Boq in Civil Engineering

The survival of any business is heavily depend on the success of commercial management. When it comes to commercial management in construction industry,  Bill of Quantities (BOQ)  is the term which brings attention of every construction professionals and stakeholders. It is one of the communication tool which connects the parties (Client, consultant & contractor) of construction project. Keith defines, BOQ is a schedule which categories, details and quantifies the materials and other cost items to be used in construction project. It is important to know that, direct costs & indirect costs are to be considered for complete cost of the project which are covered in different parts of the BOQ. Generally BOQ is in tabular form which contents description, unit, quantity, rate & amount in different columns. Sample BOQ Document, PDF Description column provides a brief explanation of what to be done. For example, in the first item, the 32mm diameter CPVC pipes sho...