Quantities with the working shown
The Grace Estimation Method computes the engineered quantities from the project you describe. Correct any input, swap any product with a reason, re-price.
For builders · Estimating tools
Price your own jobs with the same engine.
Describe the site and the buildings, run the estimate, choose materials and price the scope line by line, with the working shown. Then hand the client an estimate that carries your name.
- Every version kept
- Client sees totals, not your cost split
- Your branding on Gold and above
Three steps from job to client estimate.
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Price your own job
Projects in your sidebar is for your organisation's own work: site, buildings, storeys and rooms, then the quantities with their working, products from a catalogue with photos, trade labour for the locality, and your markups. Each re-price is a new numbered version.
- 2
Turn it into a client estimate
Under the project's Settings, type the client's name as it should print. The estimate then reads prepared by your business for the client, with stage totals, the subtotal ex GST, GST once at the published rate, and the total.
- 3
Share it, without a login
Share by email with a role (Client or adviser, Architect, Project manager, Engineer), or give a report link that opens the printable estimate for 30 days. Nobody shared this way joins your organisation or sees your other projects.
What the tools do for you.
Prices with their source
Each line says what priced it: a published supplier offer, a dated market price, an indicative item rate or a category average. Labour is priced from trade rates for the site's locality.
Your cost split stays yours
The client sees stage totals, the items, the subtotal, GST and the total. Never your margin, labour hours or price sources.
Approved as an estimate
A client can press Approve this estimate and leave a note; the stamp records who and when on that version, and you are notified. It is an estimate, not a contract.
An indicative programme
Every priced version shows expected working days per stage; set a planned start and the stages take dates. Adjust any stage when you know the block better than the table does.
Your branding
Under My organisation, add your logo, trading name, ABN, licence, phone, email and address. They print at the top of the client's estimate once your organisation is verified and on the Gold plan or above.
Builder plans.
Free once verified. Sharing an estimate with a client uses no lead and no allowance.
Estimating questions.
How many of my own projects can I run?
Silver includes one active project and one Detailed estimate; Gold ten of each; Platinum has no limit. Every plan previews, responds to and revises invitations free.
Does the client need an account?
Not for the report link: it opens the printable estimate only, for 30 days, and you can renew or revoke it. Share by email gives a person a role on the project through a free account of their own.
Can the client change my prices?
No. An Architect or Project manager you share with can edit rooms, documents, selections and the terms, never the price. A Client or adviser reads the estimate and can approve it as an estimate.
Is the report link tied to one version?
Yes. The link is pinned to the version it was created on. To share a newer version, revoke the link and create it again.
Can I read the client's drawings into the project?
Yes. Upload the architectural set and the AI proposes the buildings, storeys and rooms, with areas measured against the drawing's scale, for you to confirm. Each reading uses one of your plan's monthly drawing reads.
What about trades?
From a priced version you can cut the labour of one trade into a package, send it to trades, and compare their answers blind. An accepted figure goes into your estimate as a trade quote.
Price your next job here.
Free once verified. No card needed.