Build the architectural signage takeoff review record
Start with signage schedules, code plans, floor plans, elevations, room names, and specification types. Build a location list rather than multiplying schedule quantities without checking plans.
Separate code, room, directional, exterior, parking, and specialty signs. Use the construction document review checklist as a related control, but keep this takeoff tied to its own drawing population and cost lines.
Check quantities and scope conditions
Record sign type, size, material, finish, mounting, substrate, message status, and power or data requirement shown. Keep design-development or message allowances visible. Route code and accessibility decisions to the project designer or qualified reviewer.
AACE recommended practices provide general estimating references. The project documents and approved estimate basis control the actual quantity and scope decisions.
| Review field | Required record |
|---|---|
| Population | Location, type, and source |
| Quantity | Measured basis and unit |
| Interface | Included work and package owner |
| Disposition | Estimate treatment and reviewer |
Reconcile the estimate before release
Reconcile signage with doors, rooms, parking spaces, site entrances, elevators, stairs, and life-safety locations. Assign backing, blocking, electrical feeds, excavation, foundations, permits, and final programming to the responsible packages. Close open assignments through the estimate scope inclusion register and preserve the decision with the estimate revision.
