Pr3ciseConstruction estimating services in Miami
Quantity takeoffs and line-item cost estimates for Miami-Dade contractors — priced to HVHZ requirements, delivered in 24 to 72 hours, at a fixed fee agreed before we start.
Every project inside Miami-Dade sits in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone. That is not a footnote in the estimate — it is the estimate. HVHZ drives product selection, connection density, inspection sequencing and lead times, and an estimator who prices a Miami job off national averages will be wrong in the same three places every time.
We work with general contractors, subcontractors, developers and architects across Miami-Dade. You send drawings and specs; you get back an estimate organized by CSI MasterFormat division with material, labor and equipment separated on every line, waste factors priced per material, and overhead and profit broken out so your margin survives a bid review.
What Miami-Dade actually changes in a construction estimate
- High-Velocity Hurricane Zone compliance. Impact-rated openings, roof-to-wall connection density, enhanced fastening schedules and the product approvals that go with them. HVHZ is not a line item you add at the end — it changes assemblies throughout the building.
- Notice of Acceptance constraints. Miami-Dade requires an NOA for products used in the HVHZ, and the permit lists every NOA number in the assembly. That removes cheaper unapproved substitutes from the pricing set, and an estimate that ignores it will not survive permitting.
- Permit fees priced as real money. Miami-Dade calculates building permit fees as a percentage of construction value. On a commercial job that is a meaningful number, and it is the single most commonly forgotten line in the budgets we are asked to review.
- Recertification and milestone inspection work. Miami-Dade's building recertification program and Florida's milestone inspection requirements generate a steady stream of repair scopes. We price structural and electrical remediation packages from the inspection report.
- Local labor and material rates. Miami-Dade wage rates and South Florida material pricing, not a national average that quietly understates the job by double digits.
- Coastal and flood-zone conditions. Elevation requirements, corrosion-resistant fastening and salt-air material selection where the project sits near the water.
Trade estimating services in Miami
Price a single trade or the whole building. Each trade below has its own scope, its own code requirements and its own way of going wrong.
MEP estimating services
Mechanical, electrical and plumbing as a coordinated package — the trades that carry the most cost risk and the most coordination conflict on a Miami build.
Electrical estimating services
Service and distribution, branch circuiting, lighting, fire alarm and low-voltage, priced to NEC and Florida Building Code requirements.
Plumbing estimating services
Underground and above-ground rough-in, fixtures, domestic water, sanitary, storm and gas, priced to the Florida Building Code Plumbing volume.
Fire protection estimating
Sprinkler, standpipe, fire pump and alarm interface, priced to NFPA 13 and the Florida Fire Prevention Code.
Concrete & masonry estimating
Foundations, slabs, tilt-up, CMU, formwork, rebar and tie beams — the structural backbone of most South Florida construction.
Everything else
Framing, drywall, roofing, glazing, flooring, painting and millwork, priced as a package or individually.
Where we work
We take projects anywhere in Miami-Dade County, including Miami, Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Coral Way, Brickell, Wynwood, Little Havana, Doral, Hialeah, Kendall, Aventura, North Miami, Homestead, Cutler Bay, Pinecrest, Key Biscayne and unincorporated Miami-Dade County. Because everything is exchanged digitally, where your office sits makes no difference to turnaround.
We work while Miami sleeps. Our estimating team runs seven hours ahead of you: drawings sent at the end of your day are measured overnight, and the estimate is waiting when you open the office. Everything moves digitally, so nothing waits on a courier, a site visit or a meeting to hand over documents.
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Miami construction estimating FAQs
We quote a fixed fee per project rather than an hourly rate, so you know the cost before you commit. The fee depends on scope, trade count and drawing complexity — a single-trade takeoff on a small commercial build-out sits at the low end, a full multi-trade package on a mid-rise at the high end. You get the number and the delivery date in writing before any work starts.
Yes, and it is the main reason contractors come to us rather than a generic national estimating shop. All of Miami-Dade sits in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, which governs impact-rated openings, roof attachment, connection density and product approvals. We price to those requirements rather than applying national averages that quietly understate the job.
A Notice of Acceptance is the product approval Miami-Dade issues for building products used in the HVHZ, and the permit application has to list an NOA number for every product in the assembly. It matters because it removes cheaper non-approved substitutes from your options. An estimate built on unapproved products will be lower than reality and will not survive permitting.
Exactly like working with an estimator across town, only faster. You send drawings by email or a shared link and get back a line-item estimate in Excel and PDF with the takeoff markups attached. The advantage is the clock: our team runs seven hours ahead of Miami, so we work while your office is closed and you gain a full day on every bid. All documents move digitally, the way most of the industry already works.
Yes. Miami-Dade permit fees are calculated as a percentage of construction value and are a real line item that gets forgotten more often than any other. We include permitting, impact fees where applicable, general conditions and the inspection sequence that HVHZ work requires.
All of them, individually or as a full package: electrical, plumbing, HVAC, fire protection, concrete, masonry, structural steel, framing, drywall, roofing, glazing, flooring and finishes. Subcontractors usually come to us for a single trade; general contractors for the whole building.
Yes. Our team works in English and Spanish, and we can deliver estimates, scope letters and correspondence in either. Much of the Miami market runs in Spanish and we are set up for it.