HOSTING
QS PROJECT SERVICES
WE TENDER ON ALL
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
AUSTRALIA WIDE
Company Profile
Three
Keys
Software
(the
holding
company
of
QS
Project
Services)
was
set
up
in
1992
with
a
view
to
creating
a
more
cost
efective
and
efficient
means
of
producing
consistantly
accurate
estimates for use in the Construction Industry.
Over
a
three
year
period
some
10,000
detailed
rate
buildups
were
produced
covering
all
the
structural
and
finishing
trades
for
use
with
the
Dos
Version
of
Buildsoft.
With
the
later
introduction
of
Microsoft
Windows
these
rates
had
to
be
re-
written
for
the
newly
updated
Buildsoft
Software.
During
this
process
another
2,000
rates
were
added.
and
finally
in
1998
the Pricebook was realseased onto the market.
I
n
the
beginning
I
t
was
after
many
years
employed
as
a
Chief
Estimator/Estimating
Manager
with
various
major
‘Australian
Construction
Companies’,
spending
thousands
of
countless
hours
building
up
rate
after
rate
that
I
decided
that
there
had
to
be
a
more
cost
effective
and
efficent
way
of
pricing
projects
whilst
still
being
able
to
compete
in
the
market
place.
Using
my
knowledge
gained
over
many
years
in
estimating
using
the
‘Buildsoft
Estimating
Software’,
I
slowly
becan
to
computerise
my
rates
into
a
workable
model
which
all
estimators
could
use.
Because
rates
are
built
up
in
detail
and
allow
the
estimator
to
change
production
levels,
waste
factors
and
profit
margins,
these
rates
would
not
be
limited
to
any
one
country
but
could
be
used
worldwide.
It
was
no
mean
task,
taking
around
six
years
from
start
to
finish,
I
had
to
make
sure
rates
were
consistant
and
easy
to
find.
The
first
recalc
of
the
database
pricebook
took
around
24
hours
to
recalc
for
resources
had
been
updated.
These
days
using
an
I7
computer
with
3.95
GHz
processor
computer
with
32
GB
or
ram,
and
a
2
Terra bit SSD drive, takes around 7 to 8 minutes.
