Design-Bid-Build

Design-bid-build is the traditional construction delivery method in which a project moves through three sequential phases: the owner hires a designer to complete the drawings, contractors submit competitive bids on the finished design, and the winning contractor builds it.

Because the design is fully complete before bidding, owners get directly comparable, competitive prices. The tradeoff is a longer overall timeline, since construction cannot start until design and bidding are finished.

The bidding phase lives or dies on accurate takeoffs — every bidder measures the same completed drawings and competes on price. Producing a fast, accurate takeoff from those drawings is precisely what Quotr is built to do.

For owners, design-bid-build maximizes price competition and cost certainty. For contractors, it is a pure bidding contest where estimating accuracy wins or loses the job.