Just a quick background, I work for a small utility contractor and our primary focus is Sanitary / Storm Sewer, and Water. I have been involved in our estimating and takeoffs for about 4 years now and I need some serious help.
I have been having issues with my sanitary sewer takeoffs taking way longer than they should. If you look at the image you can see that I have to annotate my depth brackets for each manhole and then draw a line matching the fall of the pipe the pipe between the 2 manholes. Currently I am doing this all by hand through Revu and then getting my quantities trough Planswift. It can take me a few days to complete the sanitary portion of a takeoff for a small subdivision. I have also found this method to be inaccurate if the sewer line is not following the road profiles centerline alignment.
The best software I have found that will solve the majority of my issues is Agtek Undergound but after some google research I believe their pricing is out of our budget. Also, I do not think their software can figure in the service lateral depths.
Am I using the correct method for my depth takeoffs or am I over complicating things and missing a much easier way to do it?
