Construction quotes
- Quote total
- $67,154.80
- Direct cost
- $51,400
- Overhead
- $6,168
Every figure on this page is computed from the inputs you enter, by the method stated below it. The only constants DailyLogDesk supplies are the published reporting clocks and assessment steps, each cited where it is used. The defaults are a worked example to replace with your own.
Construction quotes are where a small contractor wins or loses the margin before a tool is lifted: the scope written so the client cannot read more into it than was priced, the labor and materials itemized so a change is visibly a change, the exclusions stated, the validity date set and the terms of payment on the page. The construction quote template on this site builds that document from your figures, free and without an account, and DailyLogDesk Pro keeps every quote against its project with the version that was accepted.
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Write the scope as the work, not the wish
The scope line is the contract. Write what will be done, where, to what standard and what is not included, in the words a client can check on site: 'remove and replace 40 linear feet of fence, posts set in concrete, existing material hauled away' rather than 'fence repair'. The exclusions paragraph is where the quote earns its keep, because every item a client assumed was included and was not becomes an argument at the invoice.
Itemize labor, materials, plant and markup on their own lines
Labor as hours times rate per trade, materials at supplier cost with the markup shown or built in consistently, plant and disposal as their own lines, and the overhead and profit applied where the client can see them. The template on this site takes the figures and produces the itemized sheet; the point of the itemization is that a change to any one line is a change to one line, not a renegotiation of the whole.
Date it, give it a validity window and state the terms
A quote without a validity date is open forever at last year's material prices. Give it a number, a date, a window, a deposit and stage-payment schedule, and the terms under which extras are priced. When the client accepts, that version is the one that governs the job, so keep it: Pro files the accepted version against the project and every revision after it.
Keep the accepted quote with the daily log
The quote is the first record on the job and the daily log is the running one; a dispute about scope is settled by reading them together. Filing the quote, the change orders and the daily entries against one project, which is what Pro does, is the difference between remembering what was agreed and proving it.
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Construction quotes: common questions
Is the construction quote template free?
Yes. The construction quote template on this site builds the itemized quote from your figures with no account and no card, and you can print it or save the figures.
What is the difference between a quote and an estimate?
A quote is a fixed price for a stated scope and the client can hold you to it; an estimate is a considered guess that says so. Label the document as the one you mean, because a client will read an unlabelled figure as a quote.
How do I handle changes after the quote is accepted?
With a change order that references the quote number, states the added or removed scope and its price, and is accepted before the work is done. Pro keeps the quote and its change orders against the project so the final invoice reconciles to them.