HOLIXORAA contractor in Bandung used to spend two to three days on every BOQ. His team opened the DWG, counted manually, cross-referenced specs, built the RAB line by line in Excel.
He uploaded his first drawing to Griya Studio.
The BOQ came back in four minutes. That week, he submitted three tender bids. He had previously managed one.
What Automatic BOQ Generation Does
A Bill of Quantities — or Rencana Anggaran Biaya — is the itemised cost breakdown required for every construction tender. Every material. Every element. Every unit of work.
Traditional preparation: 1-3 days per project. For firms handling concurrent projects, it becomes the bottleneck that limits how many bids you can submit.
Automatic BOQ generation removes that bottleneck. The AI reads the drawing, extracts structural and spatial data, and returns a formatted BOQ in minutes.
Step by Step: DWG to BOQ
Upload your drawing. DWG, PDF floor plan, or scanned JPG. The AI reads geometry, dimensions, annotations.
Confirm project type. Residential, commercial, or industrial. The AI applies the correct material categories and Indonesian cost standards.
Review the extracted BOQ. Itemised by category: structural works, finishing, MEP, external works. Edit and add line items before export.
Export. PDF for client submission or Excel for further editing. Formatted to standard Indonesian tender requirements.
Total time: 5 to 15 minutes depending on complexity.
Why This Changes How You Bid
If a BOQ takes two days, your team can respond to 10-12 tender opportunities per month at most.
With automated generation, that constraint disappears. The firms using this approach report more bids submitted, faster responses to client requests, fewer errors, and less overtime on bid preparation.
Speed is a qualification requirement before your design or price is even reviewed.
BOQ vs RAB
In Indonesian construction practice, these terms are sometimes used interchangeably.
BOQ: Focuses on quantities of materials and work items. Prepared by the design team. Used by contractors for pricing.
RAB: The full cost plan, including unit prices, labour, and overhead. The client-facing document.
Griya Studio generates the structured BOQ from your drawings. Most users add unit prices to create the RAB for submission. Future versions will include Indonesian market pricing benchmarks to automate that step as well.
Getting Started
Griya Studio offers 10 free credits at registration — enough to test with several real projects. No credit card required.
Test it with something real. Not a simple diagram. An actual project file you know well. That is the only honest way to evaluate whether the output meets your standard.