SAFE RITE – Contractor Price Guide 2025 (PDF)

SAFE RITE – Residential Construction: Trade and Contractor Rates Guide 2025 (PDF)

The SAFE RITE – Residential Construction: Trade and Contractor Cost Guide 2025 is the ultimate cost reference for professionals working across New South Wales' residential building sector. With over 420 pages and 42 comprehensive chapters, this guide is designed to provide clear, accurate, and up-to-date pricing across all major trades and services in the residential construction industry.

Created to support builders, subcontractors, estimators, developers, and consultants, this edition has been thoroughly updated for 2025, offering real-world cost insights based on current market conditions and supplier rates. Each chapter concludes with a validation section—a practical summary designed to reinforce pricing accuracy and assist with benchmarking against actual industry data.

What truly sets this guide apart is the level of transparency. Every itemised cost includes accompanying notes, offering valuable context, assumptions, and clarifications that empower professionals to quote confidently and adjust rates where needed.

Key Features:

• 42 chapters covering all key trades, services, and construction processes

• Detailed labour, material, and plant hire rates specific

• Itemised notes for every cost to explain inclusions and assumptions

• End-of-chapter validation to support accurate quoting and benchmarking

• Logical, easy-to-navigate layout—ideal for on-site and in-office use

• Tailored for builders, tradies, estimators, and project managers across NSW

Whether you're pricing a new build, managing a renovation, or preparing tenders, this guide is your trusted companion for making informed decisions, avoiding costly oversights, and maintaining professional standards.