Solvix International provides BOQ review and cost estimation check services for developers, employers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants, funders, and legal teams that need an independent commercial sense-check before numbers are relied upon for tendering, budgeting, negotiation, or change decisions. We review the Bill of Quantities, estimate build-up, drawings, specifications, scope narratives, measurement basis, provisional sums, contingencies, and pricing logic to identify omissions, duplication, abnormal quantities, rate inconsistencies, and commercial blind spots.
This service can be delivered as an early-stage budget check, pre-tender BOQ review, tender evaluation support exercise, estimate validation for management approval, or targeted review of specific trade packages and change items.
In many construction disputes, the challenge is not simply the absence of data but the absence of structure. Critical information is spread across correspondence, schedules, notices, progress updates, payment records, meeting minutes, instructions, and technical documents. Solvix helps turn that fragmented material into a disciplined narrative and evidence base that legal teams can work with effectively.
Even well-prepared tender packages and internal estimates can contain embedded uncertainty. Missing scope, duplicated items, optimistic productivity assumptions, inconsistent measurement rules, unrealistic provisional sums, or unbalanced pricing can distort procurement decisions and create avoidable downstream disputes. An independent review helps decision-makers understand whether a number is robust, where the major commercial sensitivities sit, and what should be corrected before the project proceeds.
Our review approach is structured enough to support management decisions, bid assessments, and formal commercial records, but flexible enough to suit the level of design maturity and information available. The methodology can be applied at concept level, developed design, tender issue stage, post-bid comparison, or during live change control where a quantity and pricing sense-check is needed.
identify the estimate basis, issue status of drawings and specifications, exclusions, qualifications, and pricing assumptions.
compare BOQ sections or estimate packages with the intended project scope, interfaces, and procurement strategy.
review key measured quantities, unit selections, take-off logic, and consistency with the available design information.
test rate formation, labour and material assumptions, preliminaries, wastage, productivity, contingencies, and provisional sums.
compare between bidders, estimate revisions, historical data sets, or internal benchmarks to highlight outliers and risk areas.
issue a concise review matrix with material issues, commercial implications, and recommended actions.
The quality of a BOQ review depends on the quality of the underlying information. We work with whatever information set is available while making clear where design maturity, incomplete records, or bidder qualifications limit certainty. That transparency helps clients understand both the result and the confidence level behind it.
A BOQ review tests scope alignment, quantity logic, units, section structure, provisional sums, pricing assumptions, and the overall commercial reliability of the document.
No. Solvix can also review cost plans, estimate build-ups, schedules of rates, trade-package pricing, and change quotations where a full BOQ is not available.
Yes. BOQ and estimate reviews often feed directly into tender evaluation, cost verification, variation strategy, and later claims or expert work where commercial records are scrutinised.
At Solvix International, we specialize in delivering exceptional project management and consultancy services.
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