// U.S.-Based Estimating for Private Construction

Your Next Bid.
Delivered in 48 Hours.

Senior and chief-level estimators handle your quantity takeoffs, sub pricing, and bid assembly: so you can chase more work without adding headcount.

Delivered on time or it's free. No exceptions.

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◆Outsourced Bid Estimating
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// The real cost of not bidding

You're Not Losing Bids. You're Not Sending Them.

Every bid you don't submit is revenue that goes straight to a competitor.

Most small contractors skip jobs not because they can't win them: but because nobody had time to price them.

A full-time estimator costs $125,000 to $180,000 a year before benefits.

That math only works if you're running 12+ estimates a month. Below that, you're paying for a seat you can't fill.

Offshore estimating services are cheaper for a reason.

Missed local conditions, wrong regional rates, and nobody to call when the number is wrong. The risk shows up in your margin, not their invoice.

// What we do

Two Services. One Standard.

01 / FOR CONTRACTORS

Outsourced Bid Estimating

We take the full estimating load off your plate. Send us the plans, we deliver a bid-ready number.

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02 / FOR DEVELOPERS

Owner's Independent Cost Estimate

Know what the job should cost before the GC bids come in. Then compare them line by line.

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// Why it matters where you get your numbers

We Price Real Jobs. For Real Stakes.

01

Senior and Chief Level

Our estimators sit at the top of the industry hierarchy. The people pricing your project lead entire estimating departments and manage teams of senior estimators at major heavy-civil contractors.

02

Locally Calibrated

Every estimate is built from current regional labor rates, local subcontractor pricing, and site-specific conditions. Not national averages. Not last year's data.

03

U.S.-Based and Accountable

We're reachable by phone, in the same time zone, and on the same working day. Our contract is enforceable where you operate. When something's wrong, you have a name and a number.

04

Confidential by Default

Your pricing methods, your numbers, and your bid strategy stay with you. We don't share. We don't cross-pollinate. Full stop.

// The team behind the numbers

Built by the People Who Price Bridges, Tunnels, and Pump Stations.

Kelanar Estimating was built on a simple observation: the best estimating talent in the country spends its time on massive public infrastructure: and small private contractors have no access to it.

The team behind every Kelanar estimate includes a Chief Estimator and a Senior Estimator, both currently working in heavy-civil construction in the New York metro area. Between them, they manage teams of estimators, sit in design and bid meetings, and price work that most contractors will never see: bridges, tunnels, water treatment plants, data centers, structural steel.

That is the team pricing your residential subdivision or commercial pad.

// What they bring to your project
◆Quantity takeoff across site work, concrete, structural steel, paving, demolition, mechanical, and general civil scopes
◆Full document review: plans, specs, addenda, geotech
◆Sub and supplier solicitation and pricing
◆Bid assembly and scope gap analysis

If they can price a pump station, they can price your warehouse. And they'll do it in 48 hours.

// The Kelanar Guarantee

On Time. Or Free.

Simple rule: we deliver your estimate within the agreed window after receiving complete documents: or you don't pay for it.

No fine print. No rounding errors. No "it was almost done."

If we miss the deadline, you get the estimate at zero cost. That's the deal.

What we need from you to hold that standard:

  1. 01Complete, final plan set and project documents
  2. 02Clear scope of work and bid divisions required
  3. 03One point of contact with authority to answer questions during the bid

Send us that, and we'll deliver on time. Every time.

// Questions we get asked

Straight Answers.

Residential and commercial private work: single-family and multifamily homes, apartment buildings, retail, restaurant, warehouse, strip centers, and private mixed-use development. We do not estimate government work, public infrastructure, or federally funded projects.

Send Us Your Plans. We'll Handle the Rest.

First estimate? We'll make it easy. Tell us about the project and we'll get back to you within one business day.

Send My Project Details

No commitment required. We'll review and respond within 24 hours.

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