Price the job once, then track it against what the site actually consumed
A BOQ built in Excel stops being true the day work starts. In BuilderX Pro the bill of quantities, the client estimate, and the scope of work are the same connected structure — so when materials are consumed and labour is booked on site, you can compare planned quantities against actuals instead of guessing where the money went.
Estimators · quantity surveyors · planning engineers · project managers
19+ capabilities in this module · 4 feature groups · 2 connected modules
Why spreadsheet BOQs stop being useful
The BOQ is priced once in Excel and never reconciled against what the site actually consumed.
Scope of work lives in a Word document, so nobody knows which materials and labour a line item assumes.
Client estimates are retyped from the BOQ, so a rate change in one place silently disagrees with the other.
Extra work gets done on site with no paper trail, and shows up as an argument at final billing.
Everything the boq, estimates & scope module does
19+ capabilities across 4 areas — each one shipped, not roadmap.
Bill of quantities
A structured BOQ instead of a flat spreadsheet.
- BOQ line items with quantity, unit and rate
- Sub-items for nested breakdowns
- BOQ lines mapped to project stage tasks
- External BOQ for client-supplied schedules
- Unit master shared across BOQ, materials and labour
Scope of work composition
Define what a line item is actually made of.
- Scope of work definitions per project
- Material composition per unit of work
- Labour composition per unit of work
- Reusable scope definitions across projects
- Versioned scope so changes are traceable
Estimates & client pricing
Turn the BOQ into a priced client document.
- Project estimate line items
- Estimate approval and revision handling
- Project specification sheets — feature and material lines
- Specification terms and conditions sections
- Branded PDF output for the client
Variation & reconciliation
Keep control when scope changes mid-project.
- Additional / extra work logging against a project
- Planned BOQ quantity vs actual consumption reporting
- Material consumption report per project
- Stage-wise progress tied back to BOQ lines
From start to finish
Build the BOQ
Enter line items with quantities, units and rates — or import a client-supplied external BOQ.
Define scope
Attach the material and labour composition to each unit of work so the line item means something.
Price the estimate
Generate the client estimate and specification sheet from the same structure, as a branded PDF.
Reconcile
As the site consumes materials and books labour, compare actuals against the planned BOQ.
Questions about boq, estimates & scope
Yes — the External BOQ feature is designed for client-supplied or externally prepared schedules, so you can work against a BOQ you did not author inside BuilderX Pro.
The BOQ is the quantity schedule, the estimate is the priced client-facing document generated from it, and scope of work defines what each unit of work is composed of in materials and labour. They are connected rather than three separate files, so a change in one does not silently disagree with the others.
Yes. Because materials are issued and consumed through the same platform, the consumption report lets you compare what the BOQ planned against what the site actually used, per project.
Additional works are logged against the project as their own records, so scope added mid-project has a trail rather than surfacing as a dispute at final billing.
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