Builders and developers quoting a small commercial building in Western Australia, an office, a retail shopfront, a medical clinic fitout, face the same question residential buyers face: do we need an architect, or just the right set of consultants coordinated properly.
What a small commercial project actually needs
Most small commercial builds do not need a standalone registered architect. They need drafting to a commercial standard, structural engineering, an energy report, a building surveyor who understands the relevant NCC class, and often a town planner depending on use and zoning. Each of those is normally quoted, scheduled and managed separately, by separate firms, with no single party responsible for how they fit together.
The real cost is coordination, not drawings
A structural revision that arrives late holds up drafting. A missed compliance note holds up the building surveyor. A planning condition discovered mid-project sends the drawings back. None of this shows up on an individual consultant’s invoice, it shows up as delay, and delay on a commercial project has a real dollar cost attached to it.
Where EcoPrestige fits
EcoPrestige’s commercial supply rate in Western Australia is $2,300 per square metre plus GST for accommodation-type uses and $2,200 per square metre plus GST for early-learning typologies, conditional on a 2,400mm ceiling and proximity to the Melbourne Port for freight. Alongside that supply rate, EcoPrestige coordinates the consultant set, drafting, structural, energy, building surveyor and town planning where needed, under one team. Projects at $800,000 and over in module supply start with a $4,000 plus GST ECI Stage 1 feasibility, credited if you proceed; smaller projects get a calculated quote with the consultant breakdown shown upfront.
One roof, one accountable team
That combination, drafting, engineering, compliance and supply, coordinated by one team on one project, is genuinely rare in commercial delivery. You keep your head contractor relationship and your site responsibilities. What changes is who is coordinating the documentation chain before you ever get to site.
What the full package actually costs
Under $800,000 in module supply value, the same consultant allowance applies: drafting $5,500, or $11,000 between $400,000 and $800,000, structural engineering $3,500, an energy report $800, a building surveyor $3,800, landscape design if required $1,200, and town planning if required $1,400. Fully loaded that runs $16,200 to $21,700 depending on your supply value and which optional items your site needs. At $800,000 and over, ECI applies instead: Stage 1 is a flat $4,000 plus GST feasibility fee, credited directly against your module supply cost if you proceed to order. Stage 2 is fixed by supply value and is never credited, $10,000 plus GST under $1 million, $20,000 plus GST from $1 million to $3 million, $30,000 plus GST from $3 million to $4 million, $40,000 plus GST over $4 million. Tell us your rough supply value and we confirm which path and which exact number applies before you commit to anything.
Why your consultant’s job gets easier
A consultant engaged through our ECI structure is not starting from a blank page. By the time they see your project, EcoPrestige has already done the structural computations and footing designs for the modular components, the fire engineering calculations, and the flood mapping where it applies. Drafting already covers services and penetrations, construction set outs, scope of works for plumbers and electricians, crane plans, transportation sequencing, the council submission pack, building surveyor review checks, and Section J calculations. Your consultant’s job becomes a secondary review, settling and certifying work that is already built, not pricing a fresh scope from scratch. If you already have a consultant, they can review and sign off directly. If you do not, we can put forward up to five for you to choose from. One line worth flagging: the in situ concrete slab sits with your own civil and building side, that is not part of what EcoPrestige delivers.
See the same architect versus consultants breakdown for Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia.
Get a feasibility and quote
Projects over $800,000 in module supply start with a $4,000 plus GST Stage 1 feasibility and concept, credited back if you proceed. Smaller projects get a calculated quote with consultant costs shown upfront, no hidden fees. Download the commercial price and supply guide: get the builder pack. Email your enquiry to info@ecoprestige.com.au with your site, your project size and roughly what you are after, and we reply with your exact consultant breakdown and which path applies, while we build out the dedicated enquiry form on the site.