BOQ Software for Quantity Surveyors Managing Structured Project Records
Built for professional quantity surveyors and commercial managers looking for reliable BOQ review, revision control, and document management.
Quantara provides quantity surveyors with a structured platform to organize BOQ preparation, manage tender documentation, and maintain rigorous revision control.
Industry Challenges
Version Control Chaos
Tracking changes across multiple tender addenda and consultant revisions often leads to pricing outdated scope.
Document Extraction Burden
Manually verifying and extracting item descriptions and quantities from unstructured client PDFs is highly prone to transcription errors.
How Quantara Supports the Workflow
Quantara assists quantity surveyors by structuring project records. It provides tools to manage BOQ preparation, review quantities, track item descriptions, and explicitly record assumptions and exclusions. This ensures a clear audit trail for commercial review and professional responsibility.
Practical Example
A quantity surveyor receives a revised consultant BOQ in PDF format. Before issuing it for tender, they use Quantara to extract the document, structure the items, and formally lock it as Revision 2, ensuring a clean, verifiable record for all bidders.
Capabilities and Scope
Supported Inputs
- Text-based PDF
- Scanned PDF
- XLSX
- CSV
Planned Inputs
- CAD (Planned)
- BIM (Planned)
- IFC (Planned)
Typical Categories
- Substructure
- Superstructure
- Internal Finishes
- External Works
- Provisional Sums
- Prime Cost Sums
- Preliminaries
*Categories are user-defined. No pre-built libraries are currently provided.
Supported Outputs
- Structured Excel (XLSX)
- Formatted PDF Proposals
- CSV Exports
Limitations & Professional Disclaimer
- Quantara does not replace measurement judgment or regulated QS practice.
- Quantara does not perform automated drawing measurement.
- Professional review of all extracted outputs is strictly required.
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
Does Quantara replace a quantity surveyor?
Absolutely not. Quantara is an assistive workflow tool. Professional judgment and regulated QS practice remain entirely the responsibility of the user.
How does it help with commercial review?
By structuring the BOQ data and maintaining revision histories, quantity surveyors can more easily audit changes, spot anomalies, and review exclusions.
Can I track BOQ assumptions?
Yes, assumptions and exclusions can be documented and linked to specific BOQ revisions to provide a clear commercial record.
Are standard measurement rules (e.g., NRM) built-in?
No, Quantara provides the structural framework, but the quantity surveyor applies the relevant measurement rules and descriptions.
How are tender documents managed?
Documents can be extracted and organized into distinct project records, ensuring the BOQ matches the specific tender issue.
Does it support scanned consultant PDFs?
Yes, OCR is available for scanned PDFs, but rigorous human review of the extracted quantities and units is mandatory.
Can consultants manage multiple project revisions?
Yes, the platform includes revision control to manage multiple versions of a BOQ as a project evolves.
Can I export the data for other QS software?
Yes, structured data can be exported to Excel (XLSX) or CSV for use in dedicated measurement or cost-planning software.