Quantities & Cost Reports

Accurate quantity take-offs from your 2D drawings or BIM model, structured and ready for a report or your management software.

What is included

  • Quantity extraction from 2D drawings or BIM model schedules.
  • Accurate take-offs, chapter by chapter.
  • Cost breakdown structuring ready for a project report.
  • Export to Excel or Presto depending on your workflow.

How we work

  1. You send us the drawings or model and the breakdown you need (chapters, work units).
  2. We extract and structure the quantities.
  3. We deliver a reviewed Excel or Presto file, with the cost breakdown ready for the report.

Quantity take-offs and cost reports for architecture and engineering firms

We work as an outsourced technical office for architecture and engineering firms across Spain, remotely, on the quantities and cost report stage that usually stalls when the team is focused on the design. We extract the take-off directly from your 2D drawings or from your BIM model schedules.

The result is a cost breakdown structured by chapter and work unit, ready to drop into the project report or import into Presto as a BC3 file. It isn't a rough count: every line item traces back to the drawing or model element it came from, so the budget holds up if you need to justify it.

We cover both take-offs from a BIM model — the fastest, least error-prone route once the project is modeled — and classic take-offs from 2D drawings, for firms that don't yet work in BIM or for phases before modeling starts.

What we deliver

Chapter-by-chapter take-offs
Quantities structured by chapter and work unit, traceable back to the source drawing or model element.
Cost breakdown ready for the report
Unit prices and cost breakdowns organized to drop straight into the project report.
Excel or BC3 file
Export in the format you use — a working Excel file or a BC3 file to import directly into Presto.
Quantities extracted from the BIM model
When the project is modeled, we pull quantities from the schedules instead of recounting by hand.

Tools

  • Presto
  • BC3
  • Revit (schedules)
  • AutoCAD
  • Excel

When to use this service

A budget before a tender deadlineYou need the cost breakdown closed and consistent with the report before a tender or competition submission.
Migrating take-offs to a new BIM modelThe project has moved into BIM and the take-offs you had in 2D need to be redone from the model.
Reviewing a finished budgetYou need a second review of the take-off before the budget leaves the studio.

Why Cotia

Every line item is traceable
We don't hand over a loose number: every quantity can be traced back to the drawing or model element it came from.
Remote, across Spain
We serve architecture and engineering firms across Spain with no need for travel.
Fits your workflow
We deliver in whatever format your firm already uses — Presto, BC3, or Excel — without forcing a tool change.

Frequently asked questions

Can you take quantities directly from a BIM model?
Yes, we extract quantities from the model schedules, no manual recount needed.
Do you work with Presto?
Yes, we deliver in whatever format you use — Excel or Presto.
What if the project changes mid-way through the take-off?
We agree on it when we take the job: usually a partial revision is enough, no need to redo everything.
Can you generate the BC3 file directly?
Yes, we export a BC3 file ready to import into Presto, as well as Excel if you prefer.
Do you work with firms outside your area?
Yes, we work remotely with architecture and engineering firms across Spain.
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