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Quantity Take-off from Your Drawings
Quantity Take-off Services for UK Building Projects
Know exactly how much of everything your project needs. We measure your drawings trade by trade and send back a clear schedule of quantities, ready to price a job, order materials or check a subcontractor's figures. For builders, contractors, architects, developers and homeowners across the UK.
200+
Projects Estimated
10+
Years Of Experience
NMR2
Measured
1
Fixed Quote in one working day
About the service
What Is a Quantity Take-off?
A quantity take-off measures your building from the drawings and lists how much of each item the job needs: wall and floor areas, lengths of beams and pipework, volumes of concrete, and counts of doors and windows. It gives you the quantities before anyone puts a price on them.
We measure your drawings and specification in line with NRM2 and group the quantities by trade or element. Unlike a bill of quantities, a take-off is a working schedule for your own pricing or ordering, not a formal tender document.
When to get one
When you need to price a job or order materials and don't have time to measure it yourself. Only have planning drawings? Send them over and we'll confirm what can be measured.
What we need
Drawings, specification and any existing schedules, as PDF, DWG or DXF.
What's Involved
- Review of your drawings, scales and specification
- Measurement of areas, lengths, volumes and counts, trade by trade
- Quantities grouped by trade or element
- A cross-check between plans, sections and elevations
- A query list for anything the drawings do not show
- A final check before issue
What You Receive
- Quantity schedule: every item with a description, quantity and unit, grouped by trade or element, ready to price or send to subcontractors
- Marked-up drawings: showing where each quantity was measured, so any figure can be checked
- Material totals: quantities summarised by material, so you can order without over- or under-buying
- Assumptions and exclusions: what was measured and what was left out, so nothing is missed at pricing
- Format: Excel and PDF
Who It's For
- Builders and contractors: price more jobs without spending evenings measuring drawings
- Architects and designers: check the quantities as the design develops
- Property developers: get reliable quantities to test build costs and plan purchasingors looking for trade package take-offs
- Construction companies: give each trade an accurate quantity to price against
- Homeowners and self-builders: know what materials the build needs and check builders' quotes
What we offer
Our Quantity Take-off Services for UK Building Projects Services
How it works
How Our Quantity Take-off Services for UK Building Projects Process Works
Share Your Project
Upload your drawings and specification, and tell us which trades or elements you need measured.
Review Your Quote
We reply within one working day with a fixed price and a delivery date. No obligation. `
Receive Your Take-off
Your quantity schedule arrives in Excel and PDF, with any drawing queries listed. Ready to price or order from.
Turnaround line
Larger and commercial projects are confirmed in your quote.
Revisions line
Drawings changed? Small revisions within 14 days of delivery are free. Larger design changes are quoted before we start.
Why choose us
Why Choose Know My Build for Your Quantity Take-off
Your take-off is measured by a London-based estimating team with 10+ years in UK construction, and covered by professional indemnity insurance.
Cost Intelligence
Every quantity traces back to your drawings, so you can check any figure before you price.
Bespoke Estimating
Quantities set out by trade or by element, to match the way you price.
Commercial Clarity
What was measured and what was not is stated up front, so nothing slips through at pricing.
Expert Project Support
A named estimator answers your questions on the quantities.
Professional indemnity insured
Measured to NRM2
London-based team
Client feedback
What Our Clients Say
Common questions
Frequently Asked Questions
A quantity take-off is a list of the measured quantities in a building project, taken from the drawings: areas, lengths, volumes and counts, each with its unit. Builders use it to price work and order materials.
Ready to Price Your Project?
Free fixed quote within one working day.
Get in touch
Request Your Quantity Take-off Services for UK Building Projects Quote
Send your drawings and tell us about your project. We'll reply with a fixed quote within one working day.
What happens next
- 01We review your drawings
- 02We send a fixed quote
- 03You decide