Guides & resources
Straight answers on excavation & civil works.
Practical, Melbourne-specific guidance for builders and developers — what drives cost, how work is priced, and how to get a tender-ready number without the runaround.
How much does excavation cost in Melbourne?
Guide rates per cubic metre and per hour, what moves the price — access, material, tip distance, rock, depth and volume — and how to get a firm number.
Read the guideBulk vs detailed excavation: what’s the difference?
What each one is, how they are measured and priced, which comes first on site, and why they sit on separate lines of a quote.
Read the guideBasement excavation and retention: the sequence
Design, retention piles, capping beam, then the dig in stages with shotcrete following it down — and what holds a basement program up.
Read the guide Tendering?
Send the plans and the geotech.
A detailed Bill of Quantities back, typically within 2 business days of full documentation. No obligation.