Design and Estimating
Turns client briefs and site measures into drawings, specifications, cutting lists and quotes. Designers work with customers in the Richmond showroom, estimators cost every job against current material and labour rates, and the team issues the production documentation that the factory and glass plant build from.
What the team is accountable for
- Take site measures and confirm services and structure
- Produce manual and computer-aided drawings
- Prepare cutting lists and hardware schedules
- Estimate, cost and quote jobs
- Advise customers on materials, finishes and style
How we know it is working
Who works here
Mei-Ling Chao
Heads the showroom and drawing office, reviews every set of production drawings and joined the business as a kitchen designer in 2015.
Sanjay Pillai
Costs every job from drawings and cutting lists, keeps the material and labour rate tables current and has been estimating for three years.
Where the work is recorded
Job Order Register
Tracks every job from confirmed order through production, dispatch and installation to handover, with the job pack details and current status.
Materials and Stock Register
Holds the stock on hand of board, timber, hardware, foam, fabric, glass and consumables, with minimum levels, locations and reorder status.