Know your numbers
before you quote.
Calculate smarter.
Free, no-signup tools built by ACS Consulting for Perth's trades and construction businesses. Use them to estimate costs, model revenue, and make better decisions faster.
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HomeBuildIQ
Estimate construction project costs quickly and accurately. Designed for Perth builders and contractors who need fast, reliable pre-build cost estimates without waiting for a quantity surveyor.
- Residential and commercial build cost estimates in minutes
- WA-calibrated material and labour rates updated regularly
- Instant PDF summary for client conversations and internal planning
- Works for new builds, extensions, and commercial fit-outs
- No data stored — use it as many times as you need
HomeBuildIQ provides indicative estimates only. For fixed-price engagements, ask us about our Construction Estimation & Cost Consultancy service.
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WA Tradie Revenue Multiplier
Find out where your trade business is leaving money on the table. Input your current revenue and pricing model — get a clear breakdown of where growth is hiding and what it would take to unlock it.
- Input your rates, job frequency, and team size
- See your actual revenue ceiling vs what you're currently hitting
- Identifies top 3 revenue leaks specific to your trade category
- Models what a 10%, 20%, or 40% improvement would mean in dollars
- WA market benchmarks built in — not generic national averages
The Multiplier shows you the opportunity. Our Stage 1 Diagnose builds the roadmap to capture it.
Resources built for Perth SMEs
We add new tools as we identify where Perth SMEs are making avoidable decisions without the right numbers.
HomeBuildIQ
Pre-build cost estimator for residential and commercial construction. WA material rates, instant output.
Open tool →WA Tradie Revenue Multiplier
Find your revenue ceiling, identify leaks, and model what better pricing and utilisation actually means in your bank account.
Open tool →Perth SME Operational Audit Checklist
15 questions. 30 minutes. Score your operations and identify the top 3 issues to fix before engaging anyone.
Download free PDF →Stage 1 Diagnose
Not a calculator — a real engagement. 2–3 weeks, fixed fee, written diagnostic with your operations roadmap. The first step most clients take.
Learn more →SME Ops Health Score
Answer 20 questions and get a scored breakdown of your operations across five critical dimensions. Coming 2025.
Coming soonWA Construction Margin Calculator
True job margin accounting for overhead, labour on-costs, and WA award rates. In development.
Coming soonMost SMEs make expensive decisions without the right numbers.
Perth's trades and construction businesses carry enormous operational risk — quoting too low, pricing without knowing their real margins, scaling without fixing the underlying system. These tools give any operator a sharper starting point, for free, before they spend a dollar on advice.
If you use the tools and decide you need more than a calculator, that's when we talk.
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Start with a Stage 1 Diagnose.
2–3 weeks, fixed fee. A written diagnostic and your operations roadmap — built by principals with 18 years of Tier-1 project experience.