{"product_id":"estimating-cost-control-system-labour-material-risk-margin-handover-templates","title":"Estimating \u0026 Cost Control System","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuild an estimate you can defend, line by line.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne Excel workbook takes you from scope and quantities to labour, materials, subcontract, plant, travel and risk, then shows the margin before the quote goes out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it fixes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemote and FIFO costs that never make it into the price: flights, travel time, allowances.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProductivity guessed in your head instead of written down where a reviewer can challenge it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMargin you only find out about after the job's started.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSee it filled in\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe worked example prices a remote WA mining electrical scope for a fictional contractor: Perth–Newman flights, 185 mm² XLPE take-off, HV jointing subcontract, productivity factors and remote allowances. It lands at about A$1.35m price, A$1.05m cost and 22% margin across roughly 3,480 labour hours, and the handover budget reconciles to the estimate to the dollar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat's in the files\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22-sheet Excel estimating workbook, blank and ready for your job (250 rows on every cost sheet)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe same 22 sheets fully worked as the example above\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour and crew rates, material take-off and supplier quote comparison\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubcontract, plant, travel and indirects, each by cost code\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRisk, contingency and margin scenarios\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommercial review, revision control, handover to delivery and a cost database for closed jobs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDashboard with model checks that flag anything not ready to issue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWord guides: Start Here Guide, Method and Implementation Guide (with a 90-day rollout plan), Worked Example Walkthrough, and a Templates and Forms Pack of 8 editable forms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrint-ready PDFs of every guide and both workbooks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWho it's for\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElectrical, mechanical and civil contractors pricing jobs from about A$50k to A$2m+. Estimators who want a consistent method. Owners who want to review a price without rebuilding it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNot for:\u003c\/strong\u003e rate-only jobbing work. You don't need 22 sheets to price a switchboard swap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Microsoft Excel, Word and PDF. Opens in desktop Excel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLicence:\u003c\/strong\u003e One business. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/licence-and-permitted-use\"\u003eSee terms\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Operating Standard","offers":[{"title":"Digital Download","offer_id":54601755722003,"sku":"OS-009","price":399.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0998\/9141\/3267\/files\/OS-009-Product-Cover_af1ff6e6-ae0f-4135-a6e4-e624dc656b7c.png?v=1788259809","url":"https:\/\/theoperatingstandard.co\/products\/estimating-cost-control-system-labour-material-risk-margin-handover-templates","provider":"The Operating Standard","version":"1.0","type":"link"}