TakeoffMetric

What is TakeoffMetric?

A free set of browser-based quantity takeoff calculators for US residential and light-commercial work. The site had 22 of a planned 26 sheets issued when reviewed, covering concrete slabs, footings, rebar and concrete cost, gravel, sand, fill dirt, topsoil and cubic yards, asphalt and sealcoat, concrete block, mortar and paver base, wall framing, rafters and board feet, roofing and roof pitch, decks, fences and stair stringers, and HVAC duct sizing. Each sheet shows its formula, the assumptions behind the result such as waste allowance, bag yield, truck capacity and rounding increment, accepts imperial or metric inputs, and lists the published documents its default values come from. It is aimed at contractors, estimators and owners sizing a material order rather than at engineers producing a design.

Record written 2026-10-07 from the vendor's submission and site. The about page names TakeOffMetrics Research, a subsidiary of Les Créavores, as the operator. Country not stated on the site.

Key strengths

• Every calculator prints its formula and the assumptions behind the number, including waste allowance, bag yield, truck capacity, unit weight and rounding increment
• default material values are traced to published sources such as NRMCA, CRSI, the American Wood Council, the Asphalt Institute, FHWA and NIST, and the source is listed on the page that uses it
• inputs switch between imperial and metric, and the methodology page says unit conversion round trips are part of the test suite
• practice tables for thicknesses, reinforcement and base depths are labelled as ordinary US practice rather than code requirements
• the editorial standards page says errors are corrected publicly with formula revisions tracked in title blocks and a corrections page
• the site is static HTML with Google Analytics as its only third-party dependency

Common use cases

Limitations to know

The vendor states that quantities are estimates for planning and ordering, that they are not engineering advice, and that they do not replace your drawings, your specifications or your local building code, so every output needs checking against the project documents before an order is placed. The site also states that it is not written by licensed engineers. It publishes no material or labor prices, so the concrete cost calculator relies on prices you enter. When reviewed, 22 of the 26 planned sheets were issued, so some calculators the vendor lists may not be live yet. AEC Hub has not tested the product.