Feasibility by rule of thumb
A rate per square metre from the last job, applied to a site that is nothing like it.
For developers
One method across your whole portfolio.
Feasibility figures on the same basis for every site, an estimator who prepares while you approve, and a record of every decision from the first figure to the builder you choose.
- Same method on every site
- Estimator prepares, you approve
- Every version kept
Sound familiar?
A different spreadsheet for every consultant
Each estimator brings their own method, so two sites cannot be compared and nobody can say why a figure moved.
Decisions nobody can trace
By the time the builder prices it, no one remembers which finish was chosen, when, or on whose say.
How Modern GBQ works for a developer.
- 1
Feasibility fast
Set up the site, its buildings and storeys, pick a finish level, and get a first figure with every line explained. Upload the drawings and the AI proposes the rooms for you to confirm.
- 2
Delegate the preparation
Invite your estimator by email with the Estimator role. They prepare inside your project; they cannot approve it. Nobody invited this way joins your organisation.
- 3
Approve on record
Every re-price is a new numbered version. Compare any two side by side, then approve the one that becomes the scope builders price.
- 4
Detailed later, builders after
Upgrade from Ballpark to Detailed without losing history, choose products line by line, then run a blind builder round on the approved scope.
One method, every site.
The same estimating method prices every lot and unit type, so figures across the portfolio mean the same thing.
Prepare and approve are different jobs.
Estimators prepare but cannot approve. Architects and project managers can do both. The project's last owner can never be removed.
Decisions on record.
Who swapped which product, why, and what it did to the total. Versions are never edited in place.
Australia now. Egypt coming soon.
Modern GBQ prices projects in Australia today. Egypt is coming soon, opening in 2027, in Arabic and English.
Why run a portfolio on Modern GBQ.
| Topic | The usual way | With Modern GBQ |
|---|---|---|
| Feasibility | The usual wayA rate per m² from the last job | With Modern GBQQuantities with the working shown, per site |
| Consultants | The usual wayA different spreadsheet each | With Modern GBQOne method, roles on one project |
| Approval | The usual wayWhoever edited last | With Modern GBQPrepared by one role, approved by another |
| History | The usual wayOverwritten versions | With Modern GBQEvery version kept and comparable |
| Builder prices | The usual wayEach on a different scope | With Modern GBQAll on the approved scope, compared blind |
Plans for developers.
Start free. The Developer plan adds the projects and Detailed estimates a portfolio needs.
Developer questions.
How many projects can I run at once?
Free includes one active project, Plus three, and Developer twenty-five with unlimited Detailed estimates and thirty AI drawing reads a month.
Can my estimator work inside my account?
Better than that: invite them by email with the Estimator role and they work inside your project through a free consultant workspace of their own. They prepare; approval stays with you. The allowance panels show who used each Detailed estimate and drawing read.
Can my own staff see every project?
A plain member sees only the projects you assign them to. Make someone an administrator to let them assign projects and run billing, or an owner to let them do everything you can.
Can I compare two options for a site?
Yes. Re-price after a change and the review step puts any earlier version beside the current one, so you see exactly what the change did to the total. You can also re-price from any earlier version.
Who sees my rates when builders price?
Builders see the approved scope with every quantity and labour hour. Whether they also see your material and labour rates and the totals is your switch, off by default.
Does it work outside Australia?
Australia today. Egypt is coming soon, opening in 2027.
Is the estimate a quote?
No. It is an estimate, not a quote. Quotes come from the builders you invite, all pricing the same approved scope.
Bring a site.
We run it through Modern GBQ with you in 15 minutes.