uDrew onsite
uDrew OnSite delivers an instant site assessment, so you can confirm site suitability before you quote, design, or commit. It replaces the manual research, consultant reports, and council calls that currently consume hours of professional time with instant, verified site intelligence delivered through a single interface.
Before any design is drawn, any quote is submitted, or any commitment is made, uDrew OnSite gives professionals the information they need to make confident decisions fast. uDrew OnSite surfaces the physical and environmental factors that shape what you can build: bushfire attack level (BAL), wind region and exposure, soil and terrain, slope, and flooding. Seeing these upfront means your design and quote reflect the real conditions of the site, and your engineering aligns with the relevant Australian Standards from the start.
That intelligence does not stop at the report. It flows through the entire project, feeding directly into uDrew Studio for compliant design and uDrew Connect for accurate customer presentation.
Every Project Starts Here
uDrew OnSite is a mobile-friendly site assessment and planning intelligence platform that brings live planning, zoning and environmental data into a single interface. Instead of searching council websites, cross-referencing planning documents and piecing together a site picture manually, you receive a complete assessment of what applies to a property the moment you enter the address.
Whether you’re running a desktop study from the office or capturing data in the field, uDrew OnSite adapts. On site, use it to record GPS spot heights, geo-located photos and field notes, then export a custom site report. Link directly with uDrew Studio to push site information straight onto your plans, with no double handling.
The intelligence delivered covers everything that affects feasibility: zoning, setback requirements, overlays, environmental constraints, easements and infrastructure data. Information that previously took days or weeks to compile is available the moment you need it.
Know Before You Commit
The cost of getting site feasibility wrong is disproportionate to the cost of getting it right. When a planning constraint is identified before design begins, it shapes the design approach. When the same constraint is identified after the design is complete, it triggers a redesign, meaning lost time, additional cost, and a client conversation that nobody looks forward to.
The cases that cause the most significant damage are not the ones where constraints are obviously present. They are the ones where an easement was not visible on a standard title search, an overlay was not flagged in the planning scheme extract, or a setback requirement was more complex than the standard rule suggested. uDrew OnSite surfaces those complexities at the point of first enquiry, enabling go/no-go decisions based on complete information rather than partial knowledge.
Think of uDrew OnSite as your pre-construction check, the feasibility step that surfaces site risks before design or quoting begins.
Physically visiting a site is time consuming and costly in both travel time, prior desktop research required, and physically gathering data for the actual report, often relying only a camera, clipboard & notepad and years of experience knowing what to look for once on the site.
Once everything required has been collated, then it’s back to the office to manually compile the report, label photo’s and interpreting site notes. Assuming all the information required was captured, then its time ot manually compile your report, otherwise it’s back to the site to repeat the process.
Onsite has proven the ability to provide instant due desktop reports, reducing the need for site visits by displaying everything you need to know before heading out the door, and if its even required.
However, site visits are often still required for complex sites, or when compiling complex specialist site reports, such as Site inspections, Geotechnical and BAL assessments.
OnSite’s unique mobile functionality makes reporting a breeze, streamlining the whole workflow by allowing users to GPS track where they are on a site, in relation to soil conditions, utility locations, environmental constraints and more, and allowing direct up load of geo-located site photo’s to help contextualise even further, before autonomously generating your own custom site report for any context.
From address to site report in minutes
The workflow is deliberately simple. Enter the property address and uDrew OnSite immediately assesses the planning and environmental conditions relevant to that site and project context.
Results are presented visually and clearly, organised to support decision-making rather than requiring professional interpretation. Outputs can be shared with clients, passed to design teams, or included in project files without additional formatting or annotation.
uDrew OnSite draws from a comprehensive and continuously updated range of national datasets covering planning, zoning, environmental, and hazard data, with site calculations for wind, geotechnical, and corrosion, so every report reflects current, location-specific conditions.
The results of a uDrew OnSite assessment are designed to support decisions, not require translation. Planning constraints are presented visually, clearly labelled, and accompanied by the context needed to understand their implications for the proposed use. Site assessment outputs can be shared, digitally or by a customisable PDF report, with clients, third party professionals, passed to design teams, or included in project files, without requiring additional formatting or professional annotation.
uDrew has spent 15+ years researching and developing world-first algorithms that can accurately calculate estimations for all your projects design criteria. Independently verified by industry and scientifically published for peer review, uDrew’s uDrew’s geotechnical and site engineering tools give you the advantage of being able to quote with confidence, knowing your wind classifications, geotechnical soil types, Site classification, corrosion and more, with all results fully justified and auditable for your own peace of mind, for every project.
Every Constraint. Every overlay. every risk.
A uDrew OnSite assessment surfaces the factors that determine whether a site is suitable for a proposed development, what it requires from a planning, compliance and design perspective, and where the risks lie. Outputs are organised around the decisions that matter: what can be built, where it can be located, and what conditions apply.
Zoning rules, overlay conditions, setback requirements, and land use permissions are the foundation of any feasibility assessment. uDrew OnSite surfaces all of them immediately for any property, flagging the controls most likely to affect the proposed development and providing the context needed to understand their implications, bringing all information together into one place. For professionals working across multiple council areas with different planning schemes, that consistency is equally as valuable as the high accuracy results.
Beyond planning rules, site development is shaped by environmental conditions: flood risk, bushfire hazard, heritage sensitivity, vegetation controls, and contamination registers. uDrew OnSite draws these factors into the same assessment interface as the planning intelligence, giving professionals a complete picture of what applies to a site without consulting multiple separate sources. Early visibility into environmental conditions is particularly valuable for projects where those conditions have cost or design implications that need to be understood before quoting begins.
One Workflow. Three Connected Tools.
uDrew OnSite is the foundation of the uDrew ecosystem, the starting point that makes everything downstream more reliable. The verified site intelligence it delivers feeds directly into uDrew Studio for compliant design, and into uDrew Connect for accurate, credible customer presentation. Because the same data flows through all three tools, professionals and their clients are always working from the same verified foundation and saving hours that would otherwise be lost to duplicating information across reports and systems.
The unique feasibility intelligence delivered by uDrew OnSite flows directly into uDrew Studio, where it forms the framework within which compliant layouts are designed. Rather than designing to assumed constraints and checking compliance afterward, uDrew Studio users design within the actual constraints identified by uDrew OnSite from the outset. The result is fewer redesigns, more accurate designs, less site visits and council-ready documentation that reflects the real conditions of the site, all from a single location.
The designs presented through uDrew Connect are grounded in the site intelligence from uDrew OnSite. When a customer explores a compliant design on their own property through a Connect Display kiosk or Connect Live tool, what they are seeing has been validated against the actual planning constraints of their site. The expectation set at the point of engagement is the expectation that can be delivered which is why leads generated through uDrew Connect are higher in confidence, more committed, better qualified, and easier to convert.
Built for the Trades That Build Australia and New Zealand
uDrew OnSite is used by any professional who needs accurate, reliable site intelligence before committing time or resources to a project. That covers a wide range of disciplines and project types, from pool builders assessing backyard feasibility to developers evaluating land acquisition opportunities, specialist site reporters, feature surveyors, engineers, architects, designers to landscapers checking overlay conditions to certifiers verifying compliance foundations and soil types.
Architects, engineers, surveyors, draftspeople, and planning consultants use uDrew OnSite to establish the compliance foundation for every project before design begins, reducing the need for site visit confirmation and hours spent on manual desktop studies. The intelligence delivered by OnSite reduces the risk of late-stage redesigns, supports more accurate professional advice, and provides a verifiable data source for planning decisions that may later be subject to review or dispute.
Pool builders, landscapers, shed installers, and granny flat builders use uDrew OnSite to confirm site suitability before quoting and before committing design resources to a project. When feasibility can be assessed in minutes rather than days, more enquiries can be evaluated, more accurate quotes can be produced, and more time can be spent on projects that proceed.
Developers and project teams use uDrew OnSite to maintain consistent feasibility assessment standards across multiple sites and council areas. Whether evaluating a single development opportunity or screening a portfolio of potential acquisitions, uDrew OnSite delivers the same quality of intelligence for every assessment, scaling capacity without scaling manual research overhead.
FAQs
Everything you need to know about site intelligence, compliance, and how uDrew works for your trade.
uDrew OnSite draws from a broad and continuously updated range of verified planning and environmental datasets, while also providing unique, proven proprietary results for Site Engineering and Geotechnical information. The intelligence it delivers reflects current planning scheme requirements and environmental conditions for the specific property, not generic regional averages or historical records. For professionals making go/no-go decisions based on OnSite assessments, that accuracy is the basis for confident action.
No. uDrew OnSite provides professionals with the early planning intelligence and tools to support feasibility decisions, design direction, and client advice. We leave formal certification or professional sign-off to our client’s discretion and experience within their fields. For projects that require a certified planning report, engineering or surveying certification, or formal council determination, those professional steps remain necessary. uDrew OnSite improves the quality and efficiency of the work that happens before those steps, providing professionals with a single source of all required information to assist in their own certification process for the areas of their expert experience, not the steps themselves.
Yes. uDrew OnSite assessments can be shared with clients, design teams, and other consultants as part of the project workflow. The outputs are formatted to be clear and accessible to non-specialist audiences, and can be customised to only show what is required by the individual use case, making them suitable for client presentations and project briefings without requiring additional interpretation, and flexible enough for any other situation.
Yes. uDrew OnSite draws from location-specific planning and environmental datasets that reflect the requirements applicable to each individual property and regulatory area. Whether a site is located in a metropolitan council area with complex overlay conditions or a regional council with its own specific planning scheme, the intelligence delivered by uDrew OnSite reflects what applies to that site, not a national average or a generic set of rules.
By surfacing planning constraints, environmental conditions, and site-specific requirements at the point of first enquiry, uDrew OnSite prevents the late-stage discoveries that cause the most significant project disruption. Constraints identified early can be designed around. Constraints identified after design commitments have been made require redesigns. uDrew OnSite ensures the former rather than the latter, significantly reducing both project cost blowouts and the consultant fees typically racked up at the early quoting stage.
Most planning tools handle one part of the workflow. uDrew OnSite is the only platform in the world that instantly and accurately calculates site engineering and design criteria, including geotechnical conditions, site classifications, wind ratings, and corrosion categories, alongside planning, zoning, and environmental data, in a single assessment. The information that used to take days and thousands of dollars to commission is available the moment you enter an address.
See onsite in action
See how uDrew OnSite delivers instant, verified site intelligence from the first enquiry, supporting faster feasibility decisions, more accurate quotes, and a clearer path to approval on every project.