In: Civil Engineering
Quantity takeoff is the estimation of the material of all kind to be used in construction project. It is a very important step because if quanitity of material is estimated less then project may be delayed and if more then there can be wastage of the materials.
Input for calculating Quantity Takeoff:- Various inputs for calculatung quantity takeoff are accurate information, drawings and blue prints of the project. At this stage there must not be any mistake and all the data provided must be accurate.
Methodology:- In earlier time manual calculations were done which is obsolete now a days in case of large projects. Sofywares like CAD can be used for the purpose. All the required input are feeded to Computer in CAD and on the basis of this data CAD provide accurate quantity takeoff values. In case of small projects estimator can calculate the quantity takeoff from blue prints and the drawings available.