Professional BOQ and Pricing Engine. Uses DDC-CWICR methodology for resource-based costing (Material/Labor/Machinery split). Use when you need to generate priced tenders, apply profit markups, calculate contingency, or normalize item lists to international standards (OmniClass/Uniclass).
This skill provides a structured workflow for generating professional construction estimates based on the DDC-CWICR open-source database and methodology.
When analyzing project drawings or PDFs, categorize work items according to the DDC Schema.
Follow the Resource-Based Costing Methodology. For each major work item, estimate the resource split:
Use the provided scripts/estimate_utils.py to perform consistent calculations for markups.
Present BOQs in a clean, hierarchical structure: