Industries
Residential and multifamily construction
Single family and multifamily are not one market. One is contracting, the other is expanding, and the way each is bought is different too.
Covered here
- Residential construction
- Multifamily construction
What you need, that a generalist does not produce
- 01
Quantities by unit and by unit type
Measured per plan type and multiplied out across the building, so a repeated unit is measured once and counted properly rather than measured over and over.
- 02
Trade packages that match how the work is bought
Residential production work runs on negotiated trade contracts more than competitive bid, so the takeoff is structured by trade package rather than as a single lump sum.
The evidence
The two halves are moving apart. Single family starts were 895,000 at an annual rate in June 2026, down 3.2 percent on the year. Multifamily was 532,000, up 17.2 percent.
Contractor sentiment splits the same way: multifamily is net positive 4 for 2026, while private office is net negative 14 and higher education net negative 5.
There is no bid volume or award rate figure published for residential or multifamily specifically. Production residential runs on negotiated trade contracts rather than competitive bid, which is the likely reason the data does not exist. We would rather say that than put a number here.
Services that apply
Trades that apply
Send a set, or start with a scope check.
A written fee and a delivery date come back before anything is measured. The scope check is free and tells you whether the set is complete enough to price.