Construction estimating services in Murray, UT

The unit counts and permitted value come from the U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, and they cover new privately-owned residential units only — not additions, remodels, tenant improvements or commercial work. For 2025 the survey recorded 80 residential units in Murray, down from 316 in 2024, with 39 single-family and 41 multifamily units. That is a 75 percent drop year over year. Treat it as a signal about residential volume, not as a measure of total construction activity in the city.

It affects the labor side more than the material side. When residential starts fall off sharply, framing and concrete crews that were booked out are suddenly available, and unit labor rates soften. We still price from ZIP-code-adjusted material and labor data rather than guessing, but we flag the trades where you have room to negotiate. On the flip side, a slow residential market pushes more contractors toward commercial and multifamily work, which can tighten bidding on those scopes.

Send the geotechnical report if you have one. Near the Jordan River corridor we expect a high water table in spring, which drives dewatering, a thicker granular base and sometimes a waterproofing membrane under the slab. On the east bench toward the foothills, cuts often hit cobbles and cemented gravel, so we carry a rock excavation line and slower production rates. If there is no geotech report, we note the assumption on the takeoff so your bid carries a stated condition rather than a silent risk.

Ground snow load in this part of the Wasatch Front is high enough that roof framing is engineered, not prescriptive, on most projects. That means we take off trusses or rafters against the stamped drawings and check the nailing schedule, sheathing thickness and connection hardware against the same sheet. We do not substitute a generic detail from a different market. If the structural sheets are not issued yet, we say so and price the framing as an allowance with the assumption listed.

Yes. Multifamily was 51 percent of Murray's permitted residential units in 2025, so a duplex, townhome row or small apartment building is common here. Multifamily takeoffs repeat unit types, which means we build a typical unit once and multiply, then price the common areas, corridors, stairs, elevator and roof separately. That structure makes it easy to see your per-unit cost and to compare a wood-frame over podium scheme against a different structural system.

Send the full plan set — architectural, structural, civil, mechanical, electrical and plumbing — plus any specifications, the geotechnical report and the schedule. Marked-up PDFs are fine. If only part of the set is available, tell us which disciplines are missing so we can list them as exclusions rather than quietly leaving them out. 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.

Infill is a different takeoff from a clean-lot build. We add demolition of the existing structure, foundation walls, driveways and flatwork, plus utility abandonment or relocation and any hazardous material survey allowance. We also price temporary shoring when the new foundation sits close to a property line or an existing structure. If the demolition scope is not drawn, we list it as an exclusion and give you a separate allowance so it does not disappear into a general conditions line.

That is usually how it gets used. We produce division 22, 23 and 26 takeoffs with fixture counts, pipe and duct lengths by size, device counts and panel schedules. A plumbing or electrical subcontractor can price directly from those quantities instead of re-measuring the whole set. On older Murray buildings, we also note where the existing service, drain lines or ductwork appear undersized for the new load, because that is where change orders start.

We work across the Wasatch Front, including Millcreek, Taylorsville, Draper, Bountiful, Riverton and Logan, plus the broader state through our Utah construction estimating services. Pricing is adjusted by ZIP code, so a Millcreek or Taylorsville project gets the material and labor rates for that location rather than a Murray figure. If your project spans more than one city, tell us and we will price each site separately so you can see the difference.

A takeoff is measured quantities: linear feet of pipe, square feet of sheathing, cubic yards of concrete. An estimate applies unit costs, labor hours, waste, overhead and markup to those quantities. We deliver the takeoff with quantities and units clearly shown, and can extend it to a priced estimate using RSMeans data adjusted for the local ZIP code. Keeping the two separate lets you swap in your own labor rates or a subcontractor quote without rebuilding the measurement.