Know what it should cost. Get it permitted. Hire the right builder.
GROUND tracks Toronto construction continuously — 58,279 building permits and 6,792 awarded public contracts on record. That data usually works for the companies bidding the work. These services put it on the other side of the table: yours.
Permit guidance
What approvals your project actually needs, what the city charges, and how long Toronto is really taking right now — read from live permit data, not a brochure. Where drawings are required, we coordinate a permit-ready application with licensed (BCIN) design partners.
Cost estimate / quote check
Send a contractor's quote — or just your plans. We benchmark it against declared values on comparable permits and real awarded contract prices, and tell you what's fair, what's high, and what's missing. An estimator's read grounded in 6,792 real award prices — not a per-square-foot blog number.
Contractor introductions
We see who actually does this work: permits pulled, public bids won, and at what price. We introduce you to insured firms with a live track record at your project's size — and show you that record before you commit to anyone.
One form, one business day
Tell us what you're planning below. We pull the record for your address and work type — permit history, comparable costs, active builders — and reply with a written assessment within one business day. The assessment is free with no obligation; services beyond it are quoted as fixed fees up front.
Independent by design
GROUND is a data company, not a contractor — we never build, and we never quote for construction work. That's exactly why the cost opinions are worth having: no incentive to talk a number up or down. Contractor introductions come from the permit and award record — real filed work — not paid placement.
Tell us what you're planning
Tell us what you have in mind. Within one business day you get a written read: the permits the work likely needs, a realistic cost range built from real Toronto permits and awarded contracts — and, if you want them, introductions to insured GTA contractors with a track record on this kind of work.
Prefer to explore first? Cost benchmarks · cost guides · permit database · company records. Contractors and subs: GROUND Pro is the product for you.