A signed-document-quality quote check. In minutes, not weeks.

Trueworks reviews every trade quote against your stamped drawings, the NZ Building Code, and current market rates. Builders save 20+ hours per project — and stop signing numbers they can't defend.

The hidden costs of standard procurement

$20k–$35k of your time per build

Typical NZ custom residential projects burn 210–400 hours of builder time getting drawings to a signed quote. Most of this effort isn't billable.

Findings caught on site, not on paper

Code non-compliance, mis-quoted scope, expired prices, and supply gaps show up during construction. Each one is a variation and a heavy hit to your margin.

Software that doesn't read code

Take-off tools give quantities, but they don't flag if a canopy pitch breaks E2/AS1 or if a purlin treatment voids a 30-year warranty. Trueworks does.

How Trueworks works

A signed-document-quality quote check in four clear steps. We take the analytical load so you can focus on building.

1. Send drawings + supplier quote

Secure intake via link or file upload. NDA available for sensitive project data before we begin.

2. We run the take-off

Quantities cross-checked against drawings, the supplier's quote, and current NZ market rates.

3. We deliver a packet

Risk register, per-trade quantities, and verbatim queries for your subcontractors in a brand-styled PDF.

4. You sign with confidence

Execute with certainty or push back with code-cited evidence. You stop signing numbers you can't defend.

4 trades · $700k–$912k of scope · 12 material findings

3-storey custom residential, Waiheke Island. Trueworks ran the pattern across structural steel, block retaining walls, roofing and timber framing — four drawing types, two design consultants.

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Build-stopping defect caught on paper.

Entry canopy drawn at 2°/1:29 — below 3° minimum the specified roof sheet allows (E2/AS1 §8.4.4.1, MRM CoP). Caught at tender = $0 design conversation. Caught on site = 2–4 weeks delay.

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$15–25k block scope ambiguity.

Foundation Plan said "all 20-series UNO" — every detail sheet called 25-series. Blocklayer pricing the wrong sheet under-quotes by 25%. Caught at tender = no variation.

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$46k warranty exposure in a single treatment line.

Purlins under metal roof must be H1.2 only per MRM CoP §4.5. Carpenter's deck spec used H3.2 — substituted under the roof voids the 30-year manufacturer warranty on the entire roof.

The gap between headline numbers and Trueworks' all-in budget wasn't pricing error. It was procurement and scope risk — exactly what a Quote-Check is for.

PAYG

NZ$395

per quote

24–48 hr turnaround
1-page risk packet
One-off quote risk check

Per-trade pack

$1,200 – 1,800

per single trade

3–5 days turnaround
Full take-off + risk register
1 pre-trade-start sheet
Single trade focus

First Quote-Check free for new customers. Prices ex GST.

Pricing

Per-project pack

$8,000 – 12,000

whole build pack

7–10 days turnaround
All major trades reviewed
Master risk register
Pre-trade-start sheets
Full project confidence

Retainer

NZ$300

per month

Ongoing document review
3 PAYG checks / month
All pack features included
Active builders (3+ jobs/yr)

* All per-trade and per-project pricing depends on scope complexity. Contact us for a fixed-fee quote based on your drawings.

( FOUNDER )

The product of 20 years on the analytical side of NZ construction.

Trueworks is built by Steve Parker — 20 years on the analytical side of NZ construction: variation work, contract advisory, programme review, and AI-augmented document workflows. Trueworks is the productisation of that practice for builders: same defensible analysis, at a price and pace a NZ builder can actually use. I answer every email personally during pilot phase. If you've got a quote you want a second opinion on, the easiest way to find out is to send it.