Estimating/Budgeting

At Schaefer, We Build Confidence by providing accurate projections to keep your project financially sound—setting the stage for success before construction even begins.

Our comprehensive estimating services include conceptual and schematic budgeting, scope development, value engineering, constructability reviews, bid package preparation, and subcontractor coordination. We focus on precision, transparency, and collaboration to ensure each estimate aligns with your project’s goals, budget, and schedule.

By combining decades of experience with a proactive, detail-oriented approach, our team helps clients make informed decisions with confidence—laying a strong financial foundation for every build.


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Featured Estimating/Budgeting Projects

Explore a portfolio of our most distinguished projects, showcasing our capabilities and craftsmanship.

The West

Project Type:

  • Commercial
  • Office

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, KY

Popshelf

Project Type:

  • Commercial
  • Retail

Services Rendered:

  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • Service Solutions

Location:

  • Shepherdsville, KY

Louisville Bar Association

Project Type:

  • Commercial
  • Historical Building Restoration
  • Office
  • Renovation

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, KY

Montessori Kid’s University

Project Type:

  • Early Childhood Development Centers
  • Institutional

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, KY

Hilltop Theater

Project Type:

  • Entertainment
  • Historical Building Restoration
  • Office
  • Renovation
  • Retail

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, KY

Atria – Oxmoor Lodge

Project Type:

  • Independent Living
  • Renovation
  • Senior Living

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, KY

Third Avenue Baptist

Project Type:

  • Places of Worship

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, KY

Spalding University | Kosair for Kids School of Physical Therapy

Project Type:

  • Healthcare
  • Higher Education
  • Institutional
  • Renovation

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, KY

The Village at Gleannloch Farms | Independent Living Villas

Project Type:

  • Assisted Living
  • Continuing Care Retirement Community
  • Independent Living
  • Memory Care
  • Renovation
  • Senior Living
  • Skilled Nursing

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Spring, TX

Regency Oaks Senior Living

Project Type:

  • Assisted Living
  • Continuing Care Retirement Community
  • Independent Living
  • Memory Care
  • Renovation
  • Senior Living
  • Skilled Nursing

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Clearwater, FL

Helmwood Healthcare Center

Project Type:

  • Renovation
  • Senior Living
  • Skilled Nursing

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Elizabethtown, KY

The Mansion at Log Still Distillery

Project Type:

  • Commercial
  • Distilleries
  • Entertainment
  • Historical Building Restoration
  • Renovation

Services Rendered:

  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • Service Solutions

Location:

  • New Haven, KY

TECO Big Bend CM Building

Project Type:

  • Commercial
  • Light Industrial
  • Office

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting
  • Service Solutions

Location:

  • Tampa, FL

Myers Medical Lofts

Project Type:

  • Historical Building Restoration
  • Multifamily / Affordable Housing
  • Renovation

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, KY

Aspen Dental

Project Type:

  • Commercial
  • Healthcare
  • Medical Office Building
  • Retail Health

Services Rendered:

  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • Service Solutions

Location:

  • Louisville, KY

Swiss Village & Swiss Hall

Project Type:

  • Historical Building Restoration
  • Multifamily / Affordable Housing
  • Renovation

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, Kentucky

Chapel House Senior Apartments

Project Type:

  • Independent Living
  • Multifamily / Affordable Housing
  • Renovation
  • Senior Living

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, Kentucky

J. O. Blanton House

Project Type:

  • Independent Living
  • Multifamily / Affordable Housing
  • Renovation
  • Senior Living

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, KY

Five Star Senior Living – Forum at Brookside

Project Type:

  • Senior Living

Services Rendered:

  • Estimating/Budgeting

Location:

  • Louisville, KY

Tropical Smoothie Zephyrhills

Project Type:

  • Commercial
  • Entertainment
  • Food & Beverage
  • Renovation
  • Retail

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Zephyrhills, FL

Kindred Hospital South Florida

Project Type:

  • Healthcare
  • On-Campus Hospital
  • Renovation

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Kindred Hospital North Florida

Project Type:

  • Healthcare
  • On-Campus Hospital
  • Renovation

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Green Cove Springs, FL

Kindred Hospital Bay Area – Acute Rehab Unit (ARU) Renovation

Project Type:

  • Healthcare
  • On-Campus Hospital
  • Renovation

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • St. Petersburg, FL

Johnson Animal Clinic

Project Type:

  • Commercial
  • Healthcare
  • Medical Office Building
  • Retail Health

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, KY

Clayton & Crume

Project Type:

  • Commercial
  • Renovation
  • Retail

Services Rendered:

  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting

Location:

  • Louisville, KY

Savor at River House

Project Type:

  • Commercial
  • Entertainment
  • Food & Beverage
  • Renovation

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, KY

Republic Bank & Trust

Project Type:

  • Commercial
  • Renovation

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Tampa, FL

Everlan by Dominion

Project Type:

  • Independent Living
  • Multifamily / Affordable Housing
  • Senior Living

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, KY

Airline Reporting Corporation

Project Type:

  • Commercial
  • Office
  • Renovation

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting
  • Service Solutions

Location:

  • Louisville, KY

Louisville Slugger Museum

Project Type:

  • Commercial
  • Entertainment
  • Historical Building Restoration
  • Museums
  • Office
  • Renovation
  • Retail
  • Visitor's Center

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, Kentucky

Michter’s Fort Nelson Distillery

Project Type:

  • Commercial
  • Distilleries
  • Entertainment
  • Historical Building Restoration
  • Renovation
  • Retail

Services Rendered:

  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • Service Solutions

Location:

  • Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville Visitors Center

Project Type:

  • Commercial
  • Entertainment
  • Renovation
  • Retail
  • Visitor's Center

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, Kentucky

Evergreen Woods

Project Type:

  • Assisted Living
  • Independent Living
  • Memory Care
  • Renovation
  • Senior Living

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Spring Hill, Florida

US Marine Hospital

Project Type:

  • Historical Building Restoration

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, Kentucky

Center for Women and Families

Project Type:

  • Commercial
  • Renovation

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting
  • Service Solutions

Location:

  • Louisville, Kentucky

Creekwood Place

Project Type:

  • Senior Living
  • Skilled Nursing

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Russellville, Kentucky

Baypoint Village

Project Type:

  • Independent Living
  • Memory Care
  • Renovation
  • Senior Living

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Hudson, Florida

Bethel St. Paul Church

Project Type:

  • Historical Building Restoration
  • Places of Worship
  • Renovation

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, Kentucky

Homeplace at Midway

Project Type:

  • Assisted Living
  • Continuing Care Retirement Community
  • Memory Care
  • Senior Living
  • Skilled Nursing

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Midway, Kentucky

Exceptional Senior Living Brazil

Project Type:

  • Assisted Living
  • Continuing Care Retirement Community
  • Memory Care
  • Senior Living

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Brazil, Indiana

Springhurst Pines

Project Type:

  • Senior Living

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Louisville, Kentucky

Exceptional Senior Living Prospect

Project Type:

  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care
  • Senior Living

Services Rendered:

  • Construction Management
  • Design Build/Assist
  • Estimating/Budgeting
  • General Contracting

Location:

  • Prospect, Kentucky