Construction estimating services in Redmond, WA

They come from the U.S. Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey, which counts permits issued by the city itself. The figures cover new privately-owned residential units only, so they exclude commercial, industrial, and accessory structures. For 2025 the survey recorded 1,278 total residential units in Redmond, up from 816 the prior year, with 1,119 of those units in multifamily buildings. Because the survey counts units rather than projects, one large apartment permit can move the annual total significantly.

With 1,119 of 1,278 permitted units in multifamily buildings, most of the quantity sits in shared structural and MEP scope rather than in repeated single-family details. That means podium slabs, elevated decks, common-area corridors, and centralized mechanical systems carry more of the budget than they would on a subdivision of houses. We organize the takeoff by building, then by floor, so the general contractor can see where the quantity concentrates before pricing trade packages.

Much of Redmond is underlain by glacial till and outwash, with softer deposits in the river and creek corridors. We carry separate lines for topsoil strip, unsuitable excavation, and imported structural fill rather than folding them into one earthwork number. We also show footing drain and underdrain quantities by diameter. The geotechnical report governs the actual bearing depth and over-excavation, so confirm those recommendations before you commit to a foundation price, and verify the adopted code edition with the local building department.

Yes. We use RSMeans data adjusted by ZIP code for both material and labor, so a Redmond address prices differently from a project in eastern Washington. Wage rates, material freight, and supplier availability all move the number. If you have current quotes from your own suppliers or subcontractors, send them and we will reconcile our takeoff against them rather than pricing from the database alone.

Send the architectural, structural, civil, and MEP plan sets in PDF, plus any specifications, geotechnical report, and addenda. If you have a preferred bid form or a division breakdown you are already using, send that too. We return the takeoff in Excel and PDF, organized by CSI MasterFormat division, with the marked-up plan set showing what we measured. Most projects come back in 24 to 48 hours, and rush turnaround is available.

Yes. For post-tensioned decks we take off concrete by cubic yard, reinforcing and strand by pound, and formwork by square foot of contact area, with a separate line for anchorages and stressing. We also separate the podium slab from elevated decks because the formwork and shoring requirements differ. If the structural drawings show a mix of post-tensioned and conventionally reinforced areas, we split those lines so your concrete subcontractor can price each system correctly.

Rain does not change the wall area, but it changes how much temporary protection, dewatering, and erosion control a contractor carries. We add lines for inlet protection, stabilized construction entrance maintenance, and temporary downspouts, and we call out weather-day exposure separately so it does not get buried in general conditions. That keeps the sitework and concrete numbers honest instead of padding them with an unexplained contingency.

We cover the greater Seattle area and the rest of Washington. Alongside Redmond, we regularly price work in Sammamish, Shoreline, Lakewood, Marysville, Pasco, and Richland, and the state-level page covers how we handle the different labor and material markets across the state. If your project is outside those cities, send the address and we will confirm coverage before we start.

Under-counted wall and deck area on upper floors where the footprint steps back. Estimators measure the first floor and multiply, which misses the reduced area and the added roof and parapet scope above. We measure each floor from the plan and reconcile the total against the building elevation. The second most common is missing the podium waterproofing and drainage mat, which sits between the foundation and roofing scopes and often falls into neither bid.

Yes. The workbook is organized by CSI MasterFormat division and section, with quantities, units, and notes on what was included and excluded on each line. You can send the concrete section to your concrete contractor and the framing section to your framer without reformatting. We also mark up the plan set so each subcontractor can see exactly which sheets and areas the quantities came from, which cuts down on bid clarification calls.