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Wood Frame Bid Calculator
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Hardhat hands contractors the spreadsheets, takeoff templates, and bid calculators that survive Monday morning — not theory, not courses. Just tools your crews will actually open.
40+ live calculators for framing, concrete, MEP, and finish work
Takeoff templates pre-loaded for commercial and residential bids
Members win 31% more bids in their first 60 days
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Tools that live on jobsite laptops,
not in training libraries.
40+ calculators and templates built by estimators who have priced commercial ground-up, TI work, and residential custom — all of it.
Lumber Takeoff Sheet
BF calculations, waste factors, and species pricing — pre-loaded for stick frame and mass timber.
Crew Productivity Calculator
Input your crew size and trade — outputs daily production rates and labor cost per unit.
Markup % Optimizer
Plug in your overhead, desired net margin, and local market — get the markup number that keeps you whole.
Bid Comparison Template
Side-by-side subcontractor comparison with scope gap flags — so you're not comparing apples to drywall.
Commercial Takeoff Checklist
87-line scope checklist that expands per CSI division — nothing falls through the cracks on a hard bid.
Stop guessing your markup. Calculate it.
Field trucks, insurance, office, estimating time
What you take home after everything is paid
Your Markup Should Be
Apply this to your cost total before presenting to the owner
I had been marking up 20% for three years. Hardhat's markup calculator showed me I was leaving $60k a year on the table — I was covering overhead but not margin. First bid I ran with the right number, I won it.
Derek Kowalski
Owner-Operator · Kowalski Framing · 6-person crew · Chicago, IL
Our estimating team was rebuilding the same Excel every bid cycle. Hardhat's templates cut our bid prep from 14 hours to under 4. We submitted 22 bids last quarter. We never could have done that before.
Rachel Pham
Senior Estimator · Meridian General Contractors · 85 employees · Houston, TX
Higher bid win rate
Average improvement for members in their first 60 days, based on self-reported bid logs
Real bids. Real numbers. Real crews.
“Priced my first $1.2M commercial job using the Hardhat bid template. Walked into that pre-bid meeting with numbers I trusted. Won it.”
Marcus Trevino
Principal Estimator · Trevino & Sons Construction · San Antonio, TX
Hardhat members report an average 31% higher win rate in their first 60 days using the bid templates.
“The sub comparison template alone saved us from a $38k scope gap on a tenant improvement job. The GC I work for didn't catch it. I did.”
Sandra Okonkwo
Project Manager · Apex Build Group · Atlanta, GA
Hardhat members report an average 31% higher win rate in their first 60 days using the bid templates.
The math that keeps you whole — for less than one bad estimate.
Solo Operator
One-truck crews and independent estimators pricing their first commercial jobs.
- 40+ bid calculators (full access)
- Lumber, concrete, MEP takeoff sheets
- Markup optimizer + labor rate tables
- Monthly new template drops
- Private Discord — estimators only
GC Team
Estimating teams at mid-size GCs who bid 5+ jobs per month and need everyone on the same sheet.
- Everything in Solo Operator
- Up to 5 team seats
- Bid comparison + sub scope gap templates
- Commercial takeoff checklist (87 items)
- Priority support + quarterly template audits
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The same wood-frame bid calculator from the header — yours as a Google Sheet, no membership required. Just drop your email.
No credit card. No sales call. Just the sheet.