Accurate, fast, and affordable commercial construction estimates for GCs, subcontractors, developers, and owners. Every commercial building type. CSI-compliant. 24–48 hour delivery. Starting at $200.
Commercial construction is the most competitive estimating environment in the US building industry. Every RFP, every invitation to bid, every design-build RFQ comes down to one number - your price. The contractor who submits the most accurate number, not the lowest or the highest, but the most accurately calibrated number for the actual scope, actual local labor market, and actual material costs - wins the most work and earns the best margins.
Most commercial contractors estimate their own work. They do it at night on spreadsheets that have not been updated in months, using labor rates from memory and material prices from a supplier quote that is six weeks old. The result is consistent: bids that are either too high and lose work to competitors, or too low and slowly bleed margin on every job.
CES professional commercial estimating changes that equation. Our certified estimators measure every quantity digitally from your drawings, price every line item with RSMeans 2026 cost data calibrated to your specific project zip code, and deliver a complete, CSI-organized commercial estimate in 24 to 48 hours - so you can submit more bids, win more projects, and stop losing margin to estimating errors.
CES estimates every commercial project type. Each building type has distinct estimating requirements - different CSI division weightings, different MEP complexity, different finish specifications, and different compliance requirements. Our estimators understand these differences and apply them to every estimate.
Before you submit a commercial bid, you need to know whether your estimate is in the right range for your market. Here are RSMeans 2026 benchmark cost ranges by commercial building type - mid-quality construction in major US markets. These are starting points for validation, not substitutes for a project-specific estimate.
Understanding MEP's share of your commercial project cost tells you where the estimating risk is concentrated. On a healthcare project, a 10 percent error in MEP estimating means a $150,000+ problem. CES MEP estimates for commercial projects use the same RSMeans pricing, Planswift and Bluebeam takeoffs, and senior review process as our full-scope estimates - giving you the accuracy you need where it matters most.
CES commercial estimating serves every professional in the commercial construction ecosystem - from the GC preparing a competitive bid to the developer securing construction financing to the architect delivering a milestone cost estimate for their client.
Designed to be as simple as possible - because your time is better spent running projects than managing an estimating process.
CES delivered a complete 18-division estimate for a 28,000 SF medical office building in 40 hours. Their MEP numbers were within 3 percent of our final sub bids. The healthcare-specific scope - medical gas, isolation room HVAC, imaging suite shielding - was all there. We've won 6 commercial projects using their estimates this year.
As a developer, I needed lender-ready cost reports fast. CES produced a full commercial estimate for our mixed-use project in 48 hours - complete CSI breakdown, cost per SF analysis, contingency documentation, everything the bank asked for. Construction loan approved without a single additional request. That's never happened before.
Hotel PIP estimating is a niche skill - most estimating firms have no idea what they're looking at. CES does. They understood brand standards, FF&E allowances, phased renovation while maintaining operations. We now bid 3x more hotel renovation projects per month. Win rate went from 20 percent to 45 percent.
Fixed price confirmed before we start. No hourly billing. No surprises.
Send your commercial drawings today and receive a complete, CSI-compliant estimate within 24–48 hours. Fixed pricing. NDA protected. Every building type, every trade, every state.