotech report matters in Draper because it drives over-excavation, footing size and drainage. If you have specifications, addenda or a bid form, include those too, because the bid form controls how the estimate has to be organized. We return Excel and PDF organized by CSI MasterFormat division with marked-up plan sets, typically in 24 to 48 hours for most projects, with rush available.

Yes. We cover the surrounding market, including Taylorsville, Murray, Riverton, Herriman, Bountiful and Logan. Pricing is adjusted by ZIP code, so a Riverton or Herriman estimate uses its own material and labor basis rather than Draper's. If you are bidding several cities at once, send the plans together and we will keep the takeoffs separate so you can compare them line by line. Statewide scope is summarized on our Utah construction estimating page.

We carry it as a separate bid item with an assumed quantity, then note the basis. Limestone and conglomerate lenses in the Wasatch foothills can stop a trencher, and if rock is buried inside a general excavation price, the first change order eats your margin. The alternative is to price a rock allowance and disclose it, so the owner sees the risk before bid day. Either way, the assumption belongs in writing on the estimate, not in a verbal conversation.

Waste is applied by member type, not as one blanket percentage. Dimensional lumber typically carries a lower factor than sheet goods, and drywall waste depends on board size and ceiling height. Roof sheathing carries more waste on hip-and-valley roofs than on gables. We show the factor on the line so you can see what was assumed and change it if your crew's history differs. Typical industry ranges exist, but your own field data beats any published number.

Yes, and we keep them separate in the deliverable. Foundation concrete, framing, and plumbing and mechanical are usually different crews and different bid days, so combining them hides where your number is soft. Each scope gets its own division, its own quantities and its own assumptions. If you only need one trade priced, say so and we will scope the takeoff to that division. Concrete work is described on our concrete estimating services page.