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Getting started with BOQ Manager

Create your workspace, your first project, and run your first BOQ.

What BOQ Manager is

BOQ Manager is a Bill of Quantities tool for construction quantity surveyors. You create projects, attach drawings, build BOQ sections with rates from a shared spec library, and export priced documents for tender or internal review.

Your first ten minutes

  1. Create a project. From the Projects screen, click New project. Give it a name, client, and location. The project gets its own BOQ, drawings, and manifest.
  2. Add a drawing. Open the project, go to Drawings, and upload a PDF. Drawings are tenant-scoped — only your workspace can see them.
  3. Pick rates from the spec library. Open the Specs screen to see your library, or add new specs as you go. Specs are shared across all projects in your workspace.
  4. Build BOQ sections. From the project's BOQ tab, add sections and line items. Each item picks a spec, you enter a quantity, and the rate × quantity totals roll up.
  5. Export. Use the Export menu to produce Excel or PDF outputs ready to send out.

Who can do what

  • Admin — billing, team management, tenant settings.
  • Editor — create and modify projects, drawings, BOQs, specs.
  • Viewer — read-only access.

Module-level permissions can narrow this further per user (see "Account & SSO").

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