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BOQ Software for UAE Construction and Estimating Teams

For UAE contractors, estimators and quantity surveyors requiring structured BOQ and project document workflows.

Quantara is AI-assisted BOQ workflow software that helps UAE construction teams organize supported project sources, reviewed information and distinct BOQ revision records.

Regional Workflow Challenges

Mixed Tender Formats

UAE construction and tender workflows vary by project, often involving a mix of scanned PDFs, consultant Excel files, and unstructured project narratives.

High Revision Volume

Managing frequent consultant, contractor, and subcontractor revisions during the tender phase requires strict document control.

How Quantara Supports the Workflow

Quantara captures supported information from text-based PDFs and spreadsheets for review, organizes confirmed BOQ records and retains distinct revisions. Available templates can support reviewed outputs. Users remain responsible for multilingual descriptions, commercial data and final issue decisions.

Regional Scenario

"A UAE main contractor receives a text-based PDF BOQ from a consultant. Supported information is captured for review, confirmed items are organized in a BOQ record and an available company template is applied to a reviewable output. A scanned version is detected and flagged for manual transcription because OCR text extraction is not currently available."

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

Inputs

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

Not Currently Supported

  • CAD
  • BIM
  • IFC

Structuring

  • Preliminaries
  • Civil and Structural
  • Architectural Finishes
  • MEP Works
  • Provisional Sums

No pre-built regional libraries or code-compliance categories are currently enforced.

Outputs

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

Professional Disclaimer & Limitations

  • Quantara does not claim UAE compliance or specific regulatory approval.
  • Quantara does not provide UAE-specific market rates or calculate UAE VAT.
  • Quantara does not support automated Arabic language translation or native parsing unless explicitly verified in the future.

Quantara assists with supported document extraction, BOQ organization, project records, templates, revisions and document-generation workflows. Regional project requirements, contractual obligations, measurement methods, rates, tax treatment, regulations and professional responsibilities vary. All quantities, units, descriptions, specifications, rates, assumptions, exclusions and generated outputs must be reviewed by appropriately qualified local construction professionals before tender, procurement, contractual or construction use.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Quantara available to UAE construction companies?

Quantara is available to UAE contractors, estimators and quantity surveyors for supported BOQ workflows, subject to account approval, configuration and capability availability.

Does Quantara include UAE construction rates?

No, Quantara does not provide pre-built UAE market rates or pricing databases. Users must apply their own rates to the structured BOQ.

Does Quantara support UAE VAT calculations?

No, Quantara does not calculate VAT or other local taxes. It focuses purely on structuring the BOQ items and quantities.

Can Quantara process Arabic BOQ documents?

Current public capability information does not verify Arabic OCR or translation. Language support should be confirmed for the source and workflow before use.

Is Quantara hosted in the UAE?

Quantara does not claim that all customer data is stored only in the UAE. Hosting regions and any customer-specific residency or transfer requirements should be confirmed in writing before sensitive project data is uploaded.

Does it comply with Dubai Municipality regulations?

Quantara is a document workflow tool and does not provide engineering approval or regulatory compliance validation.

Can I manage consultant revisions?

Quantara retains distinct BOQ revision records. Users must compare them and interpret updates from consultants or clients.

How is account and feature access managed for regional users?

Account approval, configuration, entitlement and source format determine which supported capabilities are available. Commercial terms are presented through eligible authenticated recurring checkout or confirmed separately in writing.

Which file formats are currently supported?

Quantara imports supported structured XLSX and CSV data. For text-based PDFs, it stores extractable text and creates review candidates only from supported detected table rows. Scanned/image-only PDFs are detected and flagged for manual transcription; OCR text extraction is not currently available.

Does Quantara replace a local quantity surveyor?

No, professional review by a qualified QS or estimator is always required.

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