FREE GUIDE

• Owner-operators doing their own estimating
• Small crews wanting to get into commercial work
• Contractors who never had formal blueprint training
• Anyone in a Facebook group who has asked: “Can someone explain how to read these plans?”

This guide was designed specifically for:

Small Excavation Contractors
Who want to start bidding commercial work or improve accuracy on residential jobs.

Mid-Sized Sitework Subcontractors
Who want junior estimators, new hires, or operators to understand civil plans quickly.

Owner-Operators & Solo Contractors
Who do their own estimating and want to feel confident reading blueprints.

Facebook Group Members
Who ask questions like:
“How do I read these plans?”
“What does this symbol mean?”
“How do I find trench depth?”
“What’s the difference between existing and proposed contours?”

This guide will walk you through everything step-by-step.

At Paydirt Earthworks Support Services, we complete hundreds of excavation takeoffs and GPS models every year.

We created this guide because:

• Most small contractors never receive formal blueprint training
• Many owner-operators are self-taught
• Mid-sized companies struggle to train junior estimators quickly
• Facebook groups are full of people asking for help with reading plans

This guide contains the same training material our own team uses inside Paydirt.

Get the Free Blueprint Reading Guide

If you want to price jobs more accurately, avoid misunderstandings with GCs, and build estimates with confidence, this guide is for you.

No fluff. No upsells. Just practical help for real contractors.