Case study · Measure
Measure: from drawings to a priced bill
Measure reads an architect's drawing set and builds the Bill of Quantities, with every line tied back to the drawing it came from.
The problem
A bill of quantities is still built by hand
A Bill of Quantities, or BOQ, is the list of everything a building needs, measured and priced. Cost consultants and contractors build it by reading the architect's drawings and typing the results into Excel. It works, but it is slow, and it breaks in the same four places every time.
- It is slowReading a full drawing set by hand takes days of careful, repetitive work.
- Revisions start overWhen the architect changes a sheet, the measuring begins again from the top.
- Nothing traces backA quantity in a cell cannot be pointed back to the place on the drawing it came from.
- Errors show at tenderA missed area or a wrong count is usually found only when bids come in far apart.
How it works
Four steps, from sheets to a bill
Watch one drawing set travel through Measure. Pick a step to jump to it.
Measure
Priced bill, tender bill, review link
Open questions go out as clarifications. A person rules on each one.
- Reading the drawing set. Sheets arrive together and are registered one by one.
- Scope from the hatches, not the room labels. The grey area outside the contract is taken away. A ceiling with no hatch is still a finish.
- Every line points to its drawing. Each row is measured, counted or provisional, and says so.
- Priced bill, tender bill, review link. Open questions go out as clarifications. A person rules on each one.
Receive
Reading the drawing setSheets arrive together and are registered one by one.Read
Scope from the hatches, not the room labelsThe grey area outside the contract is taken away. A ceiling with no hatch is still a finish.Measure
Every line points to its drawingEach row is measured, counted or provisional, and says so.Deliver
Priced bill, tender bill, review linkOpen questions go out as clarifications. A person rules on each one.
What a person still decides
The software raises the doubt. A person rules on it.
Drawings often disagree with each other: a plan shows one thing, a section shows another. Measure does not pick a side quietly. It raises a clarification, says which sheets conflict, and waits.
The cost consultant rules on every clarification. Their answer is recorded, and the affected lines update.
When the architect sends mark-ups, they fold back into the same model. Only the changed lines move, and a new revision is rebuilt the same day, with the differences listed.
Nothing is hidden inside a total. Each figure can be opened and checked.
Where it is used
Teams that live on drawings
- Architecture and interior studiosChecking quantities and budgets early, while the design can still change.
- Façade contractorsTaking off panels, frames and finishes from detailed elevations.
- Engineering consultanciesProducing tender-ready bills on projects in India and the Gulf.
Next
Bring a drawing set and see a bill
A short call is enough to see whether Measure fits how your team prices work.
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