Upload your plans, answer a few simple questions, and get a credible preliminary budget in ten minutes, backed by real data from 10,000 Australian projects.
PrelimPro pairs AI drawing reading with TCA's decades of experience to read like an estimate, not a guess.
PDF drawings at any stage, concept design through to DA documentation. Multi-page sets supported.
Our model interprets plans, elevations and schedules to understand the scope, footprint and complexity of the work.
Spec level, finishes, site conditions, the things plans don't tell us. No jargon, just a short guided form.
A fully-priced preliminary estimate built from TCA's database of 10,000 real jobs. Export as a branded PDF.
A manual preliminary estimate is hours of takeoffs, trade call-arounds and reference lookups. We compressed the same rigour into a workflow you finish before your coffee cools.
Not a stack of ranges and caveats. A proper preliminary estimate you can hand to your client, run a conversation around, and use to shape scope decisions early.
You know the drill: four hours of takeoffs, half a dozen trade calls, a polished quote, then the client tells you their budget was half of that. PrelimPro hands you a credible ballpark in ten minutes, so you only invest proper quoting time in clients whose numbers actually line up.
Send a preliminary in ten minutes. Qualify budget before you spend a day on takeoffs.
Walk in with a trade-by-trade breakdown. Sets expectations, sets you apart.
Client weighing a timber deck versus a tiled alfresco? See the budget difference before committing.
The worst time to learn your project is 40% over budget is after engaging a builder. PrelimPro gives you an independent, data-backed ballpark in ten minutes, so you can walk into builder conversations with realistic numbers and sharper questions.
Before you engage an architect or builder, test your ambition against the numbers.
See which decisions move the budget. Prioritise spend where it matters.
Bring an independent preliminary to your builder meetings. Compare like-for-like.
PrelimPro isn't a generic cost calculator. It's the rate database and method TCA Estimating has refined across 10,000 real Australian projects since 2014, wrapped in an AI workflow that does the basics for you.
Australian estimating consultants since 2014, serving builders, developers and contractors nationally. PrelimPro is built on over a decade of real project data and estimating expertise.
Start with a single estimate, or subscribe and run as many as you need.
Upload plans, answer a few questions, and hand your client a credible preliminary budget today.