Every state writes its own road and civil specifications, and councils add their own engineering standards on top. A price carried over from another state can miss the items the local specification asks for. We price to the documents the tender calls up, from the drawings, the specification and the geotechnical report.
The specifications that set the price in the Northern Territory
Northern Territory Government road work uses the Standard Specification for Roadworks, with the Performance and Design Standards for Northern Territory Government Roads setting the minimum design. For urban roads, those standards ask for a fine crushed rock base at least 200 mm deep and do not permit a natural gravel base, which changes the pavement price.
Local roads and subdivisions also follow the council's own engineering standards. We price to whichever the tender calls up, and check the current edition with the authority before the price goes in.
What we price in Darwin
- Infrastructure works, priced as one package
- Earthworks and roads and asphalt
- Stormwater and drainage and civil structures
- Electrical and telco pit and pipe
- Client pricing schedules and methodology and programme
How we work from Sydney
Our case studies so far are NSW work. The same first-principles method applies in the Northern Territory: every item measured from the drawings, every rate built up, and every assumption written down. Send the drawings, the specification and any geotechnical report, and we agree the fee and the delivery date before we start.
Common questions
Do you price civil work in Darwin?
Yes. We price from the drawings, remotely, to the specifications that apply in the Northern Territory and the council's own standards. The fee and the delivery date are agreed before we start.
Do you need to visit the site?
Usually not. Most estimates are priced from the drawings, the survey and the geotechnical report. If something on site could change the price, we write it down as an assumption so you can check it.