Professional construction estimating and costing solutions. With over 40 years of practical experience in the building industry, ECS provides reliable estimates, Bills of Quantities, quantity take-offs and budgeting for residential, institutional and industrial projects.
Preliminaries, PC amounts, a client Bill of Quantities and a full costing sheet, each measured from your plans and set out in plain figures. Tap through the tabs to see the kind of documents ECS hands over. Figures shown are illustrative.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Item | Unit | Quantity | Price | Labour | Material | Amount |
| 2 | Site preparation | m² | 186 | R45 | R6 200 | R2 170 | R8 370 |
| 3 | Excavation | m³ | 42 | R180 | R6 800 | R760 | R7 560 |
| 4 | Concrete, 25 MPa | m³ | 18 | R2 150 | R12 900 | R25 800 | R38 700 |
| 5 | Brickwork | m² | 214 | R295 | R31 300 | R31 830 | R63 130 |
| 6 | Roof structure | m² | 142 | R520 | R34 840 | R39 000 | R73 840 |
| 7 | Plastering | m² | 388 | R110 | R29 300 | R13 380 | R42 680 |
| 8 | Total | R121 340 | R112 940 | R234 280 |
| A | B | C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Item | Unit | Amount |
| 2 | Site establishment & set-up | Sum | R18 500 |
| 3 | Site office & storage | Sum | R9 200 |
| 4 | Temporary water & power | Sum | R6 400 |
| 5 | Health & safety compliance | Sum | R7 800 |
| 6 | Scaffolding & access | Sum | R12 600 |
| 7 | Site supervision | Sum | R21 000 |
| 8 | Total Preliminaries | R75 500 |
| A | B | C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Item | Type | Amount |
| 2 | Floor tiling (supply) | PC sum | R28 000 |
| 3 | Sanitaryware (supply) | PC sum | R16 500 |
| 4 | Kitchen units (supply) | PC sum | R35 000 |
| 5 | Electrical fittings | Provisional | R22 000 |
| 6 | Contingencies | Provisional | R30 000 |
| 7 | Total PC & provisional | R131 500 |
| A | B | C | D | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Item | Unit | Qty | Rate | Amount |
| 2 | Excavation to foundations | m³ | 42 | R180 | R7 560 |
| 3 | Concrete to footings | m³ | 18 | R2 150 | R38 700 |
| 4 | Brickwork to walls | m² | 214 | R295 | R63 130 |
| 5 | Roof structure & covering | m² | 142 | R520 | R73 840 |
| 6 | Plastering | m² | 388 | R110 | R42 680 |
| 7 | Total | R225 910 |
With over 40 years of practical experience in the building industry, ECS Estimating & Costing Services provides reliable estimating, costing, quantity take-offs and budgeting services for residential, institutional and industrial projects.
Whether you are a homeowner, contractor, developer or business owner, we help you understand your project costs before construction begins, so you can plan, budget and build with confidence.
Douglas PrinslooOwner · Estimating Clerk
From a single estimate to a full Bill of Quantities, ECS gives you the numbers to keep a project on budget.
A realistic projected cost for your build, worked up from your plans so you know the number before you commit.
Learn more →A fully itemised schedule of every measured item, ready to price, tender or build your budget on.
Learn more →Exact quantities measured straight off your drawings, so you order what the job needs and no more.
Learn more →Budget forecasting and cost planning before construction begins, so there are no surprises mid-build.
Learn more →Calculation of the material requirements for your building project, item by item, in plain figures.
Learn more →Residential, institutional and industrial projects, each measured and costed for budgets that hold.
Learn more →Line by line, ECS works across your plans and turns them into a measured schedule of what to build and buy. These are careful budgeting projections, not guaranteed final costs. Here is that pass, as it happens.
Four decades of hands-on building experience behind every take-off and estimate.
A dependable, professional service from first call to final figures.
Understand your likely costs up front so you can plan and budget with confidence.
Fair, upfront pricing with no hidden fees and no surprises.
You deal directly with Douglas, the man doing the measuring.
Clear figures back to you quickly, so your project keeps moving.
Houses, renovations, additions and residential developments.
Schools, clinics, municipal and public-sector buildings.
Factories, workshops and industrial facilities.
In forty years on site, I have never seen a budget blown by measuring too carefully. The guessing is the expensive part.
