Utility Takeoffs from Civil Plan Sets
Send the plans, get the underground utility footage back by utility type, per sheet, as a PDF summary and a CSV, with measured footage split from extrapolated so you know which numbers carry risk. Remote, no site visit.
Benefits
Why Choose Our Utility Takeoff Service
Read from the CAD layers, not traced by eye
We pull the underground utility linework straight from the CAD layers inside your PDF set and calibrate each sheet against its own scale bar. Footage comes back by utility type, per sheet, with a project total, as a PDF summary and a CSV you can drop into your estimate. Overhead lines are excluded; they are not locatable and not ours to count.
Measured vs. extrapolated, labelled
Not every run on a plan can be measured cleanly; some are implied, cut off at a match line, or drawn without a scale. Anything we had to extrapolate is labelled as such, separate from what we measured, so the estimator knows which numbers carry risk before the bid goes in.
Priced per sheet that carries utilities
You pay per sheet we measure. Sheets with no utility linework are listed so you can see we checked them, not charged. A project minimum acts as a floor for small sets, never an add-on. Rush inside 48 hours and re-runs after a plan revision are priced per sheet. Send the set and we send a firm number.
For estimating, not for digging
A takeoff is a count off the drawings, prepared for estimating. It is not a substitute for field verification and it is not for construction or excavation use; the plan can be wrong and the ground does not care. Before anyone digs, the lines get located in the field, which we also do.
Bidding this week? Send the set.
Attach the PDF plan set to the request form, or call or text (719) 800-4937 with the sheet count and the bid date. Firm number back, within one business day.
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions About Utility Takeoffs
Find answers about our remote utility linework measurement service.
What do I send, and what do I get back?
Send the civil plan set as a PDF, the whole set if you have it, and tell us the bid date. You get back a PDF summary and a CSV: underground utility footage by utility type, per sheet, with a project total, measured footage separated from extrapolated, and a list of the sheets that carried no utility linework.
Which utilities do you count?
Every underground utility the set draws as linework: water, sanitary sewer, storm, gas, electric, communications and fiber, irrigation, and site lighting conduit, each counted separately. Overhead lines are excluded on purpose; they are not locatable and they are not what an excavation bid is priced on.
How fast can you turn a set around?
It depends on the sheet count, so we quote a delivery date with the price when you send the set. If the bid closes inside 48 hours, say so: rush work is priced per sheet on top of the standard rate, and we tell you before we start whether the date can be met rather than promise and miss.
What if the plans are incomplete or hand-drawn?
An incomplete set gives a partial takeoff, and the summary says which sheets were missing. Scanned or hand-drawn sheets with no CAD layers can still be measured against the scale bar, but more of the footage ends up in the extrapolated column, and we tell you that up front so you can decide whether it is worth it.
Can my crew dig from the takeoff?
No. A takeoff is prepared for estimating only. It is not a substitute for field verification and it is not for construction or excavation use: plans get revised, as-builts drift from the drawings, and the ground is the only record that counts. Before the crew digs, call 811 and have the private lines located in the field.
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Get an Estimate
Address, what you are digging and when. You get a firm quote, usually the same business day. Rather talk? Call or text (719) 800-4937.