Accurate · Efficient · Affordable
Takeoffs you can build a bid on.
Earthwork quantities, GPS machine-control models and estimating support for grading and utility contractors. Send us the plan set. We send back numbers you can put your name on.
Cut & fill map · sample project
- Cut
- Fill
- Proposed
- Cut
- 9,102cy
- Fill
- 4,205cy
- Net export
- 4,897cy
What lands on your desk
The report, not just a number.
You don't get a one-line email with a total on it. You get an itemized quantity report you can drop straight into your estimate, priced out the way you actually bid. Here is what one looks like.
Quantity report · demonstration project
| Item | Description | Quantity | Unit |
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| 1.01 | Clearing and grubbing | 12.4 | ac |
| 1.02 | Topsoil strip, 6″ | 9,840 | cy |
| 1.03 | Roadway and pad excavation (cut) | 9,102 | cy |
| 1.04 | Embankment (fill) | 4,205 | cy |
| 1.05 | Undercut, unsuitable material | 1,180 | cy |
| 1.06 | Topsoil respread | 7,260 | cy |
| Net export | 4,897 | cy |
| Item | Description | Quantity | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.01 | 15″ reinforced concrete pipe | 1,240 | lf |
| 2.02 | 18″ reinforced concrete pipe | 860 | lf |
| 2.03 | 24″ reinforced concrete pipe | 415 | lf |
| 2.04 | Catch basins | 22 | ea |
| 2.05 | Junction boxes | 6 | ea |
| 2.06 | Flared end sections | 8 | ea |
| 2.07 | Rip-rap, class I | 96 | sy |
| Trench excavation | 3,180 | cy |
| Item | Description | Quantity | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.01 | 8″ PVC sanitary sewer | 1,960 | lf |
| 3.02 | Sanitary manholes | 14 | ea |
| 3.03 | 6″ service laterals | 38 | ea |
| 3.04 | 8″ ductile iron water main | 2,240 | lf |
| 3.05 | Gate valves | 11 | ea |
| 3.06 | Fire hydrant assemblies | 7 | ea |
| Trench excavation | 2,410 | cy |
Sample figures shown for demonstration. Every report is built from your plan set and reconciled against the drawings' own callouts.
Our services
Six scopes we quantify.
Take the whole site or take a single line item. Most contractors start with earthwork and add scopes once they see how the numbers come back.
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Earthwork takeoffs
Cut, fill, topsoil strip and respread, undercut, subgrade, balance point and haul, broken out by phase or by area so you can bid it the way you build it.
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GPS modeling
Machine-control surfaces built from your plans and loaded to the box, for Trimble, Topcon or Leica systems. Your operators grade to the model instead of to stakes.
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Site demolition & land clearing
Clearing and grubbing acreage, tree counts, building and slab demolition, pavement removal, and the tonnage headed to the landfill.
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Erosion control
Silt fence, construction exits, inlet protection, check dams, matting and basin volumes, all measured off the NPDES sheets, phase by phase.
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Storm systems
Pipe by size and material, structures, headwalls, rip-rap, trench excavation and stone bedding, with trench depths driven by the inverts.
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Site utilities
Sanitary sewer, water main, fire service and dry-utility conduit. Lengths, fittings, valves, services and the excavation that goes with them.
How it works
Four steps, plans to bid.
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Send us the plans
Email the PDF set: civil, grading, utility, erosion, and any addenda. We'll come back the same day with what's missing and what it will cost.
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We build the surfaces
Existing contours and proposed grades are digitized into two triangulated surfaces, checked against spot elevations and reconciled with the plan's callouts.
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You get the quantities
An itemized report for your estimate, a cut and fill map for your superintendent, and the model files if you are running machine control.
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You bid it and go
A revision after an addendum, a what-if on a balance point, a question on one line item? Just call. We stay on the job until the bid is out the door.
About us
An estimating department without the payroll.
Digital Dirt is an independent takeoff and consulting shop serving the construction industry. We run the most advanced earthwork and modeling software available, and we tailor every deliverable to the way your company already estimates: your phases, your cost codes, your spreadsheet.
The point is leverage. Bid more work without hiring another estimator, and put the hours you were spending on plan sheets back into the field where they belong.
Get in touch
Ready when your next bid is.
Send the plan set, the bid date, and which scopes you want priced. If you would rather talk it through first, the phone is faster.