Cost Plans

Understand what your project is expected to cost and where the budget sits. Asset Scope prepares construction cost plans that help developers, owners and project teams make informed decisions as designs evolve.

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Construction cost planning

Give design decisions a cost basis

A construction cost plan breaks the anticipated budget into building elements, showing where money is allocated and how design choices affect the total. It gives developers, owners and project teams a basis for comparing options and testing the budget.

Asset Scope prepares cost plans across Australia and New Zealand, from early feasibility through to pre-tender review. We match the detail to the information available and make allowances and uncertainties clear, so the estimate can be refined as the design develops.

Cost plan scope

What the cost plan covers

  • Construction costs broken down by building element.
  • Preliminaries and other relevant contractor allowances.
  • Contingency appropriate to the information available and risks identified.
  • Escalation allowances relevant to the anticipated construction period.
  • Professional fees and other project costs where included in the agreed scope.
  • Assumptions, exclusions and items requiring further information.

Your report includes an elemental cost breakdown, the estimate’s basis and documents assessed, with supporting rates and quantities appropriate to the project stage. Relevant allowances and main cost risks are explained. The agreed scope makes clear whether the estimate covers construction alone or broader project costs.

Quantity Surveying experience

Experience that connects design and delivery

Asset Scope’s cost planning draws on Quantity Surveying experience across residential, commercial, retail and childcare projects. We consider how the proposed building is put together and what the available documentation means for cost.

We make allowances and areas of uncertainty visible, so you can see which parts of the budget are well defined and which need further work. Each report is checked against our verification checklist before issue.

Discuss your cost plan

Put a cost basis behind your next design decision

Send us the drawings or project outline, its current stage and the decision the estimate needs to support. We will confirm the scope, fee and timing for a cost plan you can review with your designer, builder or advisers.

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