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AI Estimating Software Development
Built Around Your Business.

Ai estimating software development and ai estimating tool development for Australian contractors, builders and manufacturers. Your costing rules, your pricing logic, your quote formats, connected to Xero, MYOB, SimPRO and your CRM.

Working with businesses across Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin, Hobart and Canberra) and internationally. Faster quotes. Consistent margins. Pricing knowledge that stays in your business.

  • AU-wide Sydney to Perth and beyond
  • 18+ yrs Building business software
  • Fixed Price scopes, no surprises
  • 100% You own the code
How it runs

Your ai estimating software development project, end to end

Three stages. No surprises. Every custom ai estimating software project is delivered personally by the founder. Your live estimating stays untouched until cutover.

  1. Week 0

    AI Estimating Audit

    15-minute scoping call. We map your current estimating process, the historical quotes/data the AI will work with, and the systems the AI output must land in. Fixed-price quote inside 48 hours.

  2. Weeks 1–N

    Build & Parallel-Run

    AI estimating system built and parallel-run against your live quotes for two weeks. Every line item, margin and integration validated before production. Human estimator-in-the-loop where confidence is lower.

  3. Cutover

    Go-Live & Handover

    Production cutover on a planned window. Estimator training, monitoring active, 30 days post-launch support. Documentation, costing rules and source code handed over in full.

Founder profile

Kasun Wijayamanna

Founder · Perth, WA · Started HELLO PEOPLE in 2008

18+ Years running HELLO PEOPLE

Founded in 2008. Two decades of technology-driven business transformation across Australia.

100+ Projects delivered

Startups to government agencies across mining, healthcare, legal, education and more.

HDR Researcher · Curtin University

Postgraduate research in Artificial Intelligence and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

MBA Oil & Gas

Deep technical expertise combined with strong business and financial acumen.

Perth Based in WA

Serving businesses across Western Australia and nationally.

AU+TH International experience

Professional background in Bangkok, Thailand before migrating to Perth.

PHF Paul Harris Fellow · Rotary

Former President of Rotary Club of Booragoon. Over a decade of community service.

Read the full bio — research, career, community involvement and how HELLO PEOPLE runs projects.

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What We Build

Ai estimating software development, by capability

Six core capabilities for custom ai estimating software: your costing models, learning from your data, time savings, accuracy, custom quote formats and ERP or CRM integration. Every system is different depending on your business, your industry and your existing tools.

Built around your costing rules, not a generic template

Generic estimating software comes with a standard pricing model. You spend weeks trying to make it fit your business. It never quite does. You end up maintaining a parallel spreadsheet anyway.

We build estimating software that starts from your process. Your material categories, your labour classifications, your subcontractor rates, your overhead allocations, your margin structures. The software reflects how your business already prices jobs, not how a vendor thinks you should.

The system gets smarter from your past estimates

AI estimating software can learn from your historical quotes. If jobs of a certain type consistently come in over the estimated labour hours, the system can flag that pattern and adjust future estimates accordingly.

It can surface the estimates that were most accurate, identify the line items that are most often manually adjusted, and highlight the job types where your pricing model needs refining. Over time the estimates get more accurate because the system is learning from real results.

Estimates that used to take hours are done in minutes

Once the system knows your costing model, it can assemble a first-draft estimate from basic job inputs. Job type, scope, size, location, client type. The AI builds the line items, applies your rates, calculates the margin, and produces a draft quote ready for your estimator to review.

Your estimator does not start from scratch. They review, adjust where judgment is needed, and approve. The data entry, the lookup work, the formatting: the AI handles all of that.

Fewer missed items, fewer repricing conversations

Estimating errors are expensive. A missed line item on a large job can eliminate the margin entirely. Repricing after a quote is accepted damages the client relationship. Getting it right the first time matters.

AI applies your checklist every time. It does not forget the site access allowance. It does not skip the mobilisation cost. It does not miss the commissioning line item that always gets added later. Your costing rules run in full on every quote.

Quotes that look like your business, not your software vendor

Your clients have expectations. Some want detailed line-item breakdowns. Others want a single summary price. Some require specific formats to comply with procurement requirements. Some need a PDF. Some need data that goes into their own system.

We build the output format around your requirements. Branded PDF quotes. Email-ready summaries. Itemised breakdowns for internal use and summary pages for clients. Export formats that push directly to your CRM or job management system.

No more copying data between your estimating tool and your other systems

An estimate that wins a job should flow directly into your job management, CRM, or ERP system. Manually copying line items, rates, and client details from your estimating tool into another platform is slow, error-prone, and unnecessary.

We connect your AI estimating software to the systems you already use. Xero, MYOB, SimPRO, ServiceM8, Jobber, HubSpot, Salesforce, your custom ERP, or any system with an API. When a quote is approved, the data moves automatically.

AI estimating software applying custom costing rules on construction blueprints and pricing models
AI estimating system learning from historical quote data to improve future estimate accuracy
AI generated draft estimate saving time for estimating team by automating quote assembly
Accurate AI estimate applying all line items and costing rules consistently to every construction quote
Custom formatted AI quote document with branded client output matching business requirements
AI estimating software integrated with ERP CRM and job management systems for automated quote flow
Capabilities catalogue

AI estimating software services we deliver

Every capability below has been delivered for a real Australian business — from a single trade quoting AI to a full multi-discipline construction estimating + ERP integration. If your scenario is not listed, ask — we build bespoke.

Construction estimating AI

  • AI estimating software for construction & building
  • Civil & infrastructure estimating AI
  • Commercial fit-out estimating AI
  • Residential builder estimating AI
  • Subcontractor package estimating AI
  • Preliminaries & site-cost AI calculation
  • Variation & change-order AI capture

Trade quoting AI from photos / drawings

  • AI quoting from site photos for trades
  • AI quoting from PDF drawings & plans
  • Electrical contractor AI estimating
  • Plumbing & HVAC AI estimating
  • Painting & flooring AI quoting
  • Landscaping AI quote generation
  • Mobile / on-site AI quoting apps

BOM & take-off automation

  • AI bill-of-materials (BOM) generation
  • Automated take-off from drawings
  • Material-list generation from job scope
  • Quantity surveying AI assistance
  • Supplier price lookup & comparison AI
  • BOM ↔ procurement system sync
  • Multi-supplier sourcing optimisation

Estimating workflow integration with job platforms

  • AI estimating ↔ ServiceM8 quote sync
  • AI estimating ↔ Simpro quote & job creation
  • AI estimating ↔ Tradify quote sync
  • AI estimating ↔ Procore project sync
  • AI estimating ↔ Jobber quote workflow
  • AI estimating ↔ HubSpot / Salesforce CRM
  • Custom job-platform integration for estimating AI

Margin protection & approval workflows

  • Margin-floor enforcement in AI estimates
  • Approval workflow for low-margin quotes
  • Discount-band rules & exception handling
  • Senior-estimator review queue automation
  • Win/loss tracking & margin trend analysis
  • Quote-vs-actual margin reporting
  • Pricing-rule change-control & audit trail

Estimating + accounting flow

  • Won quote → Xero sales invoice automation
  • Won quote → MYOB job & invoice automation
  • Cost tracking from estimate to actual in Xero / MYOB
  • Progress claim / progress invoice generation
  • Retention & milestone billing automation
  • GST-correct line-item mapping to accounting
  • Multi-entity / job-tracking-category integration
Pricing

How we price ai estimating software development

No hourly billing. No vague estimates. Here is how construction ai estimating services and ai-powered quoting software builds get scoped, from a free 15-minute call to a fixed-price quote.

Free 15-minute call

Tell us what problem you are trying to solve. We will give you an honest answer on whether AI is the right fit and what it would involve.

Fixed-price quote

After discovery, you get a fixed price for the project. No hourly billing that spirals. You know exactly what it costs before we build.

Staged delivery

PoC first, then production build in phases. You see real value early, give feedback, and pay in milestones.

Why HELLO PEOPLE

AI Estimating Software
HELLO PEOPLE vs the alternatives

ChatGPT Enterprise, no-code AI tools and an in-house AI team all solve pieces of the problem. Here is how HELLO PEOPLE compares on the things that actually matter to an AU SMB.

Concern HELLO PEOPLE ChatGPT / Off-shelfNo-code AI (Zapier)In-house AI hire
Fit to your estimating history Trained on your past quotes + jobs Generic pricing, no historyFine for simple markup calcsDepends on who you hire
AI estimator live in 8-14 weeks Live estimator with confidence bands Chat suggestions onlyYou build the pricing logicMonths to hire, then build
AU trades + construction rate fit AU rates, awards and margin rules US pricing patterns baked inUS-hosted by defaultYou brief the hire on trades
Ongoing cost One-off + optional support plan Per seat/token, per monthPer-run + prompt engineeringSalary + super + overhead
When your rates or trades change We retrain on the new rate cards You reprice every promptYou rebuild the flowYour team owns retraining
Direct access to the builder Email Kasun, get Kasun OpenAI support tierCommunity forumInternal AI team
Quote history + model ownership You own the quote data and the model Vendor holds quote historyYou own it (self-hosted)Your team owns it
Commercial electrical contractor reviewing blueprints with AI-assisted estimating software
Case Study

AI estimating that cut quote prep by 65% for a commercial contractor

We built a custom AI estimating system for a Melbourne electrical contractor. Their senior estimator's decades of costing knowledge was captured in the model before she retired. Draft quotes now assemble in minutes, not half a day.

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65% Less quote prep time
30+ yrs Estimator knowledge captured
2x Estimating throughput

Every estimate used to start from scratch — hunting for line items, adjusting margins, reformatting the doc. The AI assembles the draft from our costing rules and our estimator just reviews and approves. What took half a day now takes half an hour.

Estimating Manager Perth commercial builder · 40+ staff
Why Businesses Switch

What estimating ai australia actually changes for your business

Faster estimates, consistent margins, senior costing knowledge captured before it walks out the door, and real margin visibility from quote to job completion. Here is what custom ai estimating software delivers day to day.

Estimator reviewing quote documents with calculator showing time saved by AI estimating software

Your estimators spend hours on work AI can do in minutes

Every estimate starts from scratch. Your estimator opens last year's quote, hunts for the right line items, adjusts the quantities, manually applies the margin, and reformats the document. That process takes two to four hours. For a simple job. Multiply that by thirty estimates a month and your best people are spending most of their time on data entry, not on the jobs that actually need their expertise.

AI estimating software built around your business knows your materials list, your labour rates, your markup rules, and your common job types. It assembles the bulk of the estimate automatically. Your estimator reviews, adjusts, and approves. What took four hours takes thirty minutes.

Business team reviewing inconsistent pricing across estimates before implementing AI quoting software

Different estimators, different pricing, different margins

When estimates are built by hand, they vary. One estimator prices the job at full margin. Another discounts without realising. A third forgets a line item that always gets missed on this type of job. The result is inconsistent pricing, thin margins, and customers who notice the variation and push back.

AI applies your costing rules the same way every time. The same margin. The same inclusions. The same exclusions. Consistency does not mean rigidity. Your estimators still have full control to override, adjust, and add judgment. But the starting point is always correct.

Experienced estimator preserving costing knowledge in business before it is lost when they leave

Your best estimator retires and takes the pricing logic with them

Every experienced estimator carries a head full of rules they have built up over years. This job type always needs an extra fifteen percent for site access. This client always wants a separate line for supervision. This material has a minimum order quantity that changes the whole price structure. None of it is written down anywhere.

When that person leaves, the knowledge leaves with them. New estimators guess. Margins suffer. Clients notice. AI estimating software built around your business captures that logic before it walks out the door. Your pricing intelligence becomes part of the system, not tied to one person.

Margin visibility dashboard showing estimated versus actual job costs for AI estimating software

You find out if the job was profitable after it is finished

Most estimating processes produce a quote price. They do not give you a clear picture of the margin on that quote, how it compares to similar jobs, or whether the assumptions you made are holding up in practice.

AI estimating software that is connected to your job management and accounting systems closes that loop. You can see expected margin at the quote stage, compare it to actual cost at job completion, and feed that learning back into future estimates. Over time the system gets more accurate because it is learning from your actual results, not just your pricing rules.

How We Build It

How our ai estimating software development actually runs

Every project is different, but the five-step structure stays the same. Discover your estimating process, map your costing rules, build and test the AI model on your data, connect it to your systems, then train your team and launch.

Discover Your Estimating Process

We start by understanding how your business currently estimates. What inputs does an estimator need? What rules do they apply? What does the output need to look like? What systems does the estimate need to connect to? We map the entire process before writing a line of code.

Map Your Costing Rules

Your pricing logic gets documented and structured. Material categories, labour classifications, overhead rates, margin rules, inclusions, exclusions, and the special-case logic that experienced estimators carry in their heads. Everything becomes explicit and engineered.

Build and Test the AI Model

We build the estimating engine against your costing rules and train it on your historical data where available. You test it against real jobs. We refine until the outputs match what your best estimators would produce on a standard job.

Connect to Your Systems

We integrate the estimating software with your existing stack. CRM for client data. ERP or job management for job creation. Accounting for actuals. Procurement for live material prices. The system slots into your workflow without requiring new habits for things that are already working.

Train Your Team and Launch

We train your estimators on the system and stay involved through the first live jobs. Any gaps in the costing rules surface quickly in production and we close them fast. After launch we remain available for refinements as your business and pricing model evolves.

FAQs

Common questions about AI estimating software

What does ai estimating software development actually deliver?

A working estimating system built around your costing rules, your material list, your labour rates, your margins and your output format. It assembles first-draft quotes in minutes from basic job inputs, your estimator reviews and approves, and the finished quote flows into your CRM, Xero, MYOB or job management tool. You own the code, the trained model and the hosting.

How is ai estimating tool development different from off-the-shelf estimating platforms?

Off-the-shelf software gives you a template and asks you to fit your process to it. Custom ai estimating software starts from your costing rules, your labour classifications, your margin structures, your special-case logic. The AI learns from your historical quotes. It gets more accurate over time because it is grounded in your real data, not a vendor benchmark.

What does construction ai estimating services connect to?

Any system with an API. Xero and MYOB for accounting. SimPRO, ServiceM8, Tradify, Jobber for job management. HubSpot, Salesforce for CRM. Procore for project data. Plus custom ERPs and file-based feeds. Won quotes flow into invoicing, live material prices from procurement feed into estimates, client data pre-fills quote fields.

What types of businesses use custom ai estimating software?

Any business that quotes before starting work. Commercial and residential builders. Electrical, plumbing, HVAC and painting contractors. Civil and infrastructure firms. Manufacturers on production runs. Engineering consultancies. Anyone with a repeatable estimating process and consistent rules that can be encoded into software.

Will estimating ai australia replace our estimators?

No. It is a productivity tool for your estimators. The AI handles the time-consuming data assembly: applying costing rules, building line items, calculating margins, formatting the document. Your estimator reviews, adjusts where judgment is needed, and approves before anything goes to the client. Complex and high-stakes jobs still get full human oversight.

How does ai-powered quoting software learn from our business?

We map your existing costing rules and historical estimates during discovery. That gets used to build and train the initial model. Once live, the system tracks quoted vs actual costs on completed jobs. Where actuals consistently differ from estimates, it flags the pattern. Your estimators review and refine. The model improves because it learns from your real results.

How much does ai estimating software development cost?

Fixed price after scoping. Depends on the complexity of your estimating model, number of integrations, and historical data available for training. A proof of concept on one job type with one or two integrations sits at the lower end. Full multi-job-type platforms with complete ERP connections are larger. We give you a clear number before any code is written.

How long does an ai estimating tool development project take?

A proof of concept on your most common job type takes 4 to 6 weeks. Full production build with multiple job types, integrations and a tested output format takes 10 to 16 weeks depending on complexity. We deliver in phases so you see working results before the full system is complete.

Discuss your estimating process

Tell us how you currently estimate, which systems you use, and where the pain points are. Slow quotes, inconsistent margins, missing line items, senior estimator about to retire. We come back with an honest assessment and a fixed-price quote within 48 hours.

Prefer a quick chat? Call 0425 531 127. We answer the phone in Perth.