Everything You Need to Know, Upfront

Carlos Estimating is an independent cost engineering and estimating consulting firm. We provide cost estimates, bid reviews, claims and change analysis, forensic cost analysis, and related advisory services for civil works, infrastructure, and commercial construction projects.

Carlos Estimating is based in Miami, serving clients across the United States and Latin America. Our office is in Brickell, Miami, Florida. You can reach us at (787) 615-3833 or office@carlosestimating.com.

We serve two primary markets: the United States and Latin America (LATAM), working with developers, contractors, and public agencies in both regions.

We serve arts and culture, aviation, commercial, educational, healthcare, heavy construction, hospitality, institutional, marine, mixed-use development, renewable energy, residential, and sports and recreation projects, as well as roads, bridges, and transport, and local, state, and federal projects.

Yes. Our estimates are unbiased and represent the project's true cost — we have no financial stake in which contractor is awarded the work.

Carlos Estimating's estimates are led by a Certified Estimating Professional (CEP), a credential issued by AACE International. The firm is also an active member of ASPE (American Society of Professional Estimators).

Use the Request a Cost Estimate button on this site, call (787) 615-3833, or email office@carlosestimating.com, and our team will follow up to discuss your project.

A conceptual estimate is a preliminary figure based on limited project information, typically used in early planning. A take-off estimate (or quantity survey) is far more detailed, quantifying exact materials and resources from completed drawings and specifications.

Carlos Estimating provides independent cost estimating services from its Miami office, serving developers, contractors, and public agencies across South Florida and beyond, with estimates for civil works, infrastructure, and commercial construction projects.

Carlos Estimating offers cost engineering consulting for infrastructure and civil works projects across the United States and Latin America, led by Carlos J. Guzmán, MSCE, CEP, a Certified Estimating Professional accredited by AACE International.

Choose an independent, credentialed estimator who matches the estimate type to your project’s design stage. Carlos Estimating is independent, led by a Certified Estimating Professional (CEP), and provides estimates from conceptual through final cost control. Our guide “How to Hire a Cost Estimator for a Commercial Development in Miami” includes an 8-point checklist, and you can request an estimate using the button above.

Effective cost control for civil works combines ongoing cost engineering, earned-value management, and independent bid review throughout the project lifecycle. Carlos Estimating provides all three as part of its Cost Engineering service, tracking cost, schedule, and performance against the original budget.

We provide conceptual, design development, design-build, take-off (quantity survey), unit price, LEMSO breakdown, and estimates with alternates, each matched to the stage of the project’s design.

Send the project location, scope description, available drawings and specifications, and your deadline. The more complete the documents, the more detailed the estimate can be. We’ll tell you which estimate type fits what you have.

Yes. Our Fast-Track services include express consultations and same-day reviews of estimates, change orders, and contractor proposals, priced upfront and subject to availability and full documentation.

Cost estimating predicts what a project will cost at a given stage. Cost engineering manages cost across the whole project lifecycle, including budgeting, forecasting, risk analysis, value engineering, and earned-value tracking.

Yes. Our Claims + Change Analysis evaluates the validity, cost impact, and alignment of claims and change orders with the original agreement, and our Forensic Cost Analysis investigates invoices, contracts, and records when numbers are in dispute.

Developers, institutional owners, homeowners, architects and engineers, contractors, accounting and appraisal firms, attorneys, insurers, financial institutions, and private equity firms.