Morning everyone!! Hope you all have a great week.
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Was just wondering about the general structure. Is there a standard layout of the BOQ or does it have to comply with certain or expected standards.
In other news, do you believe a Product Manager (PM) and a Scrum Master be one in the same?
That I cannot answer, your best best would be to call a QS aka Quantity Surveyor. They are in charge of the BOQ and we just send it out with plans for tender to construction companies.
Morning
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I use these 4 out of 5 days in the week. If you give me some context of your query we can set up a Discord chat some time, for sure.
A Bill of Quantities is one of the core costing documents in construction. Many tenders will provide a BOQ for you to ensure that everyone is given a fair chance to quote and can be used to compare pricing accurately.
On smaller jobs like house builds we measure from drawings and create our own BOQ. This is to ensure that when we sign a contract our exact extent of work is measured, and we can recoup any additional costs.
In simpler terms it is a shopping list of what is need for a build, and how much those items will cost.
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That is what I explained to him now 
Architects only go through it, we don’t draw it up. And yes if the QS or contractor forgot to add something - it can add up to be a costly mistake.
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This is a snapshot of a BOQ we get from the quantity surveyor (QS) for a tender. As you can see they measured how many square meters of brickwork will be required for this project. We as builder know how much it will cost us per m2 and can price. The totals are added up and normally the lowest tender wins. (They will these days also send it in Excel format to minimise calculation mistakes, but some QS tjops still required them to be filled out on a printed stack of sheets to be included in the tender documentation)
When we get to the actual job and the BOQ said 512m2 of 220mm brick wall, but the drawings have changed, or the scope has changed, we then have a rate per m2 that the QS can use to make the additional cost relative to the increased quantity.
However, we will not stray from this BOQ unless a variation order is issued. If we don’t then the client can simply say: I did not tell you to build more walls, so wont pay you extra.
We have custom software from a local company that allows us to easily create our own BOQs if the QS does not provide one. It can then print out the BOQ in various depths of detail. Most of the time the client will only be interested in the summary page showing the final cost.
If you are still awake reading this, we can talk forever about contracts, and how stingy clients can be 
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bwahahaha you think they are stingy?!
My favourite phrase is : nope I can draw it myself for so much less! When we quote on architectural prices - goeie moer people don’t want to pay
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I would love to, I love learning about and having the opportunity to enhance people workflows. This is my job after all.
I’d be interested to know more about this too.
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urgh… got an interview later today where the company thought it a good idea to find someone that can fit many hats, namely; Release Train Engineer, Project Manager and Scrum Master roles.
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I hate agile. Stupid concept that has overplayed its welcome.
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Hi everyone.
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Look at when I am am on Discord and call me
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Noooooo no no, any scrum master wil ltell you that SCRUM and agile are nothing alike, absolutely nothing in common between the two methodologies, nosirree!
Can you tell I’ve got a Scrum master in my family? 
@Oltman: That sample BOQ looks pretty much identical to what we’re used to seeing on larger projects as well. I don’t often have to deal with civils (thank goodness, I’m not civil at all), but I recognize that format.
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Might be worth having a call to settle this
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I don’t know any of this talk above…I don’t even watch rugby…
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Good Tuesday morning! 
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Morning all ya pretty lasses.
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Hi hi hi
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