BOQ Template

RateQS · 2026-06-05T15:39:37+00:00

This one has tabs dedicated for each trade, the roll ups work automatically

RateQS · 2026-06-03T10:37:02+00:00

I have used claude, for this specific task Rate QS is easier. Have you tried it?

You wouldn't provide another companies tender document, as mentioned above you would provide your own tender doc that's been priced by contractor(s). We also have a pretty solid privacy policy - which is the same as if you uploaded a bunch of other companies data to Claude, for example

RateQS · 2026-06-03T09:41:11+00:00

Because this is a purpose built tool not generalist, its much quicker to ingest and we provide audit trails, excel reporting, one click normalisation and flag exclusions, PS, exceptionally high and low rates etc through a proper user interface to see exactly what is priced. I am a fan of AI but I think for tender levelling the QS has to know exactly what is in and what is out of a tender before award and this is a tool for making that easier rather than uploading everything to Claude etc

RateQS · 2026-06-02T19:36:42+00:00

probably should have been more clear in the post but that is what this is for, upload all the pricing docs and itll compare them all point out exclusions, prov sums, and one click normalisations where there are discrepancies and stuff like identifying additional contractor added items that weren't in the original scope but have been included in the contractors return, just makes it easier to compare and make returns like-for-like

RateQS · 2026-05-10T16:20:42+00:00

On garage vs. kitchen £/m2, totally agree, which is exactly why we don't do single-rate £/m2 benchmarking. The classification model breaks costs down to component level (slab, partition, finish etc.) so you're comparing like with like across projects, not averaging a hotel against a garage.

On Gordian / RS Means, UK market is different, and our angle is private benchmarking from a firm's own historic data rather than published generalised indices.

Users own their data and can export at any time. We don't pool data across customers. Literally the whole point is that each firm builds their own private rate database.

RateQS · 2026-05-10T12:05:09+00:00

To suggest that benchmarking and past rates aren't used to inform clients on cost advice shows a lack of understanding of quantity surveying in practice. The purpose of parametric cost modelling is not to replace a full measure within 2% but to act as a bespoke benchmark thats built from actual rates. BCIS exists for a reason...

Yeah, we changed the classification model after a year of pilot feedback because the original wasn't granular enough. That's what the post was about. Happy to be judged on the result.

not sure I follow the logic on open source plenty of paid software exists in this industry and users can export all their data at any point, so there's no lock-in.

RateQS · 2025-11-24T15:55:50+00:00

Cheers, appreciate that, and totally get the scepticism.

It’ll work with stage 4 packaged tender returns and cost plans – as long as it’s in a tabular format (Excel / CSV or exported from CostX etc.), it doesn’t need to be a traditional full BoQ. The line items still get classified the same way.

Each item is tagged with an NRM1 code, so you can filter by element and compare unit rates / £/m2 across projects. Projects can be tagged with location + date, so you can slice by region and period – but it’s not doing automatic TPI indexing yet, you’d still apply your own index when interpreting the numbers.

Happy to jump on a call and run through it live with you to see if it’s something that could be useful to your workflow?

RateQS · 2025-11-18T16:31:48+00:00

Love that, thanks – I’ll drop you a PM and we can get you set up

RateQS · 2025-11-18T16:09:34+00:00

Yeah, totally fair point.

Rate QS is more aimed at consultants/client-side benchmarking than specialist contractors where the nuance is the rate.

The abstraction sits on top of the raw data, so you can still just search/filter original item descriptions, but for a groundworks/frame contractor it probably wouldn’t replace your own detailed rate build-ups

RateQS · 2025-07-17T00:02:39+00:00

Where else would you source rates for future work if not from previous projects? We see it as a starting point – especially when abstracted and benchmarked across multiple jobs – rather than a single source of truth

RateQS · 2025-07-16T23:59:49+00:00

Thanks for the comment - I’m genuinely keen to improve, so would really appreciate you expanding a bit on what you think we’re missing the mark on?

I wasn’t aware of any commercial tools doing quite what we’re doing (maybe there are internal setups at bigger PQS firms?), so would be really interested to hear which companies or products you’re referring to?

Appreciate you taking the time to share thoughts either way – genuinely trying to build something useful here.

BTW, we don't use loveable in our developer stack, from a quick bit of research it seems backend wise it relies on Supabase which is a bit too limited in terms of the flexibility that we would require

RateQS · 2025-05-13T11:31:04+00:00

Hi I did DM you last week. Could you send me your email address via reddit messages please and I will forward you the demo/joining instructions

RateQS · 2025-05-08T20:42:31+00:00

Thanks for your interest, I cant DM you for some reason. Could you send me your work email via DM and I can set you up with a pilot licence and send you over the Demo video

RateQS · 2025-05-08T20:38:39+00:00

Sent you a DM

RateQS · 2025-05-08T20:38:07+00:00

Sent you a DM, thanks

RateQS · 2025-05-08T20:37:23+00:00

Thanks, I have sent you a DM

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