Meet Our Estimators
The people who produce your estimate, what they have worked on, and which divisions they own.
The Team
Marcus Vance
Chief Estimator — Divisions 03 and 05 — Concrete and Structural Steel
Twenty-one years in construction, twelve of them as a site superintendent before moving into estimating. Holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering. Marcus owns the two divisions where an estimate most often fails quietly — formwork square footage omitted while the pour volume is measured correctly, connection labor averaged when it is the trade's real variable. Having run the crews that placed the work is what makes the difference on both.
- PE (Professional Engineer)
- CPE (ASPE)
Elena Rostova
Senior Estimator — Divisions 21–23 and 26 — Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing
Sixteen years in construction. A master electrician with eight years of journeyman field experience before estimating. Conduit measured flat on a plan is not the conduit that gets installed, and fitting count drives piping labor more than linear footage does — both are the kind of thing you learn pulling wire rather than reading about it.
- CCP (AACE)
- Procore Certified Estimator
David Chen
Senior Quantity Surveyor — Divisions 07, 08 and 09 — Openings, Finishes, Thermal and Moisture Protection
Eleven years in construction, from carpenter apprentice through to project coordinator. Holds a B.S. in Construction Management. David owns the building envelope and interior finishes — door and hardware schedules reconciled set by set, storefront measured with corner and end conditions counted separately, and finish quantities tied to specified tier rather than a blended allowance.
- Working toward CPE (ASPE)
Sarah Jenkins
Senior Estimator — Divisions 31–33 — Earthwork, Utilities and Site Civil
Fourteen years in construction, as a field surveyor and civil site inspector before estimating. Sarah owns everything below grade and outside the building line — the scope where drawings are least complete and where an unpriced assumption turns into the largest change order on a job. Her surveying background is why our earthwork quantities carry stated confidence rather than a single number.
- CEP (AACE)
- OSHA 30
Tariq Al-Mansoor
Estimator II — Divisions 04, 05 and 09 — Masonry, Metals and Interior Framing
Seven years in construction, including three as a field engineer. Holds a B.S. in Architectural Engineering. Tariq owns masonry, light-gauge metals and interior framing — CMU and brick counts with mortar and grout volumes carried separately, stud gauge and spacing read from the schedule rather than assumed, and shaft wall conditions quantified where they differ from standard partitions.
- CPE (ASPE)
- PlanSwift Certified
Why We Name People
Most construction estimating websites do not. You will find testimonials signed with a first name and an initial, and claims about “20+ qualified estimators” with no indication of who they are, what they have built, or what they are certified in.
We think that is the wrong way round. You are buying someone’s judgment about what a building costs. You should know whose judgment it is — what they estimated before, which divisions they actually know, and whether they have ever stood on a site.
It is also the easiest claim in this industry to check. A named estimator with a real history is verifiable in about ninety seconds; a headcount is not verifiable at all. That asymmetry is the whole reason this page exists.
What Credentials Actually Mean
CPE — Certified Professional Estimator, through ASPE. The estimating-specific credential, covering method, ethics and practice rather than a single trade.
CCP and CEP — through AACE International. Cost professional and estimating professional, weighted toward cost engineering and larger capital work.
Trade licences and field time. Frequently more predictive than either of the above. An estimator who has installed the work knows which drawings lie, and that judgment does not come from a syllabus.
We treat certifications as useful and not as a filter — which is the same position stated on our careers page, and it would be inconsistent to hire on one basis and market on another.
Related
About us — how the business works, and which numbers we deliberately do not publish. Our process — what happens between sending plans and getting the workbook back. Careers — what we look for in an estimator.
Questions About Our Estimators
Who produces the estimates at Get Construction Estimate?
Five named estimators, each responsible for specific CSI divisions rather than covering every trade. Every one of them worked in construction before moving into estimating — as a site superintendent, a master electrician, a carpenter, a field surveyor and a field engineer respectively.
What certifications do the estimators hold?
Credentials across the team include PE (Professional Engineer), CPE through the American Society of Professional Estimators, and CCP and CEP through AACE International, alongside degrees in Civil Engineering, Construction Management and Architectural Engineering. One estimator is currently working toward CPE and this is stated rather than omitted.
Will the same estimator handle my project throughout?
Yes. Projects are assigned by division to the estimator who owns that scope, and the person who took off the drawings is the person who answers questions about a quantity.
How large is the team?
Five estimators. Get Construction Estimate publishes the actual number and the individual names rather than a combined years-of-experience figure or a claimed headcount.