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BOQ (bill of quantities)

A document that lists the work item by item, with quantities, for pricing.

by Jack Butler-Kettle · About 1 min readShare

Further detail

Read this alongside NRM 2: Detailed measurement for building works.

A bill of quantities separates work into descriptions, units and quantities for pricing. Whether those quantities are fixed or remeasured depends on the contract. A rate may help value a change, but only if the valuation rules and the character of the changed work make it applicable.

Keep the original bill, revisions and measurement records together. Our Quantity take-off and bill of quantities preparation service establishes descriptions, units and quantities on an agreed measurement basis. Use our Change valuation and compensation-event quotations service to assess later changes against that baseline.

Sources

  1. NRM 2: Detailed measurement for building works, UK 2nd edition, October 2021 (reissued October 2022 as RICS practice information). RICS.

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