Construction Estimating Services
Cost effective estimates for builders, developers, architects, designers, and homeowners.
About us
We provide our cost estimating and quantities take-off services to architects, developers, builders, sub-contractors, designers and homeowners.
Our focus is on providing accurate estimates with a quick turnaround.
By outsourcing your estimating work to us you can:
- Save costs
- Reduce overheads
- Bid more
- Improve estimating accuracy
- Improve work/life balance
Our services
Builders & developers
You outsource your plumbing, electrical, and painting, you should be outsourcing your estimations.
We can provide you:
- Budget estimates from concept drawings
- Full estimates from working drawings including material, labour, subcontractor, P&G, and overheads
- All costs broken down into individual items and listed in their respective trades
- Customised estimates for your needs, including materials only, or labour only
- Preperation of Tender Documents
- Scope of Works for all trades
Architects & designers
We enable you to offer your clients an accurate estimate of costs, or just to guide your designs at the concept stage. We apply standard building practices to arrive at a Preliminary Estimate, taking into account location, current building costs and labour rates.
We offer you:
- Concept estimates giving an early stage idea of the project costs using assumptions for new builds and renovations
- Detailed estimates to provide a complete package
- Estimates for multi-design options or separately staged construction
- Requote service
Homeowners
Get a fair construction estimate, even from basic concept drawings, before the expense of having full working drawings prepared and council approved.
We'll supply you with full documentation to take to your lending authority, as well as Scope of Works for each of the major trades so you can check their quotes and breakup of material quantities in a Bill of Quantities.
Get in contact for:
- Cost estimates for new homes, additions, renovations, extensions and much more
- Ongoing project management throughout the construction phase of the build works or renovation
- Review of builder’s tenders and submissions, review of subcontractors and construction programming
- Customised breakdowns of budget into rooms, trades or stages of work
- Quick and inexpensive Re-Quote service available if you change your mind
Testimonials
We have found Barry to be very prompt upon our numerous requests for his services over the years. His expertise and experience in his field ensures our clients are getting accurate and concise information for their projects.
I have used Barry at BC solutions for a number of projects in the past and have found the service to be extremely helpful to get an accurate cost of builds as well as taking a lot of pressure off myself enabling me to carry on with my projects. Always happy to help out and go the extra mile to get the best end result.
I have been a client of Barry’s and BC Solutions for 3 years now… although I really wish I had meet him 15 years ago! Barry has been extremely helpful and has gone above and beyond to help us grow our construction business. Barry is very experienced and this brings with it a vast amount of knowledge and very good advice. Highly recommend.
We have worked with Barry of BC Solutions for many years now and he is extremely lovely to work with, whilst always producing a clear and easy to understand final product. Barry has a vast knowledge of the construction industry and keeps up to date with construction fluctuations to ensure our pricing is always fair and accurate to present to our clients. He is 100% reliable for meeting deadlines and keeps us informed during the entire process. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend BC Solutions to any business