01Construction estimating services, Australia
Every item measured off your drawings, priced on your rates, traceable to the drawing it came from. You approve every line before the quote goes out.
Your first quote is free. After that you pay per plan.
What most Australian builders run on. We built this so nothing gets missed. Association of Professional Builders.
02How we think
Yours is not average. So we measure it. Every wall, window, slab and roof off your drawings, priced on your rates, each line pointing back to its drawing.
Swing range for rough estimates: Buildern. Dot positions are an example.
03What every quote stands on
Every quantity comes off your drawings. Counts, areas and lengths, item by item.
We have no rate database. Every line is priced on yours. Change a rate and it reprices.
Every quantity shows which drawing it came from.
Nothing goes out until you approve it. Bring in whoever needs to sign off certain items.
Materials, labour, plant and subcontract, split the way you quote. A real person answers every email within one business day.
04How you check us
The takeoff, the estimate by trade and the written quote, in front of you before anything is sent.
Plans · 4 read
Drawing A-04 · Bathroom
Estimate · by trade
| Trade · item | Qty | Rate | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| ConcreteWaffle slab, beams, pads | 19.2 m³ | $318 | $6,106 |
| FramingWall frames and studs | 63.7 lm | $142 | $9,045 |
| Wet areasWaterproofing, tilingDrawing A-04 | 18.4 m² | $196 | $3,606 |
| RoofingSheeting, sarking, battens | 128.4 m² | $86.50 | $11,107 |
| CladdingExternal wallsYour rate | 98.6 m² | $74 | $7,296 |
| OpeningsWindows, external doorsNeeds approval | 14 no. | $1,180 | $16,520 |
Quote · ready to send
Inclusions
Exclusions
Assumptions
Example quote. Yours is built from your plans and your rates.
05Working with us
Three steps. We do the measuring.
Step 1 · You
Drawings, specs, anything you have. PDF is fine. The more you upload, the better the estimate.
Step 2 · Us
Every item measured off your drawings, line by line, and priced on your rates. It takes minutes.
Step 3 · You
See every line, change any rate, bring in whoever needs to sign off. Then send the quote.
06Questions
Three things: a takeoff with every quantity showing which drawing it came from, an estimate split by trade into materials, labour, plant and subcontract, priced on your rates, and a written quote with inclusions, exclusions and assumptions, ready to send to your client.
Your drawings (architectural, structural, engineering), the spec, schedules and any tender conditions. PDF is fine. The more you upload, the better the estimate. If a drawing is missing we flag it.
Minutes. Upload your plans and the measured, priced estimate is ready for you to check.
The measuring and pricing is automated, and it is fast. You check it. Every line shows its drawing and its rate, you can change any rate, and you can bring in whoever needs to approve certain items before the quote goes out.
Yours. Load your rates once and every estimate is priced on them, including the free one. Change a rate on any line and it reprices.
Change it. Any line, any rate. If a quantity looks off, tell us which line and we fix it. No charge.
New homes, renovations and extensions, townhouses and units, and small commercial. Subbies pricing a package are welcome too.
The free one is the whole thing on one job. After that, from $299 for a house and from $499 for commercial, or a monthly plan if you quote a lot. AUD ex GST. See pricing.
An Australian estimating service for builders. A real person answers every email within one business day. Write to [email protected].
07Measured, priced on your rates, approved by you
The first quote is free. A real person replies to any question within one business day.
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A few quick questions, then we tell you where to upload your plans.
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