Describe the building element by element, with real dimensions. Every block, cement bag and kilo of steel is derived from your geometry, not from an average.
This is the mode to use once you have drawings. If you do not have any yet, start with the quick estimator. Quick estimator
Kigali, Rwanda
Drop in your architect’s drawings: areas, storeys, heights and walls are measured and carried into the form.
PDF or images (JPEG, PNG, WebP), 10 files at most.
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Everything else follows from these. Every quantity proposed below starts here, and every one stays editable: a figure read off a drawing beats any rule.
Tick what you are building. Nothing appears until you tick it: if you only want the foundation, the foundation is all you fill in.
Ground and foundations
Structure
Envelope
Finishes
External works
You buy the materials and pay the workers directly. No contractor, so no contractor’s profit, but the site costs are still yours.
Not the same thing as the budget estimate’s finish level. A finish level is a different building; a procurement route is the same building bought differently. All three routes below sit inside the estimator’s economy band.
Tick at least one item above to start.