Services
Estimating services and trade takeoffs
Pick the page closest to your job. Every one of them ends the same way: send the drawings, get a fixed fee the same day, get the bill in 3 to 5 days.
Estimating services
- Construction estimatingFull-construction takeoffs, tender-ready BOQs and Class 3 estimates for builders and developers.
- Formwork estimatingFormwork, concrete and steel takeoffs for concrete subcontractors, element by element.
- Civil estimating and tender BOQsEarthworks, pavements, kerbs, stormwater and structure, billed in the tender's package structure.
- Bill of quantitiesMeasured, trade-by-trade bills with a drawing reference on every line.
- Class 3 budget estimateFeasibility-ready cost estimates from concept or DA drawings.
- DA cost summary reportsCost summary reports for NSW development applications, built from a worked estimate.
- Site classification (AS 2870)Soil testing and site classification reports, arranged through our partner engineering practice.
Trade takeoffs
- Roofing takeoffs measured off your plansTrue roof areas by pitch and plane, gutters, downpipes, flashings and cappings, billed on one sheet so a roofer can price it in an hour.
- Tiling takeoffs, room by room, off the finishes scheduleFloor and wall tile areas by type and location, with waterproofing, screed, trims and joints on their own lines, so you can price a tender without re-measuring.
- Joinery estimating, unit by unit, off the joinery drawingsKitchens, wardrobes, vanities, laundries and commercial joinery counted from the joinery elevations and the finishes schedule, billed the way a joinery shop prices.
- Fitout tenders measured and priced into the client's templateOffice, lobby, end-of-trip, cafe and tenancy fitouts, measured from the tender set and priced line by line so the submission goes in on time.
- Plasterboard and ceiling takeoffs by board type and roomWall and ceiling linings, framing, insulation, cornice, bulkheads and set finish, measured room by room so a plastering contractor can price without re-measuring.
- Earthworks and bulk excavation takeoffs off the civil setCut, fill, bulk and detailed excavation, basement dig, retention and spoil cartage, measured from the civil and structural drawings and billed the way an earthmover prices.
- Reinforcement takeoffs, by element, in tonnesMesh by sheet type, bars by size and element from the structural details, laps and dowels included, so a steel fixer can price the fix and a supplier can check the schedule.
- Concrete takeoffs by element, with the form and the mesh beside themSlabs on ground, rafts, strip and pad footings, driveways, paths and suspended slabs measured from the structural set, so a concreter prices from a bill instead of a guess.
- Tender estimating for builders who have more tenders than hoursMeasured bills, priced estimates and tender summaries built from the tender set and delivered against your close date, so you can submit on more jobs without hiring.
Where we work
- Construction estimating in Western Sydney, from Wetherill ParkHYKSOS is based in Wetherill Park. Most of the drawings we measure come from builders, formworkers and trade subcontractors within half an hour of the office.
- Estimating for the Inner West and South West SydneyCo-living blocks and boarding houses in Strathfield and Burwood, apartments along the Bankstown line, duplexes in the St George area and new estates out to Campbelltown and Tahmoor.
- Estimating for the Sydney CBD and the Eastern SuburbsOffice and hospitality fitouts in the city, high-end residential in Bellevue Hill, Double Bay and Vaucluse, and mixed-use projects across the lower North Shore.
- Estimating for Wollongong, the Illawarra and regional NSWApartments in Fairy Meadow, a retirement village in Bowral, transitional housing in Coffs Harbour, a coastal residence on the Central Coast. Regional jobs run from the drawings the same as city ones.
Case studies
- 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.