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, commercial and industrial projects.
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, commercial 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, commercial 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 an exact schedule of what to build and buy. 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.
Know your real costs up front so you can plan and budget with certainty.
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.
Offices, retail centres and commercial developments.
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.
