Las Vegas, NV
NEW ADDITIONS ESTIMATING.

## Addition Estimating Built for Las Vegas Conditions Building an addition in Las Vegas is not the same job it is in the Pacific Northwest or the Midwest. You are working with expansive caliche soils, extreme heat load requirements, a building department that processes thousands of residential permits a year, and homeowners who are often comparing multiple bids inside of 24 hours. Your estimate needs to reflect those conditions — not a national average template. Estimate.Pro is built for addition contractors who work fast and need accurate numbers without spending a night in a spreadsheet. --- ### Why Las Vegas Makes Addition Estimating Harder **Soil and foundation costs are unpredictable.** Clark County sits on caliche — a hardpan calcium carbonate layer that can add $2,000–$8,000 to foundation work depending on depth and equipment required. Your estimate must account for a potential over-excavation line item before a shovel touches the ground. **Mechanical sizing is not optional.** Any addition in the Las Vegas valley triggers a Manual J recalculation under Nevada's adoption of the 2018 IECC. A 400-square-foot room addition can push an existing 3-ton system into undersizing territory fast when design temps hit 115°F. If your bid does not include or exclude HVAC coordination explicitly, you will own that conversation later. **Permit fees add up at Clark County.** The Department of Building & Fire Prevention charges plan check fees based on valuation. A mid-size room addition valued at $80,000–$120,000 carries combined building permit and plan check fees that regularly land between $900 and $1,800 before inspections. That is a real line item, not a rounding error. **Labor is tighter than it looks.** Las Vegas has a large construction workforce, but experienced finish carpenters and framers who know residential addition sequencing are in demand. Prevailing wage rules do not apply to private residential work, but market rates still run above national median benchmarks due to competition from the commercial sector pulling skilled tradespeople away from residential projects. --- ### What Estimate.Pro Does for Addition Contractors **Walkthrough to bid in 8 minutes.** You walk the site, capture the space with AR measurement on supported devices, and the app builds an AI-generated scope of work. You review, adjust, and send. The median time from first measurement to a sendable bid is 8 minutes. **AR measurement you can trust.** On supported devices, ONNX-assisted live AR captures room dimensions in real time. Photos taken on any device are measured and flagged as estimates so you know exactly what is field-verified and what needs confirmation. **Material cost workspace you control.** Las Vegas lumber and concrete pricing moves with the market. Your saved material cost workspace in Estimate.Pro holds your current supplier pricing so every bid reflects what you are actually paying — not what a national database thinks you are paying. **Scope items specific to additions.** The additions workflow includes line items for demolition and tie-in, stem wall and slab, framing, sheathing, roofing match, stucco or exterior cladding match, insulation to IECC levels, and interior finish. You add, remove, and price each item against your own labor rates. **No platform fee on Pro+ plans.** If you collect payment through Stripe Connect, the platform fee is 0% on Pro and Elite plans. On the Free tier it is 3%. Invoice exports are available on Elite. --- ### Pricing That Fits a One-Truck or Multi-Crew Operation - **Free** — no credit card, no expiration, core estimating tools - **Pro** — $39 per seat per month, full AR measurement and material workspace - **Elite** — $79 per seat per month, Stripe Connect, invoice exports, priority support - **Crew** — $399 flat per month, up to 15 seats, built for companies running multiple crews If you are bidding two or three additions a week in the Las Vegas valley, the time you save on each estimate pays for the tool inside the first job. --- ### Start Without a Credit Card Estimate.Pro has a free tier that does not expire. You can run your first Las Vegas addition estimate today, see how the scope builds, and decide whether the paid plan makes sense for your volume. No commitment required to find out if it works for the way you operate.