The Blueprint Kit
What’s included with every takeoff.
Digital takeoffs, live spreadsheets and reusable templates — the tools behind our takeoffs. Every takeoff includes an Excel deliverable; consulting packages and custom workbooks are scoped and priced separately.
The Toolbox · Included with every takeoff
Digital takeoff
Plan-linked quantities
Every takeoff is traced digitally in Construction Suite and PlanSwift, so each quantity ties back to a marked-up page you can review — not a black-box number.
Bid package
Line-itemed proposal
Material and labor delivered as a scoped, line-itemed package — ready to submit as-is or adjust before it goes out the door.
The Blueprint Kit · Sold separately
Standalone tools built once and yours to keep — priced by scope, not bundled into a takeoff fee. Files export in Excel and import into QuickBooks where noted. See pricing or consulting for how each is scoped.
Labor rate calculator
Live Excel model
Built with Package A consulting — a working spreadsheet that turns payroll taxes, workers’ comp and non-productive time into a real burdened rate.
Bidding spreadsheet
Unit-price system
Package B delivers a custom bidding & unit-price spreadsheet built around your overhead and margin targets, yours to reuse on every future bid.
Certified payroll
Compliance template
A certified-payroll reporting template mapped to your wage determination, built once and reused across every public-works job.
New
Master trade template
Custom Excel workbook, built per trade
A standalone workbook scoped to one trade — tile pattern & waste logic, flooring transition & moisture factors, or painting coverage-by-substrate — built once and reused on every bid in that trade.
$1,200–$2,500, set by scope and formula complexity — a one-time fee, yours to keep, no annual license or per-seat cost. See pricing.
Live Excel model · Example
Burdened labor rate, Package A
Sample rows from a Package A rate-buildout workbook — every input is a live cell, so the rate updates as your actual payroll numbers change.
| Line item | Basis | Rate / hr |
|---|---|---|
| Base wage | Union scale, Tile Setter | $38.50 |
| Payroll taxes & FICA | 11.5% of base | $4.43 |
| Workers’ comp | Class code 3400, 9.8% | $3.77 |
| Health & welfare | Union fringe | $9.10 |
| Non-productive time | 8% factor | $4.30 |
| Fully burdened rate | — | $60.10 |
Sample figures for illustration — your live spreadsheet is built from your actual wage determination, insurance rates and shop overhead.
Custom trade workbook · Sample
Flooring takeoff & pricing workbook
A working sample of the kind of standalone workbook we build per trade — room-by-room quantities, a waste factor and unit cost as live cells, with the extended cost and job total calculated automatically.
Want these tools on your next job?
Every takeoff comes with an Excel deliverable included. Consulting packages and custom trade workbooks are priced separately — see pricing or send us your plans.