Protect your licence.
Prove you do it right.
BuildStandard is your online compliance officer, helping you keep your licences, insurances, policies and project records in one place. Make sure you have everything up to date for the BPC, insurance brokers and clients, so you can win more work and never have to worry about losing your licence.
Built by builders, for builders.
The rules have changed. You need to make sure you're covered.
Things have changed. The BPC has just introduced new Minimum Financial Requirements that change the way they calculate how much building capacity you are allowed and the frequency of reviews. For Resi builders between $2M to $20M the changes will impact us the most, financial reviews will become annual, you can be asked to provide updated paperwork and financial information at any time. The BPC is going to be more stringent on who gets what capacity.
BuildStandard is designed by real Builders with input and review from leading Accountants and Lawyers, we help Victorian builders stay in front of the new regulations and make sure you're not at risk.
Year on year rise in construction insolvencies in Australia. Don't become a statistic.
A single rectification order can cost you everything, make sure you're covered when it happens.
How long the BPC can now issue a rectification order after your occupancy permit, up to 10 years, even on jobs already handed over.
The 10 year window applies retrospectively, to work completed before the law existed, and the BPC can apply to VCAT to extend beyond it. So the evidence for a home you handed over years ago still has to be findable.
MFR rules explained
What you need to do, by when, and the ten things builders are getting wrong. Written by a construction lawyer, in plain English.
It's only getting harder to keep up with all the regulation.
Doing the build right isn't enough anymore, you need to have the evidence and documentation to back it up.
A client wants your current insurances
They need your certificates of currency and a capability statement before they will put you on the tender list. You know you have them. You just cannot lay hands on the current versions today.
You need a Work in Progress calc to know if you are close to your limit.
You know you're getting close to your allowable limit, you need to know exactly which projects you can take on and which ones you can't.
A question about a job from two years ago
A client asks what was inspected and when. The answer exists across a phone camera roll, a few emails and one trade's memory. Pulling it together takes days.
A request for project records
You get a request from the BPC for your records on a build. Some of it is easy. Most if it is in Google Drive, Text messages, Emails and SharePoint, pulling it together is going to take days.
A rectification order on a job you finished
Under the new rules an order can land up to 10 years after the occupancy permit. If you can show what was inspected, when, and who signed it off, you are on solid ground. If you cannot, you could be on the hook.
Keeping everything up to date and tracked is a pain, when you have to do it for years and years of work it becomes impossible. If you track it in BuildStandard, you can get what you need easily, without dropping what you are doing.
Your compliance records, together in one place.
Four easy to use modules, one platform. Not project management, not scheduling, not estimating. Just the evidence and documentation you need to make sure you're covered
Corporate
Licences, insurances, policies and registrations captured and organised in one place. We send you reminders before anything expires, so you never miss a date.
Financials
Work out your Adjusted Net Tangible Assets (ANTA) which is used to calculate your Maximum Construction Capacity (MCC) this is the new way the BPC works out how much you can build.
How ANTA and MCC are calculated →Projects
Track necessary compliance evidence for your build, using a guided inspection process that captures all the photos you really need.
Handover
No more monster PDFs that never get read. Collect all your permits and handover documentation in one place, easily provide warranty and manuals.
Capture. Organise. Prove.
Get your compliance sorted. Fully guided process to make sure you don't miss anything.
- Step 01
Capture
Evidence comes from the work you already do: inspections, sign offs, certificates and financials. Nothing extra to remember on site.
- Step 02
Organise
Everything is filed against the obligations that apply to you, with expiries tracked and gaps flagged while there is still time to fix them.
- Step 03
Prove
One live record, always current, ready the moment a client, developer, bank, insurer or regulator asks.
Works alongside your other tools. We just handle the compliance.
You already run your jobs and your books somewhere. Keep doing that. BuildStandard is a separate place for the compliance record, and it does not touch how you work day to day.
- No Gantt charts. Keep scheduling where it is.
- No estimating. Keep pricing and quoting as they are.
- Built for directors and admins who carry the compliance load.
No integration required. Quick and easy to get started.
We're all about making your life easier.
Save hours, every week
Stop digging through email. Every licence, insurance, policy and project record sits in one place, current and ready to send in seconds.
Win more work
A live, always current Trust Centre shows architects, clients and lenders you are the safe choice. More trusted and more transparent means more jobs won.
Protect your licence
Evidence is captured as you build. So if a dispute, audit or rectification order ever comes, you can prove you did it right.
One link that shows where you stand.
Every account comes with a live, secure Trust Centre: a single link that shows your standing to anyone who needs to see it. Win larger tenders, satisfy lenders and insurers, and show clients exactly who they are dealing with. No more zip files of outdated PDFs.
- Your own record, kept currentLicences, insurances and project evidence you capture yourself, organised in one place with expiries tracked so nothing goes stale.
- One shareable live linkSend a single URL to clients, developers and auditors. Always current.
- Secure data roomKeep sensitive documents behind a request-access wall; keep public credentials visible to all.
Example profile shown for illustration. Northcote Build Co is not a real company.
Share to win more work. You are always in control.
You can share your Trust Center with anyone you want so they can see your track record and compliance details, you control what they have access to.
Clients
Prove you're better than the competition.
Developers
Get through developer due diligence faster. Win more work, do less to get it.
Banks
Don't spend weeks on a finance application. Your paperwork's already sorted, so it's ready to send.
Insurers
Increase your maximum construction capacity without the hassle. When it's time to renew, you're not spending two weeks digging up documents. It's already there.
Accountants
Stop chasing documents every time your accountant needs something.
Lawyers
If a dispute ever comes up, the evidence is already there.
The regulator
Have everything ready when an audit request comes in. No scrambling for weeks to pull it together.
Trades
Send trades a link that shows them the kind of builder you are. Good standard, good projects, financially sound. They know they'll get paid on time.
Built to the standard your stakeholders expect.
The same platform whether you run two projects or twenty, with the controls banks, insurers and developers look for.
Australian hosted
Your records stay in Australia, with strict privacy and handling controls.
Granular access
Decide exactly who sees what. Public credentials open, sensitive docs behind a wall.
Full audit trail
Every record timestamped and traceable, defensible evidence if a dispute arises.
Professionally informed frameworks
Our workflows and evidence requirements were developed with construction lawyers and qualified accountants.
Start free. Pay when you are ready to cover all your bases.
Get your corporate evidence organised at no cost. Move to Base when you want to publish your Trust Centre and open up your financials, projects and handovers.
Create an account and get your company paperwork in order. No card, no time limit.
Get started- Corporate module — licences, registrations, insurances, policies and governance in one place
- Expiry tracking and reminders before anything lapses
- Your Trust Centre built and ready, held private until you publish
- Unlimited team members
cancel any time
Publish your Trust Centre, complete your financials, and start capturing evidence on the job.
Get started- Publish your Trust Centre — one live link for clients, developers, lenders and insurers
- Financial module — track the ratios that keep your licence safe and share your position when you choose
- Projects — inspection and test plans, trade evidence and design records captured as you build
- Handovers — digital handover kits, warranties and maintenance schedules for your clients
- Your first project and your first handover included
Add projects and handovers as you win them.
Your first project and your first handover are included with Base. After that, add each one as you need it. Projects and handovers are priced separately, so you only pay for a handover on the jobs that reach one. Each is a one-off charge, not another subscription. No bundles to buy up front, and nothing to forecast.
one-off, inc GST
one-off, inc GST
What a year actually costs
Base is the only recurring cost. Everything else scales with the work you win. Assumes every home reaches handover in the same year.
All prices in AUD and include GST. Base is month to month, cancel any time. Projects and handovers are one-off charges, not subscriptions, and stay open for as long as you hold a Base plan. Your records stay yours, and you can export them whenever you like.
Make sure you're up to date and covered today.
Create your free account. No credit card required.
Want to get in touch? Leave your email and the BuildStandard team will reach out.
Built by builders, for builders