A full estimating system, set up in your software.
No more guessing. 1,000+ prebuilt assemblies with labour on every line, set up on your wholesaler’s pricing in your job management and take off software. Every job is priced the same way, with everything accounted for, so you know it makes money before the quote goes out.
- 1,000+ prebuilds, material and labour on every line
- Set up on your wholesaler's pricing
- Every job priced the same way, nothing left out
- Loaded into your software for you within 2 business days
- Your margin and hourly rate on every line
- The builds we price tenders from
★★★★★
“Purchased night before and was loaded before I got to work. Great service”
★★★★★
“Niall was great assistance with the set up of our pre-builds connecting them to our job management system and groundplan. Highly recommend!!”
No more guessing. Everything is accounted for.
This is a working estimating system, not a price list. Every job is priced the same way from the same builds: your wholesaler’s costs, our install times, your rate and your margin. The fixings, the cable and the labour are in the price every time, so you know you’re making money on the job.
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The builds
1,000+ assemblies, each priced as one line: the fitting, the cable, the fixings and the labour to put it in.
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Your wholesaler's pricing
Where your software already holds your wholesaler's price for an item, the builds use it. Everything else carries a real trade cost you can edit.
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Your software
Set up by us in your job management and take off software. There is nothing for you to import or map.
04
Our knowledge
The install times and the way each build is put together come from sixteen years in the trade. These are the builds we price tenders from.
One of the 1,000+ builds, opened up.
Every build is the full assembly, not just the fitting. This is the residential double GPO exactly as it comes in the kit.
| Double GPO — residential | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Qty | Labour | Cost ex GST |
| 10A double powerpoint, internal | 1 | 30 min | $7.73 |
| 2.5mm twin & earth cable | 10 m | 25 min | $20.45 |
| Wall clip, single gang | 1 | 5 min | $0.87 |
| Cable ties, 200mm | 2 | 2 min | $0.08 |
| Build total | 62 min | $29.13 | |
Add your hourly rate and margin and that’s your sell price for a double GPO. Now multiply that by 1,000+ builds you don’t have to put together yourself.
Open 5 more builds freeCommercial and residential.
- Lighting
- Power
- Lighting controls
- Cables
- Conduits
- Cable trays
- Data and comms
- Switchboards and distribution
- Earthing and submain terminations
- EV chargers and solar/battery connections
- Hot water and heating
- Builder's temporary power
- Testing and certification
We set it up. You price it.
01
Get the system
Pay by card. The price book opens in your account straight away, so you can start looking through it tonight.
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Set up your account
Straight after checkout you create your account password and give us your software login. It's encrypted, and deleted as soon as your kit is loaded. Works with any job management software that takes a price list.
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Loaded within 2 business days
We set up the price list, prebuilds and labour in your software, on your wholesaler's pricing where your software holds it. You set your margin and hourly rate, open a job and price it.
The pricing we estimate real jobs with.
The Estimating Collective was founded by Niall Hoult, an electrician with sixteen years in the trade across New Zealand and Australia, from the tools through to commercial project management and estimating. These are the builds we price tenders from.
Before you buy.
What's a prebuild?+
An assembly priced as one line: the fitting, the cable, the fixings and the labour to put it in. You take off a double GPO, not five separate parts.
Will the prices match my supplier?+
Where your software already holds your wholesaler's price for an item, we set the build up on that price. Anything it doesn't hold carries a real trade cost, not a list price, and every cost is editable.
How does the labour work?+
Every item carries install time in minutes. You set your own hourly rate and margin, and the sell price works itself out.
Which software does it work with?+
Any job management or take off software that imports a price list. Give us your software login straight after checkout and we load it for you within 2 business days.
Does the price include GST?+
Yes. $1,800 includes GST. One payment, no subscription.
Is it commercial or residential?+
Both. Lighting, power, lighting controls, cables, conduits, cable trays, and data and comms, across commercial and residential work.
Something else?+
Email niall@theestimatingcollective.com and you'll get an answer from Niall, not a ticket number.
Price the next job from your own system.
$1,800inc GST. Set up in your software, on your wholesaler’s pricing, within 2 business days.
$1,800
inc GST, set up for you