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The Methodology Statement Template Pack
The structure, ten reusable method blocks for civil works, and the sentence pattern that turns a claim an evaluator has to take on faith into one they can mark.
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Why we made this
Generic method statements score in the middle band. Every time.
Methodology is one of the heaviest-weighted non-price criteria on most civil tenders, and it is where generic writing costs the most. A well-written method statement that could describe any job reliably lands mid-band — because there is nothing in it an evaluator can point at to justify a higher score.
What’s inside
Six parts.
What the panel is actually marking
The five things a methodology criterion tests, and the one-line test that catches generic writing before an evaluator does.
The structure, with word budgets
Eight sections and how much of a 3,000-word limit each should take — decided before you write, not after.
Ten method blocks
Site establishment, services, erosion and sediment, traffic, earthworks, drainage, pavement, concrete, reinstatement and ITPs. What to cover, the evidence to name, and the trap in each.
Claim, method, control, evidence
The four-part sentence pattern behind nearly every statement that earns a mark, with four before-and-after rewrites.
Print-and-fill template
Blank pages that follow the structure. Fill them in on site with a pen, then write — it takes a third of the time.
Fourteen-point self-check
Run against the finished document. Anything you can’t tick is a specific, fixable defect.
Is it for you?
Worth your email if…
This is for you if
- You write your own tender responses and know the methodology section is where you lose ground
- You’re bidding council, agency or developer civil work between $50K and $2M
- You have a supervisor who knows how the job gets built but struggles to put it on paper
- You want to stop rewriting the same method content from scratch every bid
Probably not if
- You want a pre-written methodology to submit as-is — that scores like pre-written content, because it is
- You’re after design or engineering guidance; this is about writing what you already do
- You need a Tier 1 major-projects methodology framework
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The free guides behind it.
Everything in this pack is drawn from the guides we publish openly — no email required for any of them.
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Can I use this on client work?
Use it, print it and adapt it inside your own business as much as you like. Please don’t resell it or republish it as your own.
Is it specific to my state?
It’s written for Australian civil contractors generally. Where requirements differ by state or scheme — licensing, prequalification, procurement thresholds — the pack says so and points you at the authority that governs it.