HOLIXORAIn the Indonesian construction industry, the Bill of Quantities is a document that determines whether a project is profitable. It itemises every material, labour unit, and equipment hour required to complete a build. For a commercial building, a complete and accurate BOQ is the difference between a project that runs on budget and one that hemorrhages margin at handover.
The problem: generating a BOQ from architectural drawings is a manual, time-intensive process. An experienced quantity surveyor can take two to five days to produce a BOQ for a medium-sized commercial project. Small architecture firms often cannot afford dedicated QS staff. The work gets done by the architect, who is not a quantity surveyor, or it gets estimated roughly, which leads to discrepancies that surface during construction.
Archily Studio changes the economics of that process.
What Archily Studio Does
Archily Studio is a web-based platform that accepts architectural drawing files, analyzes them using AI, and produces a structured Bill of Quantities in minutes. Upload the drawings, specify the project parameters, and receive a formatted BOQ with material quantities, unit specifications, and line-item cost estimates.
The output is not a rough estimate. It is a structured document that a contractor can use for procurement planning, that a project manager can use for budget tracking, and that a client can use to compare bids. The AI handles the quantification work. The architect or project manager handles the review and adjustment.
The Technology Behind It
The core of Archily Studio is a multi-step AI pipeline. Drawing ingestion accepts standard architectural file formats. The analysis layer identifies structural elements, room configurations, material specifications from annotations, and dimensional data. The quantification engine converts spatial data into material quantities using construction industry standards. The output layer formats the results into a BOQ structure that matches Indonesian construction documentation conventions.
The platform runs on the same infrastructure as the rest of the Holixora stack: FastAPI backend, async processing for jobs that take more than a few seconds, PostgreSQL for persistent data, and a Next.js frontend designed for professional users.
Credits are the consumption model. Each project consumes credits based on drawing complexity. A simple residential floor plan costs fewer credits than a multi-story commercial complex. Users can purchase credit packages or subscribe for a monthly allocation. The pricing is designed to be a fraction of the cost of a manual QS engagement.
Who Uses It
The primary users are architecture firms, contractors, and project management consultants in Indonesia. The use cases vary by user type.
Architecture firms use Archily Studio during design development to estimate material quantities before the design is finalised. This catches scope creep early, before it becomes a budget problem. It also allows architects to offer BOQ generation as a service to clients without adding QS staff.
Contractors use it for bid preparation. When evaluating a new project, a quick AI-generated BOQ gives the estimating team a baseline to work from. The manual review and adjustment is still required, but the starting point is far more accurate than a back-of-envelope estimate.
Project management consultants use it for independent verification. Running an architect's BOQ through Archily Studio and comparing the outputs catches discrepancies that manual checking would miss.
The Current State and What Is Next
Archily Studio has 63 active users, has processed 553+ rendering jobs, and is live at archily.pro. The payment system is integrated with Stripe and Midtrans, supporting credit card, QRIS, and local bank transfers.
The next development phase focuses on output quality improvement, specifically the accuracy of quantity calculations for complex structural elements, and on expanding the file format support to cover more of the drawing formats in common use in Indonesia.
Longer term: a collaborative review interface that allows multiple stakeholders to annotate and adjust the AI-generated BOQ before finalisation, and integration with Indonesian construction cost databases for more accurate unit pricing.
If you work in Indonesian architecture or construction and want to see what Archily Studio does with your drawings, the platform is live at archily.pro. Start with a free account.