What is BuildEstimate AI?

BuildEstimate AI is an AI-assisted planning and estimation tool. It helps contractors, builders, and civil engineers in India create construction cost estimates, material quantity calculations, BOQ, payment schedules, and PDF reports.

Who can use BuildEstimate AI?

Civil engineers, contractors, builders, architects, site engineers, quantity surveyors, construction companies, civil engineering students, and individual house builders can use BuildEstimate AI.

Does BuildEstimate AI replace a civil engineer?

No. BuildEstimate AI is an AI-assisted planning and estimation tool. Final quantities, rates, and construction decisions should be reviewed by a qualified civil engineer, architect, quantity surveyor, or licensed professional before execution.

SHEET A-01 — CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATING, INDIA

Drawings in.
Bill of quantities out.

From a single house to a seven-storey tower, BuildEstimate measures every footing, column, slab and wall, prices it at your city's rates, and hands you a BOQ, a purchase list and a client-ready PDF.

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Free to startIS 1200 measurementMargin & GST built in

FRONT ELEVATION — SAMPLE TOWER, STILT + 6STAGE 01/04 · FOUNDATIONS

TAKEOFF — LIVE

Excavation₹5,45,651
4,620 m³
Foundation concrete & PCC₹14,55,070
770 m³
TMT steel, all grades—
— t
OPC 53 cement—
— bags
Red clay bricks—
— nos
Painting, int. & ext.—
— sq ft
Waterproofing—
— sq ft

2/7 STARTED₹20,00,721

01 Foundations
02 RCC frame
03 Masonry
04 Finishes

PROJECT: Sample residential tower
AREA: 15,400 sq ft
SPEC: Standard, stilt + 6
MEASURED: IS 1200
PLANNING RANGE: ₹3.44 – 4.02 Cr
ESTIMATE TOTAL · INCL. 18% GST: ₹3,65,76,137₹2,375 / sq ft

How a drawing becomes a BOQ

01 — UPLOAD
Drop a PDF or DXF plan. No drawings? Enter built-up area, floors and specification and start from there.
02 — MEASURE
Quantities are taken off element by element (excavation, concrete, steel, masonry, finishes), following IS 1200 rules.
03 — RATE
Every line is priced at your city's material and labour rates. Override any rate; the change stays with the project.
04 — ISSUE
Export the BOQ, a purchase list with wastage, and a PDF report your client can read and sign.

A BOQ your client can actually read

Item-wise, numbered and totalled, with your margin and taxes shown on their own lines. It's the same document you'd make in Excel, without the evening spent making it.

1Quantities you can check. Every figure traces back to an element and its dimensions.
2Rates from your city. Local market rates, or CPWD DSR for government work.
3Margin and GST in the open. Set your margin and overheads; GST is added on top.

Download the full sample report

BILL OF QUANTITIES

Sample residential tower · stilt + 6 · 15,400 sq ft

REF BE-2026-027
STANDARD SPEC

NO.	DESCRIPTION	QTY	UNIT	RATE ₹	AMOUNT ₹
1.1	Site survey, layout & clearing	15,400	sq ft	24	3,63,768
2.1	Excavation for foundation	4,620	m³	118	5,45,651
3.1	Foundation concrete & PCC	770	m³	1,890	14,55,070
4.1	OPC cement, 53 grade	3,347	bags	420	14,05,740
4.2	TMT bars, Fe500	42.50	t	52,000	22,10,000
4.6	Coarse aggregate, 20 mm	744	m³	1,800	13,39,200
5.1	Red clay bricks, class A	4,95,880	nos	8	39,67,040
6.1	River sand, plaster	347	m³	1,500	5,20,500
… 19 more items: steel grades, finishes, services, labour, transport

Contractor margin, 10%: 20,91,664
Overheads & contingency, 10%: 18,18,838
GST, 18%: 55,79,411
Grand total: ₹3,65,76,137

Schedule of capabilities

C-01
BOQ generator
A full, numbered bill of quantities from a drawing or from area alone.
C-02
Plan upload
Read PDF and DXF drawings and take quantities off the elements.
C-03
Material breakup
Cement, steel, sand, aggregate and bricks for every stage of work.
C-04
Purchase list with wastage
Order quantities with wastage margins for Indian site conditions.
C-05
Local rates
City-wise material and labour rates you can edit per project.
C-06
Margin & GST
Your profit margin and overheads, with GST calculated on top.
C-07
Payment schedule
Stage-wise payments tied to construction milestones.
C-08
PDF reports
Client-ready reports with your name on them.
C-09
Accuracy check
Flags thin inputs and risky assumptions before you send a quote.
C-10
Labour summary
Skilled and unskilled labour-days, and the cost behind them.
C-11
AI copilot
Ask questions about a project’s costs and get answers from its own numbers.
C-12
WhatsApp summary
Send a formatted project summary to a client in one tap.

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Who draws on it

Contractors

Quote the same day as the site visit. Margin and GST sit on their own lines, so clients see exactly what they're paying for.

Civil engineers

Element-wise takeoff you can check line by line, with rates you can override per project.

Builders

Compare specifications and cities before committing, and tie stage-wise payments to milestones.

Students

See how a real estimate is built (quantities, rates, wastage) on your own drawings.

Price your next project before the site visit.

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MEASURED

To the IS 1200 method of measurement, element by element.

RATED

At your city's market rates, or CPWD DSR for government work.

RANGED

Every estimate shows its planning range: −6% to +10%.

Estimates are planning-grade. Confirm rates with local suppliers before tendering.

Drawings in.Bill of quantities out.