Adelaide CBD Civil Project
Less time chasing quotes. More capacity to estimate.
A civil contractor compared a logged Adelaide CBD estimating exercise with a VEYRA mock run using the same reported project parameters. The comparison highlights potential to reduce the labour involved in preparing and obtaining quotations.
169 hours
Combined logged effort across three estimators.
1 hour
CSV preparation by one person.
Within 40 minutes
Reported return of the full quote after preparation.
The 169 hours measure combined staff effort. The 40 minutes measure quote-return time. They are different measures and are not a direct comparison of elapsed turnaround.
The project challenge
Pricing the Adelaide CBD job involved repeated back-and-forth communication and chasing supplier quotations. Three estimators logged a combined 169 person-hours. At the supplied labour rate of AUD $125 per hour, the recorded estimating labour cost was AUD $21,125.
The VEYRA mock run
The same reported project parameters were used for the VEYRA exercise. One person spent one hour preparing the CSV file, and a full quote was reported as received back within 40 minutes. Assuming the quote-return period followed preparation, the reported workflow took up to one hour and 40 minutes.
The labour-cost comparison
Valuing the CSV preparation and the full 40-minute waiting period at the same AUD $125 hourly rate gives a modelled labour cost of AUD $208.33. Compared with the recorded AUD $21,125 baseline, this represents a potential labour-cost reduction of AUD $20,916.67, or approximately 99.0%, before VEYRA fees and any additional setup, checking, clarification or approval work.
Featured result
Modelled labour-cost difference
AUD $20,916.67
Potential labour-cost reduction in this comparison.
Approximately 99.0%
Modelled reduction, including the full 40-minute wait as paid time.
Before VEYRA fees and any additional setup, checking, clarification or approval work. Single-project mock run; not independently verified. Results may vary.
What this could mean for an estimating team
This result indicates potential to release estimating capacity from quote administration and redirect it into scope review, delivery planning and additional bids. The comparison values labour capacity potentially freed on an equivalent task; it does not establish a reduction in payroll or purchased materials.
Comparison
- People involved
- Conventional process3 estimators
- VEYRA mock run1 person
- Reported hands-on effort
- Conventional process169 combined person-hours
- VEYRA mock run1 hour preparing the CSV
- Quote-return time
- Conventional processElapsed duration not supplied
- VEYRA mock runFull quote reported within 40 minutes
- Labour rate
- Conventional processAUD $125 per hour
- VEYRA mock runAUD $125 per hour assumed for comparison
- Recorded/modelled labour cost
- Conventional processAUD $21,125
- VEYRA mock runAUD $208.33 including preparation and the full waiting period
How the figures were calculated
- Conventional labour
- 169 × $125 = $21,125
- Mock-run labour model
- (1 + 40/60) × $125 = $208.33
- Potential labour-cost difference
- $21,125 − [(1 + 40/60) × $125] = $20,916.67
- Modelled percentage reduction
- [1 − ((1 + 40/60) / 169)] × 100 = 99.01%
Calculated with unrounded values; currency rounded for display. All amounts are AUD.
Evidence and scope
This is a single-project mock-run comparison based on project figures supplied on 6 October 2026. The contractor’s identity is withheld. Source timesheets, system timestamps and quote files were not supplied for independent review. Only CSV preparation was quantified as hands-on work for the mock run; additional human effort has not been measured here. The cost comparison depends on equivalent work being compared. It excludes VEYRA fees and any additional setup, quote validation, clarification or approval effort. It does not establish lower supplier prices, equivalent quote quality or commercial terms, live supplier availability, or a completed procurement outcome. Results may vary.
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