We produce estimates and cost plans for commercial and residential construction anywhere in the country, giving you accurate, comprehensive figures tailored to your requirements.
We frequently prepare detailed cost estimates for construction ranging from new build homes, extensions, apartments, schools and restaurants through to industrial and fit-out work. Our streamlined process means you get a defensible number quickly, whether you are testing a budget, checking a builder’s price or setting a cost plan you will manage the project against.
Every estimate is built up from measured quantities rather than rules of thumb. That means you can see exactly where the money sits, interrogate any line, and use the same document later to track cost as the design develops.
What you receive
- A fully itemised estimate with quantities, rates and totals for every trade
- Preliminaries measured and priced — site management, insurances, amenities and margin
- A cost plan structured by element or trade, whichever suits how you procure
- Rates benchmarked to your project’s location and whether it is inner city, suburban or regional
- An editable file, so the estimate stays useful as the design changes
When to use it
Early, when you need to know whether a scheme is affordable before committing to detailed design. Later, when you want to sense-check a tender return or set the budget you will hold a contractor to. Many clients come back at both stages using the same base document.
Standard projects are priced from our published fees, and larger or more complex work is quoted individually with a turnaround date confirmed up front. If you are weighing it against pricing the job in-house, we have set out what outsourced estimating costs and when it pays for itself.
Private clients most often come to us holding builders’ quotes they cannot reconcile. If that is you, start with how to tell whether a builder’s quote is fair — most of the gap between quotes turns out to be scope rather than price.
Who it’s for
- Builders
- Contractors
- Developers
- Architects
- Private clients