Construction markup and estimating guides

Practical articles for contractors working through drawing review, measurement, takeoff, and quote preparation.

9 guidesUpdated 27 Oct 2026

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Product update27 October 20264 min read

What's new in ContractorCounter: October 2026

Simpler plans, per-person teams, drawing-style dimensions, centre marks, faster drawings, and PDF exports that match the canvas.

TOMarkup & takeoff2 articles

7 July 20268 min read

Construction Drawing Markups, Explained: Types, Conventions, and How to Track Them

What markups on construction drawings mean, the types and colour conventions contractors actually use, and how to track markup changes across a project.

23 June 20262 min read

How to measure concrete quantities from drawings

A practical workflow for measuring slab, footing, and path concrete quantities from construction drawings before requesting supplier quotes.

BBBluebeam & switching5 articles

27 July 20264 min read

How to Do Takeoff in Bluebeam Revu

Calibrate, measure, read Markups list totals, then Quantity Link to Excel — which needs Complete or Max. The full Revu workflow and where it stops.

27 July 20265 min read

How to Flatten and Unflatten Markups in Bluebeam

Document > Unflatten only works if Allow Markup Recovery was ticked at flatten time. What to do when it was not, and how reversible flattening differs.

27 July 20265 min read

How to Export Bluebeam Markups to Excel

Open the Markups list, click Summary and choose CSV — that opens in Excel. The steps, the options to set, and what Revu 20 end of support changes.

9 July 20264 min read

Migrating off Bluebeam Revu 20: the practical checklist

Revu 20 support ended July 31, 2026; Studio access ends December 31. Here's the migration itself: what to do before Studio goes, where every Revu habit lands in a browser-based tool, and what genuinely has no replacement.

7 July 20266 min read

Bluebeam Revu 20 end of support: what actually happens, and your options

Revu 20 passed end of support on July 31, 2026; end of life follows on December 31 — two different dates that even Bluebeam's own pages mix up. What just broke, what still works until December, what your perpetual license is still good for, and the real 3-year cost of each option.

UPProduct updates1 article

Product update14 September 20261 min read

What's new in ContractorCounter: September 2026

Faster drawing work, more reliable AI takeoffs, cleaner exports, and new workspace actions are now available in ContractorCounter.

TOMarkup & takeoff2 articles

BBBluebeam & switching5 articles

UPProduct updates1 article

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