How it works
A disciplined path from drawings to defensible cost.
TerraVest follows the way construction cost work is actually done — inputs, takeoff, BOQ, rates, cost, validation, reporting — with a human review step at every stage where judgement matters.
Create your project
Name, reference, client, project type and category, plus country, state, city and site address. Residential, commercial, industrial or infrastructure.
- Project reference & client
- Location hierarchy
- Project stage & duration
Enter project inputs
Floors, gross and typical floor area, room counts, foundation and structural system, roof, walls, finishes, MEP specification, finishing level and quality.
- Economy → Luxury finishing levels
- Metric or imperial
- Configurable assemblies
Upload drawings & documents
Architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing drawings, schedules and specifications in PDF, image, CAD, IFC, Excel, Word or CSV format.
- Secure document storage
- Per-file processing status
- Page-level progress
TerraVest analyses the project
Documents are processed asynchronously — uploading, processing, analysing, extracting, calculating, validating, completed. Your browser never freezes.
- Background job queue
- Rooms, elements & fixtures
- Schedules and finishes
Review the quantities
System-generated takeoffs are never locked. Edit quantities and units, split, merge, add, delete, annotate and approve — with full audit trail.
- System Generated → Approved
- Confidence per item
- Drawing reference & page
Generate the BOQ
Twenty-five standard trade sections from Preliminaries to External Works, with item codes, specifications, rate build-ups and version control.
- Material + labour + plant
- Waste factors
- BOQ v1, v2, v3 comparison
Apply current market rates
Rates matched by material, specification, unit and location, from multiple sources — never a single supplier. Minimum, maximum, median, weighted average and recommended rate.
- Normalised units
- Outlier validation
- Price history & trend
Understand the cost
Material, labour, equipment, transport, waste, overheads, profit, contingency and VAT — with total cost, cost per square metre, market range, confidence and risk score.
- Cost/m² benchmarks
- BOQ quality score
- Cost risk score
Compare scenarios & export
Switch between Economy, Standard, Premium and Luxury, ask what-if questions, then export a branded BOQ, cost summary or executive report as PDF, Excel or CSV.
- What-if analysis
- Scenario comparison
- PDF / Excel / CSV
Ready to run your first project?
Optional professional QS verification is available on every BOQ.