&estimate, a PCS company Information

&estimate is a consulting firm within the PCS family of companies, that provides pre-construction services with an emphasis on probable cost estimates throughout all the design phases of commercial construction projects. Our clients are architects, engineers, governmental agencies, developers and owners. &estimate possesses vast pre-construction experience within Architectural, Civil, Structural, Mechanical and Electrical systems as the staff is comprised of specialists with respective knowledge of a single building trade. We focus on all the individual divisions as well as the individual building components. &estimate also maintains a vast material database where we track commodity items, individual items, all equipment such as light fixtures to HVAC as well as labor information. We can estimate a project in its entirety, hard and soft costs with accuracy without going to the market. We walk through a project systematically as we see the assemblies with the value attached. Utilizing the design team’s documents, we quantify the project and anticipate all the building’s future required needs to complete an estimate when design drawings have yet to be completed. &estimate offers pre-construction services from the idea moment through completion when the owner is handed the keys. For over thirty years our clients have depended on us to provide the equilibrium between the owner’s budget and the design. Our areas of expertise: • Education, Public and Private • Healthcare • Government • Community/Recreational Centers • Corporate • Performing Arts • Museums • Historical Restoration • Senior Living • Hospitality • Housing • Religious • Non-Profit • Mixed-Use • High Performance/Energy Efficient Construction