Automated quantity take-off and cost transparency for faster, clearer project decisions.
Cost and quantity management often suffers from unclear documentation, manual comparisons, and inconsistent data across regions and disciplines. With big®, quantities and costs are automatically derived, standardized, and fully traceable — creating a reliable basis for tendering, change management, and negotiation. The result: fewer disputes, faster reviews, and more confident decisions throughout the entire project lifecycle.
Automated Quantities for Reliable Cost Foundations
big® enables automated quantity take-off directly from the BIM model, ensuring standardized, repeatable, and objective results. This eliminates manual effort, reduces errors, and provides a robust basis for cost planning and benchmarking. By integrating standardized cost reference values and rule-based logic, big® ensures that each quantity is traceable and aligned with project and corporate requirements.
Harmonizing International Cost Structures & Enabling Transparent Tendering
Projects often operate across different regions, standards, and corporate frameworks — each with its own costing logic. big® aligns these differences by integrating BIM metadata with national and international standards such as DIN 276, BKP/eBKP-H, RICS NRM, UNIFORMAT, MASTERFORMAT, and enterprise-specific cost structures.
big® enables:
- Cross-structure mappings, allowing elements to follow multiple standards simultaneously.
- Standardized BoQ creation, regardless of the underlying planning logic.
- Conversion between classification systems, enabling globally consistent reporting.
- Local compliance with global comparability, ideal for multinational portfolios.
This unified structure flows seamlessly into the tendering, AVA, and contract award processes. big® integrates all steps — quantities, costs, tendering, award, and accounting — into a transparent chain that reduces errors, documents changes clearly, and minimizes conflict around additional cost claims.
Reducing Risk and Strengthening Negotiation Power
Clear, data-driven visibility into quantities and costs allows teams to identify risks early and avoid cost overruns. Automated comparisons replace manual checks, enabling faster assessments of variation orders and strengthening negotiation positions with contractors.
