Bill of quantities

Each row is an item of the schedule of rates: item number, description, unit, where its quantity comes from, × factor, rate. The quantities of cutting and filling (any area combination), turfing, benching, overhaul, surplus and borrow are measured from the sections; Typed quantity is for anything else.

Benching: steps cut into the ground under the bank where it is steeper than the limit (20 % = 1 in 5); a step of width w on a slope s cuts w · w · s / 2.

Excel BOQ writes quantity × rate = amount and the total as formulas. Start from gives a road or railway list to add the rates to.