About Built To Spec
Precision in the detail.
Clarity in the pathway.
A specialist Australian vehicle-compliance consultancy supporting first-stage manufacturers and Second Stage of Manufacture businesses.
People / process
Our purpose
Make complex compliance work feel manageable.
Vehicle type approval involves much more than completing an application. It requires the vehicle, requirements and supporting information to tell one consistent technical story.
1
Structure before volume
A smaller, well-organised evidence set is more useful than a large collection with no traceable logic.
A smaller, well-organised evidence set is more useful than a large collection with no traceable logic.
2
Questions before assumptions
Defining the vehicle and pathway properly prevents technical work from solving the wrong problem.
Defining the vehicle and pathway properly prevents technical work from solving the wrong problem.
3
Clarity without shortcuts
Direct advice, transparent gaps and practical next steps—without overstating what the evidence can support.
Direct advice, transparent gaps and practical next steps—without overstating what the evidence can support.
Field / inspection
Manufacturing reality matters.
Why Built To Spec
Technical leadership grounded in manufacturing reality.
- Specialist focus on Australian vehicle compliance
- First-stage and SSM experience
- Chartered professional engineering leadership
- Practical design and manufacturing perspective
- Clear, traceable technical documentation
- Direct and responsive service
- No exaggerated promises or shortcuts
Our approach
A disciplined process.
A collaborative engagement.
We explain what is known, what is missing and why each piece matters—so decisions stay visible to the people responsible for the vehicle.
01Understand the vehicle.
02Identify the requirements.
03Assess the evidence.
04Close the gaps.
05Prepare the case.
Next step
Work with a specialist.
Share the vehicle type, approval pathway and where the project currently sits.