Estimating, quantity surveying and commercial management for transport, water, energy and digital infrastructure. Chartered expertise from tender price to final account.
First principles tender estimates, cost plans and cashflow forecasts for transport, water, energy and digital infrastructure. We estimate in RIB Candy, RIB Unify, Expert Estimation and Benchmark, and measure in Bluebeam and PlanSwift, with support available at short notice.
Explore estimating servicesExtra estimating capacity during tender peaks, working in your system and to your bid standards.
Tenders priced end to end, from documents to submission.
A review before submission, or an independent check of an estimate you need to rely on.
Services
From the first estimate to the final account. Engage a single service for a specific need, or combine them for complete commercial support across the contract lifecycle.
First principles estimates, cost plans and cashflow forecasts you can make decisions on.
Accurate measurement and valuation from tender to final account.
Protecting margin and position across the contract lifecycle.
Systems that show where the money is going, in real time.
Day to day management of the contract and its obligations.
Supply chain and commercial frameworks that keep projects controlled and accountable.
Modern tools let us turn work around quickly and check it more thoroughly, with every output reviewed and signed off by a chartered professional.
Systematic checks for errors, omissions and inconsistencies before an estimate is submitted or relied on.
A structured library of productivity rates for fast, benchmarked high level estimates and checks.
Resource histograms and cashflow forecasts generated from the programme and the estimate together.
Cost and performance data connected from your systems into real time reporting.
Sample project · week 14
This week, earned against used hours
Resources and cashflow generated from the programme and estimate together.
We use AI tools to check work and connect data, never to replace professional judgement. We follow the RICS standard on the responsible use of AI.
Our people bring 50+ years of combined commercial experience gained with tier 1 contractors and joint ventures across Australia and the United Kingdom, on every major form of infrastructure contract and across transport, water, energy and digital infrastructure.
Groundation provides senior estimating, quantity surveying and commercial expertise to the transport, water, energy and digital infrastructure sectors. Every engagement is led by a chartered principal and resourced from our network of specialist associates, so each project gets the right expertise at the right scale.
Our people
Principal
A network of experienced professionals engaged to match the scope and pace of each project.
We're growing. Commercial professionals interested in working with Groundation can contact info@groundation.com.au.
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