For General Contractors, Sitework Contractors & Land Developers
Accurate sitework takeoff services help Long Island City contractors bid everything from industrial-to-office conversions to Court Square and Hunters Point residential towers. Our sitework estimators build each estimate from your drawings and deliver it in Excel with marked-up plans, ready to drop into your bid. It's the dependable way to get sitework estimating services in Long Island City, NY.
Contractors lose thousands of dollars every year to estimation errors, missed scope items, and wasted time. Here's exactly what we fix.
Our estimating team supports a wide variety of construction projects.
Our Sitework Estimating Services provide contractors with detailed quantity measurements and cost analysis prepared directly from civil plans, grading plans, utility layouts, and project specifications.
Detailed, itemized takeoff reports with quantities, costs and clear breakdown of flowing materials. Here's a preview of that.
Every report includes color-coded marked plans, itemized quantity sheets, and a full cost summary — delivered in Excel and PDF formats, ready to attach directly to your bid submission.
Here is what we measure on a typical Long Island City sitework job: sanitary sewer, water distribution, stormwater management and detention, asphalt paving, aggregate base, concrete curbs and sidewalks, erosion and sediment control, cut and fill volumes, clearing and grubbing, and rough and fine grading. Detention volumes and floodplain cut and fill are calculated. Urban excavation is quantified by soil classification and disposal method. Each sitework line carries its unit of measure and sheet reference, so pricing and verification are straightforward.
| Excavation | Cut & Fill | Rough Grading | Fine Grading |
| Utility Trenches | Storm Sewer | Sanitary Sewer | Water Lines |
| Manholes | Catch Basins | Retaining Walls | Curbs |
| Gutters | Sidewalks | Asphalt Paving | Aggregate Base |
| Erosion Control | Site Concrete |
From drawings to detailed estimates — fast, accurate, and hassle-free.
Begin by sending us your project drawings through our secure upload portal, email, Google Drive, Dropbox, or your preferred file-sharing method. Please include all necessary details to help us prepare an accurate estimate.
Upload Plans & Get a QuoteWithin just one hour, we'll analyze your plans and provide a detailed, negotiable quotation. A 50% upfront payment initiates the project upon agreement of the quote.
Our skilled team prepares a comprehensive material takeoff and labor estimate delivered in a detailed Excel spreadsheet. Pay the remaining balance to finalize.
Upload your plans, drawings, specifications, and project documents today. Our team will review your scope and provide a custom quote based on project size, complexity, and turnaround requirements.
We combine current market pricing, historical project data, and industry expertise to deliver reliable estimates that help contractors bid with confidence.
From residential and commercial developments to industrial and infrastructure projects, we provide estimating support tailored to your project requirements.
Receive organized pricing breakdowns for materials, labor, and equipment, helping you plan budgets with greater accuracy and control.
Our skilled Construction Cost Estimator professionals understand project complexities and deliver tailored estimates that align with your scope and budget.
Receive detailed Construction Takeoff Services and professionally prepared estimates within 24–72 hours, helping you meet bid deadlines and keep projects moving forward.
Work with dedicated estimators who act as an extension of your team. We provide consistent support for contractors across Alaska, helping you manage sitework bids efficiently and maintain accuracy.
Long Island City added more housing towers than almost any other New York neighborhood, while Dutch Kills and the waterfront keep converting industrial lots into studios, labs, and offices. Our sitework estimators work with excavation and earthwork contractors, utility subcontractors, and general contractors across Long Island City, pricing jobs tied to Court Square and Hunters Point residential towers, film studio and life-sciences buildings, and industrial-to-office conversions.
Queens County stormwater and floodplain rules drive site design, and our takeoffs measure detention, storm pipe, and pad elevations. Urban Long Island City sites are about haul-off, shoring, and utilities in crowded streets.
Projects in Long Island City are permitted under the NYC Construction Codes, so we follow the code-driven notes on your drawings (stormwater management, erosion control, and utility separation requirements) and carry them into the takeoff. Where the scope involves DOB NOW filings, sidewalk sheds, or Local Law 97 compliance, those costs are flagged so they are not missed at bid time. Our team uses Kubla Cubed, AGTEK, Bluebeam Revu, and PlanSwift to measure and organize every sitework quantity.
Remote Estimation has prepared estimates on more than 5,000 projects for 500+ contractors, and that experience goes into every Long Island City sitework bid we touch. Labor assumptions for the sitework scope are yours to choose: union, prevailing wage, or open shop. Union crews and Comptroller prevailing wage rates shape most New York City budgets, so the labor basis matters as much as the quantities. Get a fixed quote for your next Long Island City bid within about an hour.
We price sitework work in every part of Long Island City, from Hunters Point, Court Square, and Queens Plaza to Dutch Kills, Ravenswood, and Blissville, plus the Anable Basin waterfront, the Jackson Avenue corridor, and the Queensboro Bridge area. Because estimating is done remotely from your drawings, a job in Blissville gets the same turnaround as one in Hunters Point. For rules that apply citywide, see our New York City page.
Yes. Long Island City is one of our core sitework markets. Our sitework estimators handle residential, commercial, and industrial projects here and in neighborhoods such as Hunters Point, Court Square, and Queens Plaza, with a 24 to 72 hour turnaround.
Yes. We calculate cut and fill, compensatory storage, detention volumes, storm piping, and structures for Long Island City floodplain sites.
Yes. We quantify excavation, export by soil classification, support of excavation, dewatering, utility connections, and street restoration for Long Island City urban sites.
Yes. We can apply union, prevailing-wage, or open-shop rates to your Long Island City sitework estimate. City-funded work in the five boroughs is priced at the NYC Comptroller's prevailing wage schedules, and much private work here is built with union crews.
