Precast panel
take-offs
measured from your drawings
Benchline Technical measures precast concrete wall panels for manufacturers, builders and estimators in Melbourne. You get a panel schedule, gross and net areas, every opening deducted, the items to confirm, and a list of anything left out and why.
- Service
- Take-offs and estimating from drawings
- Based in
- Melbourne, Victoria
- ABN
- 14 903 463 045
How a take-off is built
A made-up building, measured the way a real job is.
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Step 1 of 4
Every panel gets a mark
Each panel on the drawings is found, marked and listed once. Nothing is counted twice and nothing is skipped.
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Step 2 of 4
Sizes come from the drawings
Widths and heights are read from the dimensions shown. Where a size has to be worked out, it goes on the list of items to confirm.
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Step 3 of 4
Openings come off
Doors and windows are measured and deducted panel by panel. Gross less openings is the net area.
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Step 4 of 4
The drawing becomes a schedule
The same panels, as a table you can price from. Every figure traces back to a panel.
Totals for the sample building: gross 108.0, openings 30.0, net 78.0 square metres.
Check any panel yourself
Tap or hover a panel to see how its numbers are built. Switch to the table for the same panels as a schedule.
North elevation of a sample building, sizes in millimetres. It is made up for this page and is not a client’s project.
How a job runs
From your drawings to a schedule you can price from.
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Drawings in
Send the drawings you have for the job as PDFs: structural, architectural, or both. They are used for your job only.
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A written quote
You get the price and the scope in writing. The take-off starts once you accept.
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Measure
Every panel is measured from the drawings and scheduled by its mark, with each opening deducted.
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Independent check
The job is measured a second time, without sight of the first numbers. The two are compared, and any difference is settled against the drawings.
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Delivered, with the gaps written down
You receive the panel schedule as a PDF, with an Excel workbook when you need to price from it. With it come the items to confirm and a list of anything left out and why.
How that reads, using the sample building
Items to confirm
- P8 window: the elevation and the window schedule show different widths. Measured from the elevation.
- P1 roller door: the head height is not dimensioned. Taken from the door schedule.
Left out, and why
- Columns, beams and stairs: not wall panels.
- Side and rear walls: no elevations in the drawings received.
What this is, and what it is not
Benchline Technical does
- Panel take-offs measured from your drawings
- Panel schedules by mark, with sizes and areas
- Gross and net areas, with every opening deducted
- Quantities for tenders and estimates
- A check of a take-off you already have
It does not do
- Engineering design
- Certification
- Building-permit documentation
A take-off counts and measures what the drawings show. It does not check that the design is right.
Benchline Technical is Junaid Saifi, a sole trader in Melbourne. You deal with Junaid directly, from the first drawing to the final schedule.
Questions
What drawings do you need?
The drawings that show the panels: plans, elevations and any panel layouts, as PDFs. Structural and architectural together are best. If you only have architectural drawings, say so in the enquiry and the quote will set out what can be measured from them.
How is a job priced?
Each job is quoted from its own drawings. You get the price and the scope in writing before the take-off starts.
What do I receive?
A PDF with the panel schedule, gross and net areas, the openings deducted, the items to confirm and the list of anything left out and why. An Excel workbook is included when you need to price from it.
Can you check a take-off I already have?
Yes. Send the take-off and the drawings it was measured from. You get the differences panel by panel, and what the drawings support.
Is this an engineering service?
No. Benchline Technical measures quantities from drawings. It does not provide engineering design, certification or building-permit documentation.
Start an enquiry
Three questions, then your details. The last step opens your own email app with it all filled in. Nothing is sent or stored by this page.
Email [email protected] or call 0402 317 309. It helps to say what you need, what drawings you have and when you need it.