Why Cindra

Twenty years on the tools. Loyal to no brand.

Our engineers have spent two decades designing, installing and commissioning control systems — on projects around the world, across every major platform, tied to none of them. And it all lands back home: documented to Australian standards, for Australian projects.

20+ yrs on the tools & in the plant room
Every platform lighting · AV · network · security
AS/NZS 3000 Australian standards, built in
1 engine our own software behind everything
The difference

We've pulled the cable.

Twenty years installing and commissioning the systems we now design and price — Dynalite, KNX, C-Bus, Lutron, Control4, Savant, plus the networking, cameras and AV that hold it all together — on projects around the world. Every document we issue has been sanity-checked by people who've had to make one work on site: who know where the plans lie, what the control gear really takes to install, and which shortcuts come back to bite at commissioning. That experience is the product. The software and the independence just deliver it.

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Independent — no dealerships, no stock.

We sell design and numbers, not hardware, so we specify on merit. The full story of why that matters lives on the design page.

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Our own software behind every number.

Takeoffs and designs run through Cindra, the platform we built ourselves — systematic, consistent, standards-checked. The full story lives on the estimating page.

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Standards built in, not looked up.

AS/NZS 3000 rules, circuit limits, DALI universe capacities and platform constraints are encoded into our design engine. Compliance issues get caught at design time — not at rough-in.

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Both sides of the tender.

We design for the people issuing tenders and estimate for the people winning them. Our designs are priceable and buildable; our estimates understand design intent. Nobody else sits on both sides of the table.

The services

Two ways to put us to work.

01 — Design
Smart Home Design Service

Independent, tender-ready smart home design — for architects, homeowners, builders and electricians. From $7,000, fee fixed upfront.

02 — Estimating
Electrical & Automation Estimating Service

Complete priced estimates from your tender drawings — electrical, automation, or both on the one job. From $750, first estimate half price.

Contact

Start the conversation.

Tell us about the project — a couple of sentences and whatever drawings you have are plenty. We reply to everything within one business day.

  • Reply within one business day — with a written scope, fee and turnaround date
  • No obligation — the fee quote is free and the scope is written down
  • Straight to an engineer — no account managers, no call centre

Attach drawings directly, or send a link — we handle large files.

What to include
  • Which service — design, estimating, or not sure yet
  • PDF plans / drawings, if you have them
  • Timeline — tender close date or project stage
  • Anything unusual about the site or scope