CONSTRUCTION ERP
The problem
In most contracting companies the BOQ exists in three versions: the tender spreadsheet, the budget the finance team rebuilt, and the measurement sheet the QS maintains for valuations. None of the three agrees with the others.
Every reconciliation between them is where a variation goes unclaimed, a quantity is billed twice, or a margin erodes without anyone noticing.
Core workflow
One BOQ, six consumers.
01
BOQ hierarchy
Sections, subsections, activities and items.
02
Rate build-up
Material, labour, equipment and subcontract per item.
03
Budget
The awarded BOQ becomes the cost budget by cost code.
04
Procurement
Material requirement generated from BOQ quantities.
05
Execution & progress
Executed quantity booked against the BOQ line.
06
Billing
Certified quantity drives the valuation and the invoice.
What it covers
Structure
Multi-level BOQ hierarchyCost codes and WBS mappingItem libraries and standard ratesProvisional and lump-sum itemsBOQ revisions and comparison
Build-up
Material, labour, equipment, subcontractWastage and productivity factorsPreliminaries and overheadsMarkup and selling rateMargin per item and per section
Quantities
Contract quantityPlanned quantityExecuted quantityCertified quantityRemaining quantity
Connects with
Operational outcomes
1
BOQ, not three versions
−11 days
Tender-to-budget setup
100%
Cost traced to a BOQ line
+2.1 pts
Margin recovered on measurement
Ranges observed on Al Jawad engagements. Targets agreed in assessment.