Deliverable 01
Quantity take-off
Measured from your PDFs or CAD, every figure traced to its source and flagged certain or to-confirm. No black-box numbers.
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Pre-construction
Your stone take-off, done at the source.
Send us your drawings. You get back a complete natural-stone package: measured quantities, yield and waste by material, tonnage and container count, ASTM-backed spec sheets, and supplier-ready RFQs. Not a guess from a spreadsheet. A buildable plan from the people who source, fabricate and ship the stone.
Generic estimators measure drawings. We measure them as the supply chain, so every quantity is one you can actually buy.
Why our numbers are different
Generic estimating services measure drawings. We measure them as the supply chain.
Every estimating service out there gives you a number. We give you a number you can buy, fabricate and ship, because we live inside the supply chain: we source the blocks, fabricate the stone and export it ourselves. The hard part of stone is not counting tiles. It is yield and waste on real material, tonnage and container math, and whether the slab can even be made. That is the part a spreadsheet cannot see.
What you get from us
- Quantities you can actually buy, in net and gross
- Waste factors by the specific material, not a flat guess
- Tonnage and container count, costed for freight
- ASTM spec sheets your submittal needs
- Real quarry pricing through our own RFQs
What a generic take-off leaves out
- Yield and waste on the real, named material
- Whether a curved or oversized piece can be made
- Tonnage, container count and freight reality
- Submittal-ready technical data (ASTM)
- A path to actually buy the stone
What you get
One package. Everything a stone bid needs.
Send the drawings once. The package comes back complete, every figure traced to its source and flagged certain or to-confirm.
Deliverable 02
Yield & waste by material
Net versus gross, by the specific stone. You buy the right amount, not twenty percent too much.
Deliverable 03
Tonnage & container count
Weight and 40HQ container math, with port of destination and ocean plus inland freight split out.
Deliverable 04
ASTM spec sheets
White-label technical sheets referencing ASTM C97, C170, C99 and C880, ready to drop into your submittal.
Deliverable 05
Supplier-ready RFQs
Anonymous RFQ packs sent to the right Italian and Brazilian quarries, the ones we already buy from.
Deliverable 06
QC & claim-risk read
Curved pieces, oversized formats, thermal exposure, pattern matching. The problems flagged before they reach your jobsite.
The deliverable, not a description of it
What lands in your inbox.
An audit-trailed take-off and a submittal-ready spec sheet. Format samples below, anonymized. Your package carries your real materials and quantities.
| Item | Material | Net | Waste | Gross | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor tile | Material A | 312.0 | 12% | 349.4 | certain |
| Wall cladding | Material A | 188.5 | 15% | 216.8 | certain |
| Pool coping | Material B | 64 pc | 18% | 76 pc | confirm |
| Stair treads | Material B | 42 pc | 18% | 50 pc | certain |
Net from drawings. Gross = net x waste factor by material. m² unless noted.
| Property | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Water absorption | ASTM C97 | 0.18% |
| Bulk density | ASTM C97 | 2,690 kg/m³ |
| Compressive strength | ASTM C170 | 131 MPa |
| Flexural strength | ASTM C880 | 14.2 MPa |
| Modulus of rupture | ASTM C99 | 15.6 MPa |
White-label. Lab, quarry and concession removed. Figures illustrative.
How it is priced
A fixed fee. Credited back when you build with us.
Credit-back
A fixed fee per package, turned around in 24 to 48 hours. Credited back in full when you source the stone through us. You risk nothing to find out exactly what the job costs, and if you build with us the take-off was free.
The take-off is the front door to the supply. When you are ready to build, the same hands run the whole scope: sourcing, fabrication oversight, QC, crating and export. See the execution partnership.
Who it is for
For teams who cannot afford a wrong number on a bid.
Brokers, fabricators and contractors bidding luxury hospitality and high-end residential in natural stone, who do not carry a stone estimator in-house. An in-house estimator costs $65,000 to $95,000 a year plus software and training. Pay only for the take-offs you need, done by the people who know the material.
- On the ground in Verona, with same-day access to the quarries and workshops the take-off is built on.
- Yield and waste from a 40+ year material network, not a generic factor.
- Every quantity is one you can source, through quarries we already buy from.
- Tonnage, container count and freight reality built into the number from the start.
- ASTM spec sheets and RFQ packs included, so the bid and the submittal are ready together.
- Turned around in 24 to 48 hours, because the supply chain is already in our hands.
Questions
Stone take-offs, answered.
What the service is, what it costs, and what we need from you.
What is a stone take-off?
A stone take-off is a measured count of every stone element in a project, read from the drawings: quantities, dimensions, edges and finishes turned into a material list. Our take-off adds yield and waste by real material, tonnage and 40HQ container count, so the numbers are ready to buy and ship, not just to bid.
Who does natural-stone take-offs for U.S. fabricators and contractors?
We do. Alimonta is a Verona, Italy execution partner that produces natural-stone take-offs the way the supply chain measures them: net versus gross yield by real material, tonnage, 40HQ container count, ASTM spec sheets and supplier-ready RFQs to Italian and Brazilian quarries we already buy from.
How much does a stone take-off cost?
A fixed fee per package, quoted on the drawings and turned around in 24 to 48 hours. The fee is credited back in full when you source the stone through us, so if you build with us the take-off was free.
How fast is it delivered?
Typically 24 to 48 hours for a take-off package, depending on the complexity of the drawings.
What do I need to send?
Your drawings as PDF or CAD, the unit system, and any finish or thickness intent. Every figure we return is flagged certain or to-confirm, so you know exactly what is measured and what still needs a decision.
Do you provide ASTM spec sheets for submittals?
Yes. White-label technical spec sheets referencing the relevant ASTM methods (C97, C170, C99, C880), ready to drop into your submittal package.
Can you send RFQs to the quarries?
Yes. Anonymous RFQ packs to the right Italian and Brazilian quarries, because we already buy from them. You get real pricing on material you can actually source.
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