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Estimating for builders

Estimate from your drawings.

Upload the PDF drawing set. Structify reads every sheet, measures the rooms, walls and openings, and prices each trade line by line on your rates, or ours until you load them. You see the quantity, the rate and the sheet behind every number.

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Your first run is free · No card · Then A$99 a job

Every line says where it came from

  • MeasuredTaken off the drawings: rooms, walls, openings, roofs and the schedules.
  • CalculatedWorked out from what was measured, like skirting from the room perimeters.
  • AllowanceA named figure for something the drawings don't settle, there for you to check.

Nothing is guessed and passed off as measured. Change any rate or quantity and the total follows.

Price it

Every trade priced off your drawings.

Upload the PDFs. Structify measures the rooms, walls and openings, then prices each trade on your rates, or ours until you load them. Pick any trade to see the quantity, the rate and the sheet it came from.

Sample job, invented figures. Rendered from the job's own room sizes and wall runs.

Step one · the estimate

From PDF to client quote, with every step shown.

Structify does not summarise your drawings. It works through them the way a QS would, step by step, and shows its working at every stage. Here is what it found on the sample job, 9 Escarpment Rise.

  1. Sort the setEvery sheet sorted: plans, sections, elevations, details, schedules and the consultants' drawings.26 sheets · 7 types
  2. Read every sheetDimensions, notes, tags and schedules pulled from each drawing, the steel member schedule included.11 steel members from S-201
  3. Measure every areaRooms, walls, openings, roofs, parapets, the void and the cantilever measured off the drawings.403.9 m² · 24 rooms
  4. Specs & finishesWhat’s specified and what’s the owner’s selection, with every PC and PS item named and priced.7 allowances, every one named
  5. Price it at your ratesRates for the job’s finish level with your own rates on top, then margin and GST.$3,066,899 incl GST
  6. Check complianceThe NCC, clause by clause, with an RFI drafted for each problem.1 fail · 3 warn · 21 pass
  7. Benchmark the siteSuburb cost per m², site risks, the council approval path and comparable architect-designed builds.4% under the Kestrel Bay median (sample)
  8. Issue the quoteClient-ready, with the PC and PS allowances in plain words and your margin and suppliers hidden.3 things to check, then it’s yours to send

  9. Sample job, invented figures.

Your rates, liveType your own rate on any line. The line, margin, GST and the client price work themselves out as you type. Rates are ex GST.
Calculated159.72 m² ×/m²= $67,082.40
Calculated269.28 m² ×/m²= $102,326.40
Measured55.08 m² ×/m²= $176,256.00
Build cost ex GST$2,323,408.30Margin 20%$464,681.66Client price ex GST$2,788,089.96GST 10%$278,809.00Client price incl GST$3,066,898.96
Try your glazing rate. Everything below it moves with it.

Sample job, invented figures.

Rev C came in. Here's what moved.The architect took the master wing's cantilever out 600 mm, from 3.6 m to 4.2 m past the rear wall. Drag across the plan to see both sets. Slab, steel, frame, roof, cladding, linings and air conditioning all move with it, line by line.
REV C · CURRENT
Rev C: cantilever +600 mm · +$12,109 incl GSTFirst floor, Rev B on the left, Rev C on the right. Drag, or use the arrow keys.
What it changed, ex GST · 13 lines
Hardwood shiplap cladding, cantilever soffit, void ceiling+$3,283.20+8.64 m² × $380
Roof framing, concealed-fix sheeting 1:20, blanket, parapet cappings, flashings+$864.00+2.88 m² × $300
Members: supply, fabricate, prime, erect, crane day+$764.94+80.52 kg × $9.50
Engineered raft slab and piers, incl. alfresco+$748.80+2.88 m² × $260
Painting and timber finishes+$708.48+14.76 m² × $48
Wool carpet and underlay+$518.40+2.88 m² × $180
Build cost+$9,173.70
Client price, with margin and GST+$12,109.29+$11,008 ex GST. Rev C is $3,066,899 incl GST.

Sample job, invented figures.

Questions

What builders ask before the first job.

What do I upload?

The PDF of the drawing set. Floor plans are enough to start. Sections, elevations, schedules and the consultants' drawings make the estimate fuller, and Structify sorts the sheets for you.

How long does it take?

A few minutes for a typical house set. You can keep working while it reads, and the estimate opens on the job when it's done.

What comes back?

A trade-by-trade estimate with every line shown: the quantity, the rate and the sheet it came from. Each line says whether it was measured off the drawings, calculated from what was measured, or is an allowance for you to check.

What if something isn't on the drawings?

It is never guessed and passed off as measured. Work the drawings don't show is either left out with the reason in plain words, so it prints that way on your client quote, or carried as a named allowance you can see and change.

Does it use my rates?

Yes. Every line is editable, so you can put your own rate on any line by hand. On Pro you can upload your rate card or a supplier price list as CSV, Excel or PDF, and every estimate prices on your numbers. Until then it prices on our rates for the job's finish level and state.

What happens when the architect re-issues the drawings?

Upload the new set and Structify reads it again and compares it with the last one, so you see what changed on the drawings and what it did to the price, line by line. A Job includes one re-issued set; Pro reads every re-issued set on its jobs.

What can I do with the estimate?

Send the client a quote with the allowances in plain words and your margin and rates hidden, cut tender packages for your trades from the same quantities, and carry the job through to the programme, variations and progress claims in the same place.

What does it cost?

Your first estimate is free when you sign up on your company email, with no card: you see the whole estimate on that job. After that, each job's estimate is A$99, paid once. Pro is for running several jobs a month: the agents automate the paperwork (tenders, call-ups, variations and claims drafted for you to check), and it starts with a 14-day free trial.

More on plans and what each one includes on the pricing page. Questions we haven't answered: hello@buildwithstructify.com.

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Drop the drawings you already have. Your first run is free, and there's no card to enter. After that it's A$99 a job, paid once.
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