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BOQ Software for MEP Contractors Managing Multi-Discipline Scope

For mechanical, electrical and plumbing contractors evaluating structured, multi-discipline BOQ and source-review workflows.

Quantara helps MEP contractors capture supported information for review and organize confirmed mechanical, electrical and plumbing items in BOQ sections.

Industry Challenges

Multi-Discipline Complexity

MEP packages can contain many specialized items across mechanical, electrical and plumbing trades, so scope boundaries require careful review.

Technical Document Coordination

Managing the relationship between the BOQ descriptions, equipment schedules, and supplier references often leads to misaligned pricing.

How Quantara Supports the Workflow

Quantara provides structured sections for supported mechanical, electrical and plumbing items, quantities, units and reference notes. Contractors must verify technical specifications, compare distinct revisions and check every output.

Practical Example

An MEP estimator is working on a high-rise residential project. They use Quantara to separate the electrical lighting schedules from the mechanical HVAC scope, organizing each discipline into its own structured BOQ section for distinct subcontractor pricing.

A complete hybrid BOQ workflow

Let AI accelerate the work — keep engineers in control of the final BOQ

Your team can build, measure, calculate, review and deliver the BOQ directly in Quantara. When you need more capacity, hire TAYQAN to prepare supported work for your team's final review.

AI-assisted when possible. Engineer-controlled from start to delivery.

AI Draft BOQ

Create an editable BOQ from usable project evidence. AI accelerates supported extraction and structuring; engineers can add, measure, correct and price every remaining item without leaving the workflow.

  • Editable BOQ built from supported project evidence
  • Direct item creation for scope that needs engineering input
  • Guided measurement and visible quantity calculations
  • Missing quantities and units stay visible until completed
  • Rates remain under your commercial team's control

TAYQAN — AI Quantity Surveyor

TAYQAN carries supported QS work from source review through quantity preparation, BOQ assembly and QA. Your authorized professional reviews the result and decides when it is ready to issue.

  • Source discovery and processing
  • Evidence review and quantity preparation
  • Rate preparation when requested and governed
  • BOQ assembly and validation / final QA
  • Prepared for authorized professional review and issue

Final professional acceptance remains under human control.

Capabilities and Scope

Supported Inputs

  • Text-based PDF
  • Scanned PDF (detection only — OCR not currently available)
  • XLSX
  • CSV

Not Currently Supported

  • CAD (Not available)
  • BIM (Not available)
  • IFC (Not available)

Typical Categories

  • HVAC
  • Electrical
  • Plumbing
  • Drainage
  • Fire Fighting
  • Controls
  • Testing and Commissioning
  • Preliminaries

*Categories are user-defined. No pre-built libraries are currently provided.

Supported Outputs

  • Structured Excel (XLSX)
  • Reviewable PDF Outputs
  • CSV Exports

Limitations & Professional Disclaimer

  • Quantara does not provide verified discipline libraries or pre-built MEP item databases.
  • Quantara does not provide engineering approval or code compliance certification.
  • Automatic takeoff from MEP drawings is not currently available.

Quantara assists with document extraction, BOQ organization, project records, templates, revisions and supported document-generation workflows. All scope, quantities, units, descriptions, technical requirements, rates, assumptions, exclusions and generated outputs must be reviewed by appropriately qualified construction professionals before tender, procurement, contractual or construction use. Quantara does not provide engineering approval, code compliance certification, or professional design validation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which BOQ sections are common in MEP projects?

Typical sections include HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing, Drainage, Fire Fighting, Controls, and Testing & Commissioning.

Does Quantara have pre-built MEP libraries?

No, Quantara does not currently offer verified pre-built discipline libraries. Users must define their own categories and items.

Can I manage equipment schedules?

Supported structured Excel schedules can be imported. For a text-based PDF, only supported detected table rows become review candidates, which a professional must verify and organize as BOQ items. Scanned schedules require manual transcription because OCR text extraction is not currently available.

Does it validate MEP engineering compliance?

No. Quantara is a document and workflow platform. It does not provide engineering approval or design validation.

How do you handle supplier references?

Supplier references and technical specifications can be added as notes or descriptions to specific BOQ items.

Can I separate mechanical and electrical scope?

Yes, the platform allows you to create distinct sections and packages to cleanly separate multi-discipline scope.

Does it measure pipe lengths automatically?

No, automatic drawing measurement, including pipe or cable runs, is not currently available.

How are MEP revisions handled?

Distinct BOQ revisions retain identifiable project states. Users must compare the records and verify that updates were applied to the intended discipline sections.

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