Labour-Only Pricing
Labour Only Pricing
Labour Only Pricing
Services
Labour-Only Pricing:
Residential Builders
Labour-Only Pricing:
Residential Builders
This service is for Builders who want a labour-only price that makes sense.
SubsQS provides experience-backed labour-only pricing for NZ builders and subcontractors who want to increase their win-rate and be awarded more work.
Working from drawings, scope and specification - the scope is measured individually by each item so that realistic labour hour budgets ensure your tender stays competitive - we begin with industry body labour constants that are then tailored to reflect your crews expected productivity based on similar projects.
You supply the gang charge-out rate and receive a labour-only price with clear clarifications & exclusions so your quote has an accurate scope while staying competitive without margin risk.
If you need help increasing your win-rate, we step in with construction-literate advice that's backed by 19+ years of on-site construction and Quantity Surveying experience that's focused on winning you more work - without putting profit at risk.
Give us a call or email directly for a chat about previous projects.
Priced
Properly
Pricing Documents
Send the plans to be reviewed along with the expected submission date. Be sure to include a dot-point list of what your scope should include.
A fee proposal will be sent through within 24 hours.
Detailed Measure
Pricing drawings are labelled and loaded into CostX for the detailed carpentry labour takeoff, before being arranged into sequence-order within the estimate body.
Labour-only Estimate
Each component of your labour-only scope is listed out in order of sequence so that the estimate is able to be read, followed and understood by anyone who picks it up.
Preliminaries Costs
For those including P&G within the labour-only scope - quotes for items such as insurances, access, waste, safety netting, completion cleaning and similar are included in the preliminaries area of the estimate.
Draft Review
Be it at home, cafe or over video, you'll need to find 20-30mins to sit down with us so you are familiar with the estimate and are able to answer any questions the Developer might have for you.
Final Revision
Post catch-up, any final tweaks to productivity hours happen now so that what the estimate contains is reflective of what your crew can achieve on site.
Covering Letter
The covering handover letter with estimated cost, documentation used, all tags & clarifications etc are issued along with the estimate in both PDF and Excel.
Handover Files
Any files and emails received along the way have been neatly labelled and are passed back to you for your records.
Tender Documents
Send the plans to be reviewed along with the expected submission date. Be sure to include a dot-point list of what your scope should include.
A fee proposal will be sent through within 24 hours.
Labour-only Estimate
Each component of your labour-only scope is listed out in order of sequence so that the estimate is able to be read, followed and understood by anyone who picks it up.
Detailed Measure
Pricing drawings are labelled and loaded into CostX for the detailed carpentry labour takeoff, before being arranged into sequence-order within the estimate body.
Draft Review
Be it at home, cafe or over video, you'll need to find 20-30mins to sit down with us so are familiar with the estimate and you're able to answer any questions the Developer might have for you.
Final Revision
Post catch-up, any final tweaks to productivity hours happen now so that what the estimate contains is reflective of what your crew can achieve on site.
Covering Letter
The covering handover letter with estimated cost, documentation used, all tags & clarifications etc are issued along with the estimate in both PDF and Excel.
Handover Files
Any files and emails received along the way have been neatly labelled and are passed back to you for your records.
Preliminaries Costs
For those including P&G within the labour-only scope - quotes for items such as insurances, access, waste, safety netting, completion cleaning and similar are included in the preliminaries area of the estimate.
Priced
Properly
FAQ
What does “labour-only” include, how much does it cost and what's the turnaround?
Carpentry labour and supervision (if required). Preliminaries, materials and quantities are excluded unless your scope requires them. For residential dwellings, a labour-only estimate starts from $1080+GST with a typical turnaround time of around 3 working days.
Do you include preliminaries costings in labour-only pricing?
Only where it genuinely ties to labour delivery (supervision, setup, access constraints and similar). If the builder will be acting as main contractor for the duration of the build, a full preliminaries schedule can be provided.
Can you price labour-only using productivity/outputs rather than hourly guesswork?
Yes. Labour-only estimates are initially built with labour contsants that are then refined based on expected crew productivity, which is then priced using your gang charge-out rate.
Do you provide an exclusions/clarifications list?
Yes. Labour-only lives or dies on assumptions. The labour-only scope is ring-fenced with clarifications and exclusions so your client knows exactly what you have allowed for.
What does “labour-only” include, how much does it cost and what's the turnaround?
Carpentry labour and supervision (if required). Preliminaries, materials and quantities are excluded unless your scope requires them. For residential dwellings, a labour-only estimate starts from $1080+GST with a typical turnaround time of around 3 working days.
Do you include preliminaries costings in labour-only pricing?
Only where it genuinely ties to labour delivery (supervision, setup, access constraints and similar). If the builder will be acting as main contractor for the duration of the build, a full preliminaries schedule can be provided.
Can you price labour-only using productivity/outputs rather than hourly guesswork?
Yes. Labour-only estimates are initially built with labour contsants that are then refined based on expected crew productivity, which is then priced using your gang charge-out rate.
Do you provide an exclusions/clarifications list?
Yes. Labour-only lives or dies on assumptions. The labour-only scope is ring-fenced with clarifications and exclusions so your client knows exactly what you have allowed for.
What does “labour-only” include, how much does it cost and what's the turnaround?
Carpentry labour and supervision (if required). Preliminaries, materials and quantities are excluded unless your scope requires them. For residential dwellings, a labour-only estimate starts from $1080+GST with a typical turnaround time of around 3 working days.
Do you include preliminaries costings in labour-only pricing?
Only where it genuinely ties to labour delivery (supervision, setup, access constraints and similar). If the builder will be acting as main contractor for the duration of the build, a full preliminaries schedule can be provided.
Can you price labour-only using productivity/outputs rather than hourly guesswork?
Yes. Labour-only estimates are initially built with labour contsants that are then refined based on expected crew productivity, which is then priced using your gang charge-out rate.
Do you provide an exclusions/clarifications list?
Yes. Labour-only lives or dies on assumptions. The labour-only scope is ring-fenced with clarifications and exclusions so your client knows exactly what you have allowed for.
What does “labour-only” include, how much does it cost and what's the turnaround?
Carpentry labour and supervision (if required). Preliminaries, materials and quantities are excluded unless your scope requires them. For residential dwellings, a labour-only estimate starts from $1080+GST with a typical turnaround time of around 3 working days.
Do you include preliminaries costings in labour-only pricing?
Only where it genuinely ties to labour delivery (supervision, setup, access constraints and similar). If the builder will be acting as main contractor for the duration of the build, a full preliminaries schedule can be provided.
Can you price labour-only using productivity/outputs rather than hourly guesswork?
Yes. Labour-only estimates are initially built with labour contsants that are then refined based on expected crew productivity, which is then priced using your gang charge-out rate.
Do you provide an exclusions/clarifications list?
Yes. Labour-only lives or dies on assumptions. The labour-only scope is ring-fenced with clarifications and exclusions so your client knows exactly what you have allowed for.