Temple Construction Group Start a project

Sydney · New homes, renovations, commercial

From your drawings, or from an empty block.

Temple Construction Group builds new homes, renovations and commercial projects across Sydney. Bring the set you already hold and we will tell you what it is, what is missing and what it costs. Bring a site and an idea instead and we run the whole pathway first, from consultants and design through authorities and consents, before a single trade sets foot on it.

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What Ben I said
They cared about the end result. Ben I General building work, Feb 2024
What Dave G said
The whole team are very neat in presentation and work. Dave G Home extension and renovation, Jul 2023
What Helen K said
…providing me a fit for purpose home to my requirements. Helen K Apr 2023

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01 · Where you are now

Every project arrives at a
different stage. Start at yours.

The first question is never "what do you want built". It is "what do you already hold". Drawings, approvals, a survey, an idea on the back of an envelope. Each one puts you at a different point, with a different next move and a different cost to get moving.

A dimensioned architectural floor plan: rooms, wall types, door swings, a stair marked DN, and overall dimensions running down both edges.

What a usable set looks like

Dimensioned, or it is a picture of a house.

Overall dimensions on both edges, walls distinguished by type, door swings drawn, the stair marked with its direction. A set like this can be measured and priced.

Plenty of what arrives cannot. A concept in a slide deck and a construction certificate set are both called drawings, and only one of them can be built from without a second round of questions.

Route A

I already have drawings

Then the work starts with reading them properly. Not every set of drawings can be built from, and not every set can be priced from. Those are two different questions.

  1. A1Identify what you actually have

    Concept sketches, DA drawings, construction certificate documentation and shop drawings are four different things. Which set you hold decides whether we can price it or only estimate it.

  2. A2Price against the documentation

    A real price needs real detail. Where the set is thin we will tell you what is missing and what we have assumed, rather than burying it in a provisional sum you find out about later.

  3. A3Check the approvals position

    Do you hold the authority approvals already? Is a Development Application required, or does the work qualify as Complying Development? This changes the program far more than most people expect.

  4. A4Build from your design

    We construct to the documentation you own, with the site inspections, certifier coordination and trade management that go with it.

Route B

I don't have drawings yet

Then there is a whole stage before construction, and it is a stage, not a formality. We can carry the consultancy on your behalf so you are dealing with one party instead of six.

  1. B1Site familiarisation and survey

    We walk the site, and we walk it with the surveyor. Levels, boundaries, services, access, neighbours, what the ground is actually doing, all before anyone draws a line.

  2. B2Appoint and run the consultants

    Architect or designer, structural engineer, surveyor, certifier. We coordinate the team and keep the design answerable to a real budget as it develops, not after it.

  3. B3Consents, certificates and the levy

    DA or CDC pathway, BASIX certificate, conditions of consent discharged, Principal Certifier appointed, construction certificate issued, long service levy paid where the job clears $250,000, and notice of commencement lodged. This is where projects quietly lose months, and it is nearly always one of those seven holding up the other six.

  4. B4Scope, then build

    With drawings and approvals in hand the scope is finally real, and so is the price. Construction starts against a documented, approved set.

Both routes end here A documented scope and a real price, before construction starts.

02 · Services

What we take responsibility for.

Five services, and the reason they are listed together: most jobs need more than one of them, and the joins between them are where projects usually come apart.

01

Residential construction

Builders, designers and project managers on one team. Steel and timber house framing, driveway construction and building services installation, carried by the people who priced them.

FIG 01 · ROOF FRAME, AXONOMETRIC
02

Restorations and renovations

Buildings brought back after storm damage, poor workmanship or simple age. Reinstated to Australian building practice with materials and methods appropriate to the original, so the character survives the repair.

Building inspection reports available as evidence of a building’s condition.

FIG 02 · SPLICE TO EXISTING, SECTION
03

Project management consultancy

Commercial or residential. Planning and design through construction to completion, held to program and budget by the person accountable for both.

FIG 03 · PROGRAMME, HOLD POINTS
04

Construction design development

Design taken to the point where it can actually be built and priced, rather than left at the point where it can only be admired. Sydney-wide.

FIG 04 · PLAN FRAGMENT, DIMENSIONED
05

Development approvals

Consent obtained from council or a certifier, the construction certificate cleared, then the build monitored against the approved plans and specifications, with quality checks at the points where drift would otherwise go unnoticed.

FIG 05 · SITE, SETBACKS & ENVELOPE

03 · Selected project

The drawing, standing up.

Photographed from directly above, a framed floor reads as the plan it was built from. Same lines, same grid, same set-out, only now it carries load.

Steel floor framing photographed from directly above, reading as a floor plan. The same project with roof framing and blockwork walls in place.
Scope

Second storey addition and structural alteration

Structure

Steel floor and roof framing, blockwork

Site

Inner Sydney, occupied, neighbour-adjacent

04 · One job, in order

Everything that happens
before there is anything to look at.

A single site in Sydney, photographed through its groundwork. Nobody ever asks to see these stages, and they are the ones that decide whether the rest of the build goes to plan.

  1. Aerial view of the block before work starts: two existing dwellings, driveways and neighbouring houses hard against both boundaries.

    Stage 01

    The block as found

    Two existing dwellings, neighbours hard against both boundaries and a single driveway off the street. Everything that follows is shaped by how much room there is to work in.

  2. Directly overhead view of the cleared site showing a dense grid of bored pier holes across the whole footprint.

    Stage 02

    Cleared, then drilled

    The site stripped and a grid of piers bored across the full footprint. Hundreds of them, set out to a pattern the ground conditions dictated. This is the part of the job that never appears in a finished photograph.

  3. Crew setting red edge formwork with stacked reinforcement mesh sheets and starter bars delivered alongside.

    Stage 03

    Edges set, steel on site

    Formwork run to the perimeter and the reinforcement delivered and stacked ready. Fencing, amenities and the street kept workable throughout, because neighbours still have to get out of their driveways.

  4. Waffle-pod raft slab laid out: polystyrene void formers on membrane, reinforcement mesh over the top, plumbing risers set, crew placing pods.

    Stage 04

    Ready to pour

    Membrane down, waffle pods placed, mesh over the top and the services set and checked. Nothing here can be revisited once the concrete goes in, which is why it gets walked before the truck is called.

Before the build Everything above happens before there is a building to look at, and it is where the cost and the risk actually sit. If you are at the start of one, that is the conversation worth having first. Start a project.

Steel floor framing seen from above.

How it goes up

Ground to roof,
in the order it happens.

  1. 01 Piers bored across the footprint, before anything sits on it
  2. 02 The raft slab spans them, and the plan becomes a floor
  3. 03 Frame stands on the slab, braced as it goes
  4. 04 Rafters last, because they need something to land on

05 · Who you are dealing with

A pier grid and a patio frame are set out the same way.

The same crew covers both ends of this. One week it is hundreds of bored piers across a stripped site; the next it is a galvanised frame going up over a back deck. The work changes size, the way it is set out does not.

Bring drawings and the first job is working out what you actually have and what it costs to build. Bring a site and an idea instead, and the consultancy stage runs first, covering design, authorisations and consents, so the scope is settled before a trade is booked.

  • Residential construction: steel and timber framing
  • Restorations, renovations and inspection reports
  • Project management consultancy, commercial or residential
  • Construction design development
  • Development approvals, consents and certificates
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Looking up at a galvanised steel roof frame against clear sky, with a Temple Construction Group tradesperson in branded hi-vis working beneath it.
Two tradespeople in hi-vis on a residential job, one on a stepladder under a steel patio frame, tool belts on.

06 · Standards

The parts that are not negotiable.

HonestyIntegrityTransparencyTeamworkProfessionalismContinuous improvement

Temple Construction Group’s own stated values, published on their about page. The homepage adds quality, safety and customer satisfaction. Everything below is what those are supposed to look like on a live job.

Built to the NCC

The National Construction Code is the floor, not the target. Where a detail is marginal we build to the resolved version and document why.

Certifier-ready records

Inspections booked at the right hold points, with the evidence assembled before the Principal Certifier arrives rather than after they ask.

One point of responsibility

You speak to the person accountable for the program. Not a call centre, and not a different name each week.

Safety on an occupied site

Most of this work happens where people still live, or next door to where they do. Fencing, amenities and street access are planned before the first trade arrives, not improvised once they have.

Priced against documentation

Where the drawings do not say, we tell you what we assumed. You get that list in writing before the job starts, so a variation is a decision you make rather than an invoice you receive.

Aerial view of a completed timber roof frame, rafters and hips picked out in yellow, scaffolding around the perimeter of an inner-city addition.
Structure Everything above gets covered before anyone moves in. It is judged once, at frame stage, by a certifier and by whoever built it.

07 · What clients said

Three jobs, in their words.

  • Lewis and the team were professional, skilled, well prepared and were easy to communicate with. They cared about the end result. Would definitely recommend.

    General building work Ben I Lalor Park, NSW Verified customerHired on hipages

  • Lewis and team are a wealth of knowledge with great communication skills. The work was completed on time and at a competative price. The whole team are very neat in presentation and work. I will definately be going back Temple for any work in the future.

    Home extension and renovation Dave G Quakers Hill, NSW Verified customerHired on hipages

  • Temple Construction Group, did a fantastic job at my home which was constructed well over 30 years ago and it required extensive renovations, they managed to succesfully complete the job without any issues providing me a fit for purpose home to my requirements, I'm grateful.

    Helen K Verified customer

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08 · Common questions

Before you call.

What does Temple Construction Group do?

Temple Construction Group is a Sydney building contractor working on new homes, renovations and commercial projects. It offers five services: residential construction, restorations and renovations, project management consultancy, construction design development, and development approvals.

I already have drawings. What happens next?

The first job is identifying what you actually hold. Concept sketches, DA drawings, construction certificate documentation and shop drawings are four different things, and which set you have decides whether the work can be priced or only estimated. Where a set is thin, what is missing and what has been assumed is written down before the job starts rather than buried in a provisional sum.

I do not have drawings yet. Can Temple Construction Group handle design and approvals?

Yes. The consultancy stage can be run on your behalf so you deal with one party instead of six: site familiarisation and survey, appointing and coordinating the architect or designer, structural engineer, surveyor and certifier, then the DA or Complying Development pathway, Principal Certifier appointment, BASIX, the construction certificate, the long service levy where the job clears $250,000, and notice of commencement.

What areas does Temple Construction Group work in?

Sydney and surrounds, New South Wales, Australia.

Does Temple Construction Group do commercial work?

Yes. The company works across new homes, renovations and commercial services, and project management consultancy is offered for commercial as well as residential projects.

Can Temple Construction Group provide a building inspection report?

Yes. Building inspection reports are offered as part of the restorations and renovations service, to give an evidential account of a building's condition.

How do I get a quote from Temple Construction Group?

Call 0405 560 515 or email temple.co@hotmail.com. Drawings, a survey or photographs of the existing building can be sent through and will be read before the first call.

09 · Start a project

Tell us what you're holding.

Drawings, an approval, a survey, or nothing but an address and an idea. Whichever it is, the first conversation is about placing you on the pathway, not about selling you a build.

  • Sydney and surrounds
  • New homes · Renovations · Commercial
  • Design-and-construct or construct-only
Call 0405 560 515 Email temple.co@hotmail.com
Where are you up to?

Have drawings, a survey or photos? Send them to temple.co@hotmail.com and they will be read before we call.

We use your name, email, phone and site address only to answer this enquiry and to price the work. We do not sell it and we do not add you to a mailing list. Ask us any time for a copy of what we hold, or to have it deleted. How we handle your details.

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