How the number gets made.
Every Daylight takeoff goes through the same process. Here is the whole thing, start to finish.
The process
Fit check
Every set runs a 12-point screen before the clock starts. We pass when the scope is not storefront or curtain wall; when the set cannot support a verifiable count (no scale, no elevations, no glazing schedule, referenced sheets missing); when the ask is really engineering wearing a takeoff hat; or when the deadline would force a count we would not stand behind. In that case you get a start date or a same-day missing-items list instead. The clock does not run on an incomplete set, and what is missing at intake becomes the exclusions page on delivery, disclosed before you bid, not discovered after.
Document organization
Every sheet, elevation, and schedule gets sorted and cross-referenced. Door and window schedules get matched to plan callouts so nothing is counted twice and nothing is missed.
System assembly
Each opening gets matched to its specified framing system: Kawneer, YKK, OBE, EFCO, Tubelite, CRL-US Aluminum, so the takeoff reflects what is actually drawn, not a generic guess.
Quantity takeoff
Counts and dimensions come from the schedules and labeled dimensions. Anything unlabeled gets flagged and measured or verified, never scaled blind.
QC pass
Every takeoff runs against a standing checklist (see below).
Scope & exclusions
The deliverable ships with a page stating exactly what is in and what is out.
Quality control
Most takeoff errors aren’t random. They’re the same handful of mistakes, over and over. So we keep a list of them and check every takeoff against it: missed transoms, width and height transposed, bulkheads subtracted twice, thresholds counted twice. Every takeoff gets a second pass: set aside, then re-checked cold against the error list before it ships. Fresh eyes, even when they are the same eyes.
The point isn’t to claim the count is never wrong. It’s that we’re systematic about catching it before you bid it.
Scope and exclusions
Every takeoff ships with a scope and exclusions page. In plain terms: what is included in the count, and what is not, so there is no gap between what you think you are bidding and what you are actually bidding.
Get a number
Send the plan set and scope.
24–48 hour turnaround, depending on schedule. Inquire to book.