Truecost

Reward details

APB Members can receive an 8% rebate on their Trustcost when they register their interest here first.

Turn your drawings into a detailed cost estimate with labour, materials, and unit rates broken down by trade.

No benchmark rates.

No spreadsheets. Every item is estimated and summarised to your required level of detail.

Truecost reads your plans, extracts every quantity, and builds a trade-level estimate with labour hours, material specs, and live Australian supplier rates. Here's exactly what happens.

1. Drop on your plans: Upload your PDF plans — architectural, engineering, finishes schedules, whatever you have. Truecost works with any level of documentation. The more you upload, the tighter the accuracy band.
2. Truecost reads every page: The system ingests your entire document set, measuring all items, extracting quantities, understanding building methodologies to create every line item required for the build.
3. Explore your estimate: Your estimate lands in an interactive dashboard. Browse by trade, element, or location. Expand any trade to see every line item — labour hours, material quantities, unit rates, and cost types. Edit anything.
4. Export what you need: Export your estimate into Excel or explore within the dashboard. Use it for client proposals, subcontractor scoping, or internal review. Everything your QS would give you.

Explore a real Truecost estimate with full trade breakdowns, line items, and material lists. Or run your own plans.

Register here to activate your reward now.

Special Terms & Eligibility

This reward is only available to new customers of Trustcost who are current members of the Association of Professional Builders (APB).

Existing Trustcost clients are not eligible to receive this reward.