Custom AI tools for Australian trades and construction businesses: AI quoting tools, 24/7 lead qualifiers, customer service chatbots, project tracking, document automation. Source Digital builds these from $3,000 to $15,000, delivered in 2 to 6 weeks. Save 10-30 hours per week on admin so your team focuses on the work that pays.
Tell us what you need. We will tell you exactly what we can build, what it costs, and how fast.
Every tool below is custom-built for your business. Not a generic platform. Not a template. Software that works exactly how you work.
AI reads job details from emails, site photos, or form submissions and generates itemised quotes in minutes. Your pricing rules, your templates, zero manual data entry.
AI assigns jobs based on crew availability, location, skill set and priority. Automatic rescheduling when things change. Sends confirmations to customers.
Auto-generate invoices on job completion. Chase overdue payments with polite, escalating reminders. Sync with Xero or MYOB automatically.
Upload site photos and AI extracts measurements, identifies materials, flags safety issues, and populates job cards. Works with any smartphone camera.
AI follows up after every job with a satisfaction check, review request, and maintenance reminder. Builds your Google Reviews on autopilot.
New apprentice asking the same questions? AI trained on your SOPs, safety procedures, supplier info, and pricing. Staff ask the bot instead of bothering you.
Free strategy call. No jargon, no hard sell. We will tell you exactly what we can build, what it will cost, and how long it will take.
Yes, often better than for larger businesses. Small trades businesses get more value per dollar from AI because the owner is doing every job (sales, quoting, admin, accounting) and AI removes the highest-volume one. Typical first build for a 1 to 5 person trades business is a quoting tool or after-hours chatbot at $3,500 to $6,000. Payback in 8 to 12 weeks.
Yes. Custom AI quoting tools are built around your specific pricing rules: variation handling, supplier price markup, GST inclusive or exclusive options, prompt payment discounts, retention amounts. Trained on your historical quotes so it learns the language and inclusions your customers expect. Generic quoting platforms cannot do this without months of configuration. Custom AI gets it right from week one.
Source Digital integrates with the major Australian trades platforms (Tradify, ServiceM8, AroFlo, simPRO, FieldPulse, BuilderTREND) plus Xero, MYOB, Outlook and Google Workspace. Most builds connect to 2 or 3 platforms so the AI works inside the tools your team already uses. No double entry. Quote drafts flow into Tradify or simPRO automatically once approved.
Yes. Civil construction and infrastructure firms typically need different AI tools to residential trades: tender response automation, supplier RFQ tools, document extraction from large tender documents, internal knowledge bots for standards and specifications, project tracking dashboards. Typical project $8,000 to $25,000. Source Digital has built similar tools for the mining services sector which has the same shape of need.
Almost never. AI takes the repetitive 60 to 80 percent of admin and quoting work so your existing team focuses on the 20 to 40 percent that needs human judgement (complex quotes, customer relationships, problem-solving on site). Most trades businesses using AI grow their team, just not in pure-admin roles. The team you have becomes more productive, you grow without proportional admin overhead.
Most trades AI projects go live in 2 to 4 weeks from kickoff. Quoting tools: 2 to 3 weeks. Chatbots: 1 to 2 weeks. Knowledge bots: 2 to 3 weeks. Scheduling optimisation: 3 to 4 weeks. Complex multi-system builds: 4 to 6 weeks. All timelines agreed upfront and locked. No 6-month enterprise project timelines.
"Literally within hours I was getting leads. Blown away with every bit of work from Source Digital - speed, quality and just a real good bloke to deal with."
"Within 2 hours he had a full plan & quote ready. The final project delivery was absolutely phenomenal - 100 times better than we could have ever imagined."
"Source Digital did an exceptional job building our Shopify site. Visually appealing, user-friendly, works across all devices. The final product exceeded our expectations."
Book a free strategy call. We will assess your operations, identify the highest-ROI automation opportunities, and give you a fixed-price quote within 48 hours.