Case studies
Case studies from recent jobs
What was measured, how it was billed and what the client received, on six jobs from the last few months. Suburb level only, no client names.
Six jobs, what was measured and how it was billed
- A 27-storey residential tower in Auburn, measured slab by slabA formwork takeoff across every suspended slab of a multi-storey residential development in Western Sydney, with the geometry that makes high-rise formwork hard to price.
- A five-package office fitout tender in the Sydney CBDLobby, end of trip, cafe and two tenancy suites in an occupied city office building, measured from the tender set and priced into the project manager's pricing template.
- A three-storey roof in Coffs Harbour, billed on one sheetA roofing subcontractor pricing a transitional housing tender needed the roof measured, not the building. The bill came back as one sheet and one markup.
- A childcare basement shoring package in Schofields: piles, capping beam and shotcreteA concrete subcontractor needed the shoring priced on its own: 145 piles, the capping beam and the shotcrete walls, measured from the shoring plan and the elevations.
- A co-living block in Strathfield, measured as a formwork tenderOne basement, a post-tensioned ground floor and three levels above. The formwork subcontractor needed the structure priced level by level, with three option items alongside.
- A retirement village stage in Bowral, seven halls and 449 columnsA formwork subcontractor tendering the structure of a Southern Highlands retirement village needed a bill that could survive the head contractor's review. It went through five revisions and did.
More jobs, with the marked-up drawings, are on the projects page. The full service list is under services.