Quantity surveyor and former head of a construction survey department, 11+ years in construction. For ten years I worked on sites in Moscow: metro and airport tunnels, office buildings, luxury housing and towers up to 50 storeys. Now I measure villas, townhouses and apartment buildings in Cyprus. I turn PDF and DWG drawings and survey data into quantities you can check line by line.
Free tool: Earthwork Volumes. Cut and fill from survey points in your browser: composite TIN split exactly at the zero line, a grid check, a cartogram of squares with DXF export, a cut/fill plan and an Excel report. Your files never leave your computer. Source and Python version.
| Service | What you get |
|---|---|
| Quantity takeoff & BoQ | Drywall and ceilings, finishes, concrete, masonry, doors and windows, MEP counts. Excel with a drawing reference on every line, plus a colour PDF markup |
| Structural steel takeoff | Member list by mark, lengths, kg/m and weights, waste allowance, marked-up drawings |
| Earthworks | Cut and fill from survey points, contours or a grading plan. TIN volumes checked by grid and cross-sections, cut/fill map, topsoil and shrink stated |
| Survey drafting | Survey data to clean topographic and as-built drawings in AutoCAD and Civil 3D |
| AutoCAD drafting | Floor plans and site plans, PDF or image to a clean layered DWG, permit sheets |
| Automation | AutoLISP, Excel, Python and SQL for repetitive takeoff work |
 Drywall and ceilings, real public bid set: 686 LF in 9 types, 8,215 SF of ACT |
 Earthwork cut and fill: survey to volumes, three methods compared |
 Structural steel takeoff: colour markup, Excel BoM with weights |
 Drywall and ceilings, US units: partitions by type, GWB, studs, ACT and grid |
 Scan to clean DWG: layers, door and window blocks, true dimensions |
 Painting takeoff: room by room, walls, ceilings, doors and trims |
 BoQ template: every quantity traced to a measured line |
 AutoCAD permit sheet: risers, panel schedule, load calc |
Client work is under NDA, so the samples use public bid drawings or sample drawings I prepared. No client data.
- Read the whole set first. Missing dimensions and conflicts go on a query list before measuring.
- Measure with a colour markup. One colour per item, so you can see what is included and what is not.
- Excel with references. Every line shows the drawing, the location and the dimensions used.
- Check before delivery. Totals are cross-checked by a second method (for example, room by room against gross area, or TIN volumes against a grid). Assumptions and exclusions are listed.
| Send me | You get |
|---|---|
| Drawings: PDF or DWG, the full set if you have it. For earthworks: survey points or contours and the grading design | Excel takeoff, or your own template filled in |
| Scope: the trades or items to measure | Colour PDF markup of everything measured |
| Your measuring rules or a sample of your format | Query list with assumptions and exclusions |
| Deadline and units (metric or imperial) | Totals cross-checked before delivery |
Not sure yet? I can start with one sheet or one trade so you can check the format first.
- Construction surveying, Moscow: from mine surveyor on the metro and two Sheremetyevo Airport tunnels (TBM) to head of the survey department. Setting out, topographic and as-built surveys with Sokkia and Leica total stations and GNSS, deformation monitoring, thousands of as-built drawings, earthwork volumes in Civil 3D, monthly checks of contractors' quantities.
- Quantity surveying, Cyprus: BoQs for villas, townhouses and an apartment building for a real estate developer.
- Education: mining engineer (NUST MISIS). One-year data analytics program at Yandex Practicum, 2025-2026 (SQL, Python, Excel, BI).
- earthwork-volumes: free cut and fill calculator that runs in the browser, with a Python version and tests
- steel-takeoff-tools: Python tools for steel weights and Excel BoM, with a worked example
- takeoff-samples: takeoff, earthworks and drafting samples (Excel, PDF markups, DWG)
- boq-measurement-template: Excel dimension sheet → BoQ → summary
- autocad-takeoff-lisp: AutoLISP routines for lengths, areas and quantities by layer
- takeoff-checklists: the checklists I follow on every takeoff, trade by trade (drywall, finishes, concrete, steel, doors, earthworks, checking a BoQ)
- cad-guides: short practical guides (georeferencing a DWG, PDF to DWG, cut and fill volumes)
Based in Cyprus (UTC+2) · English, Russian · Metric and imperial units