Run a Takeoff Report

The Takeoff Report automatically reports on the differences between the specialized takeoff-generated surfaces (up to six), each of which are formed as a part of the takeoff workflow. The report uses any data, including costs, that may be available prior to the start of construction, to help in preparing for the job bidding process. The name of your project file (.vce) appears at the top of the report.

Although the report separates earthen volumes by subsurface strata, it does not enable you to account for a depth increment or an elevation interval, as reported in the Earthwork Report. After you have performed the necessary steps outlined in the takeoff workflow, generate the Takeoff Report to calculate any of these that apply:

Mass earthwork material areas and volumes:

for the entire job site, for a particular designated area of interest (AOI), or for multiple AOIs and their totals
per subsurface stratum
by cut, haul, and fill
per site improvement, subtotaled by site improvement type, and totaled per AOI
remaining area calculations; the volume and area of any regions not in an AOI can be calculated as remainder, and the volume and area of regions within each AOI that are not part of site improvements are automatically calculated as remainder.
Note: For best results, you should assign site improvements to the entire area within an AOI. For 'surface-only' site improvements, such as seeding, you should specify a zero depth to allow the reporting of the entire planimetric area.
Note: When site improvements are created in the Identify Site Regions command, the name is auto-incremented (a numeric suffix is added). The same site improvements with the same root name are listed together and subtotaled.

Topsoil material volumes and areas:

for the entire job site, for a particular designated AOI, or for multiple AOIs and their totals
per stripping area and replacement area
including loose haulage and stockpile volumes

Existing in-ground site improvement volumes and areas:

for the entire job site, for a particular designated AOI, or for multiple AOIs and their totals
per existing, in-ground site improvement slated for demolition

Site improvement volumes and areas:

AOIs are in alphabetic order, with remaining last of areas that are not in AOIs
by category (as defined in the Material and Site Improvement Manager)
for each AOI and the entire job site
per area-based and cross-sectional area-based site improvement
separated by subgrade material level (for area-based only)
including bid price and procurement cost

Site improvement quantities:

by category
for each AOI and the entire job site, including subtotals and a total
per linear-based and count-based site improvement
including bid price and procurement cost

Prerequisites:

License module; See the Subscription Plans page. For a license matrix by command, see the License page in the TBC Community. Also see View and manage licensed features.
Takeoff surfaces

To access the command:

Select Takeoff Report in Takeoff > Report.

To generate a Takeoff Report:

Ensure that you have worked through each of the applicable commands in the takeoff workflow so that the data needed for the report is complete and accurate.
To set header, footer, and additional report-specific options before running the report, select Reports > Report Options. Then select Takeoff Report in the Reports list, and modify the settings at the bottom of the pane. Then click the View Report icon at the top of the pane, or click OK and follow step 3 below.
Select Takeoff Report in Takeoff > Report.
The Takeoff Report command pane displays.
In the Report Sections group, check boxes for the report sections you want to include. See the chart below.
In the Report Coverage group, check the boxes for the individual AOIs for which you want calculations reported.
To report on areas outside of the AOIs you have checked, check the Include remaining area box.
Note: In the report, this remaining area is listed as Area of Interest: Remaining Area.
Note: Within each AOI, the volume and area for areas without site improvements is also listed as Remaining Area by default.
Note: For an overexcavation surface to be used in calculations, its Overexcavation active property must be set to Yes in the Properties pane.
If you are calculating volumes for earthen materials, where shrinkage and bulkage are an important factor, check the Account for shrinkage & bulkage box in the Earthen Materials group.
Leave the box unchecked if you do not need to account for material densities in determining volumes. This is primarily the case when you are dealing solely with non-earthen materials.
If you opted to account for shrinkage and bulkage of the materials, specify materials in the lists:
- Exposed surface/Native material - Select the uppermost earthen material of the original ground surface or native material that exists on-site.
  Note: If no subsurface earthen material strata have been defined, the Native material control will be enabled, allowing a single representative earthen material to be identified. Otherwise, the materials associated with the defined strata will be employed as they are encountered via excavation, and the Native material control will be disabled.
- Borrow material - Select a material to be obtained from off-site sources should there be a net deficit in material/a non-native material that must be brought from off-site.
  Note: 'Borrow' is occasionally used to refer to materials that exist on-site, but in a location far from where they need to be placed.
  Note: Before using this option, you need to have defined surface materials in the Material and Site Improvement Manager.
Select an option in the Content style list:
- Concise report - Select this to generate a shorter report that hides explanatory text. The report displays in the Report View.
- Explanatory report - Select this to generate a longer report that includes text describing how report results were derived or calculated. The report displays in the Report View.
- Launch Excel - Select this to output just the calculated values to Microsoft^® Excel.
Click OK.
Note: After you have defined both topsoil stripping areas and topsoil replacement areas on your site and then generated a Takeoff Report, if you find that you have an excess to stripped topsoil, run the Use Excess Topsoil command to configure the placement of excess topsoil (either usable or unusable) as a material layer beneath individual landscaping/topsoil site improvements.

To run a simpler Takeoff Report:

From the Takeoff Report command pane, select Report Options.
In the Settings group under General Content, Mass Earthwork Analysis, and Topsoil Handling, select Hide for the report components you do not need.


Report Sections
Mass earthwork analysis	Include this section if you need an analysis of the earthmoving volumes expected to be involved in performing future mass earthwork operations. If you report on a single AOI, the mass earthwork volumes reported are limited to those occurring within the AOI boundary. If you run the report for multiple AOIs, the volumes are reported separately as those occurring within each individual AOI. The total volume for all AOIs is also summarized. If you do not designate an AOI, the mass earthwork volumes for the entire site are reported. Additionally, when subsurface strata have been defined, in each of the above instances, volumes are reported for each of the individual earthen materials that are actually encountered by the mass earthwork excavation operations. The only volumes that can be determined for a particular subsurface stratum are those associated with its excavation; the volume of each individual stratum that is to undergo excavation (as a part of the mass earthwork operations) are computed. Note: The material levels associated with existing, in-ground site improvements defined in the manner above are also reflected in the volumes reported in this section. See Existing in-ground improvement demolition below.
Topsoil handling	Include this section if you need an analysis of the planned topsoil stripping and replacement areas and volumes, based on your prior definition of those areas and associated thicknesses within the model, and based on the AOIs distinguished in the report. This section considers: The bank volume of native topsoil to be stripped within each AOI and in total. The loose volume of native stripped topsoil to be hauled and stockpiled. The compacted, in-place topsoil replacement contribution that can be made by the stockpiled, native topsoil volume. The bank volume of topsoil to be replaced within each AOI and in total. The loose haulage/stockpiled volume required to accommodate that bank volume. The bank excess/deficit for topsoil. The loose waste/borrow topsoil volume, based on the earthen material properties of the designated native or borrow topsoil materials.
Existing in-ground site improvement demolition	Include this section if you need an accounting of the quantities of existing in-ground site improvements that have been identified for demolition. Examples of typical existing, in-ground site improvements include existing pavements or building foundations, and the material levels from which they are constructed. An existing in-ground site improvement that is to be demolished as a part of a construction contract is one that has been designated as an area-based site improvement comprised of one or more material levels, and which has been categorized as a part of the Original takeoff surface. The quantities associated with the related materials levels are reported in this section. The material layers associated with existing, in-ground site improvements as defined above are not reflected within the Mass Earthwork Analysis section of the report (described above). They contribute to the formation of one or both of the takeoff generated surfaces named OG with subgrades demolished and OG with topsoil stripped (& subgrades demolished), which are classified as the original earthen and original earthen stripped surface, respectively. If an existing, in-ground site improvement is not to be demolished as a part of the construction contract, it should not be defined as an area-based site improvement with defined material levels. If an existing, in-ground site improvement and its related materials levels have been defined, the quantities of those levels are reported as a part of this section, regardless of whether the surface of the site improvement is in an area of cut or fill. Obviously, fill can be placed over a site improvement, such as an existing pavement. However, if it is defined as noted above, it will be treated as being demolished and removed prior to the placement of fill material. Tip: You may want to define appropriate area-based site improvements with names specifically acknowledging the intention of demolition, such as Existing asphalt ( to demolish). Aside from the benefits of acknowledging that intent in the site improvement name, it may have a bearing on the definition of the related material levels as well.
Site improvement quantities	Include this section if you need a count of the quantities of all site improvements that have been identified using the Categorize Takeoff Layers command. This portion of the takeoff report includes the quantification of various types of site improvements, sorted by category. This section is organized based on your categorization of site improvements within the Material and Site Improvement Manager. The site improvements within each category are sorted by type. Within each of the types, the individual site improvements are listed alphabetically by name. If you report on a single AOI, the quantities reported are limited to those occurring within the AOI boundary. If you run the report for multiple AOIs, the quantities are reported separately as those occurring within each individual AOI. The total count for all AOIs is also summarized. If you do not designate an AOI, the quantities for the entire site are reported. Note: When two AOI boundaries cross through a count-based site improvement, such as a block, the improvement is counted only once, based on which AOI encompasses its insertion point.