Turn a brief into a quote you can defend.
3PM Estimate reads your scope, drawings and specs, then writes the whole estimate in the format your clients already read — every line priced with a quantity and a rate, classified by element, and ready to score against reference costs for your region.
Two-storey dwelling — example
Standard quoteAuckland3 sections
Sub Total (excl. GST)
NZ$488,666
Elemental, not trade-based
Cost is grouped by what a part of the building does — the 39 elements NZ/AU cost planning uses (NZIQS, AIQS) — not by CSI trade division.
Metric throughout
m², m³, linear metre, tonne, No. An imperial drawing is converted and the conversion noted, never carried through.
GST on top, never inside
Totals are quoted GST-exclusive the way ANZ budgets are — 15% NZ, 10% AU, taken from the project's own address.
Priced by market
16 New Zealand regions and 16 Australian metro and regional markets, in NZD or AUD.
How it works
Four steps from scope to a document you can send
The estimator is a conversation, not a form. It writes the first estimate from your brief, then edits it with you until the numbers are yours.
Quote and cost plan
One estimate, two readings of the same money
A builder's quote and an elemental cost plan are different documents for different readers. Every priced line carries an element code, so you get both — and they always total the same.
Cladding, its insulation, its sealant and its coating all sit under EW External walls even when four subcontractors deliver them and the quote lists them in different packages. That is what makes an estimate comparable with published ANZ cost-per-m² data.
Estimate formats
Two formats, each modelled on a real builder's quote
Two firms quoting the same job lay their documents out entirely differently. Pick the one your clients expect — the structure, the rollup and what a client-facing PDF may show all follow from it.
Chosen per project and then fixed. The two total on different rules, so an estimate can never end up half in one format and half in the other.
Reference costs
Every line checked against a band, not a number
Build a reference cost library for a market and facility type, and your estimates are scored against it — line by line, element by element, and all-in per m² of floor area. Each rate is a low–typical–high band, because a single “market rate” invites false precision.
- Verdicts read within, above or below the band, with what the gap is worth across the whole floor area.
- Matching is deliberately conservative: units must agree, and the element, the CSI code or the description has to line up. A wrong match would produce a confidently wrong flag.
- One library per region and building type, cached and re-generated rather than forked — so two estimates are never scored against two different versions of the same market.
Your workspace
Estimates priced the way your firm prices
A workspace is a tenant: its own projects, estimates, cost bases, people and standards.
Secure by default, from sign-in to storage
What it is, and what it isn't
Estimating carries real commercial risk, so it is worth being plain about where the tool stops.
- It produces a fast, itemised first-pass estimate for a competent estimator to review — not a substitute for a quantity surveyor's signature.
- Every estimate ships with its assumptions, exclusions and risks, and low-confidence lines are flagged, so a reviewer knows where to look first.
- Reference cost libraries are AI-generated: a sanity check on your own pricing, not a substitute for a subscription cost service or local quotes.
- Provisional and PC sums are badged everywhere they appear, and value-engineering alternates are excluded from the totals — an allowance never reads as a firm price.
Ready to price your next job?
Create a workspace, describe a project, and read your first itemised estimate in minutes.
No password to set up. Bring a brief and whatever drawings you have.