Site-wide setup costs before any real construction starts. These are usually one traced item each, not repeated per room.

Anything put up purely to support construction itself and removed afterward — shares its item with Preliminaries' temporary fencing.

Where an area figure alone isn't enough for pricing, use the volume version and answer the thickness question for a proper m³.

Trace the excavation footprint once for the area, or use the volume item and answer the depth question if the rate is priced per m³ instead of per m².

Centre-line length items are for BOQ description/reference; the volume items (with width/depth or cross-section questions) are what actually gets priced.

DPC runs along a wall's length; DPM covers a whole floor area — pick whichever matches how the item is actually specified.

Covers everything from blinding to columns. The plain area/length items are for reference; the volume-producing ones (columns, beams, slabs) are what you'll price against.

The Grid Layout Tool lays out a bar/mesh pattern for you to trace against — genuinely useful for anything on a regular spacing, not just reinforcement.

One item per face you're shuttering — column sides, beam sides, or a slab soffit traced flat.

Members are billed by length; columns by count — the same distinction as concrete's frame items.

Smaller-scale than Steelwork — railings and balustrades by length, gates and grilles by count.

The general wall centre-line item — Blockwork below has the more commonly-used area version for actual pricing.

Wall Area is the one you'll use most often. The Volume version exists for when a rate is priced per m³ rather than per m² — it asks for both height and thickness.

Same mechanic as Blockwork's Wall Area — length × height, with a matching angled version for non-straight runs.

Roof Covering applies your roof's pitch automatically so the traced flat area comes out as the true sloped area. Fascia and gutter are simple perimeter lengths.

A straightforward count — one click per window.

Two items depending on context: the general Door count, or External Door specifically if your BOQ prices those separately.

For when glazing is priced by area rather than by count — traces the same way as a wall area, asking for height.

Coving/cornice is the only dedicated item — for plastering wall surfaces themselves, reuse Blockwork's or Brickwork's Wall Area with the finish noted in the item name.

Two ways in: trace the wall length and answer the height question, or trace the rendered area directly if that's easier for the shape you're looking at.

A direct floor area trace — no extra questions needed.

Same as Screeding — trace the floor or wall area to be tiled directly.

A direct area trace of the ceiling plan.

This one's priced, not just measured — trace the area and you'll be asked for a price per m² so the line total comes out already calculated.

A direct area trace, same idea as Screeding and Ceilings.

The broadest category here — skirting by length, external doors and cupboards by count, worktops by area, fitted units by run length.

Sanitary fittings (WC, sink, basin) are counted; supply pipe runs are traced by length, with pipe diameter recorded for the description.

Gullies and manholes are counted; the pipe run itself is traced by length with its diameter noted, same pattern as Plumbing.

Points and outlets are counted; cable tray or conduit runs are traced by length.

Ductwork by length (with duct size recorded), units and diffusers by count.

Both items here are simple counts — sprinkler heads and fire points/extinguishers.

Paving by area, kerbs and boundary fencing by length — the general-purpose external items that don't fit a more specific category.

A direct area trace for soft planting/landscaped zones.

The catch-all — for anything not covered above, use the bare Area/Linear/Segment/Count tool with a custom name, and select "Other" as the Activity when saving.

Foundation-stage activities. Most have both a straight (Linear) and an angled (Segment) version — use whichever matches the actual trench/footing shape — plus Area-based alternatives for pad-style excavations traced as a footprint rather than a run.

Frame, walls, and openings. Beams, reinforcement, DPC, and both block thicknesses have Angled (Segment) versions for non-straight runs. Lintels and stairs also have a Count version — one click per opening or flight, using a standard size, instead of tracing each individually.

Trusses and downpipes are counted, not measured in length — that's a deliberate choice, not a gap, since they're genuinely discrete items. Facia, ridge capping, and rain gutters are traced by length, with Angled versions for hipped or multi-pitch roofs.

Skirting, with a straight and an Angled version for irregular room shapes.

Pipe runs (already covered elsewhere in Help) plus every fixture that's counted rather than measured — WC suites, basins, sinks, showers, valves, and water heaters.

The fixtures counted rather than measured by length — sockets, switches, light fittings, distribution boards, and ceiling fans. Conduit and cable runs are covered under the main activity guide above.

Trench Excavation Volume − (Concrete in Trench + Volume of Block Wall)

(Remaining Trench Excavated Material) + Topsoil Excavation + Pit Excavation

Two ways in: from the drawing itself in the Takeoff Workspace — pick Grid Origin, Place Column, Place Beam, Place Footing, Place Wall, Place Slab, Place Lintel, or Place Stair from the Structural tools, click (or click-click for beams/walls/lintels/slabs) where it belongs on the drawing, and the same full member form — Mark, size, grade, cover, and bar schedule — opens right there so it's saved as a real member in one go, no separate trip needed. Or start directly on this page — pick a Member Type, fill in its dimensions (or load a saved template, or arrive here already filled in via "Send to Structural Takeoff" from a General Takeoff trace), give it a Member Mark (convention: B1/B2 for beams, C1/C2 for columns, F1/F2 for footings — whatever scheme matches your drawings), and add its bar schedule.

Grid Origin is optional but worth setting up first if you're placing several members — it's entirely a canvas tool, not something configured on this page: from the Takeoff Workspace, pick Grid Origin, then drag a guide down from the drawing's top edge for each vertical/column grid line (A, B, C…) and in from the left edge for each horizontal/beam grid line (1, 2, 3…). Once set, every member you place afterward automatically records its nearest grid position (e.g. "near C/4") — nothing about the grid itself appears here on Structural Takeoff, only its effect on each member's recorded position.

Add one row per bar mark — a common convention is B1/B2 for bottom bars, T1/T2 for top bars, L1/L2 for links/stirrups. Each row picks a BS8666 shape code (Straight, L-Bar, U-Bar/Stirrup, Cranked, Closed Link, or one of three hooked shapes), shows a small diagram of that shape, and calculates cutting length, total length, and weight automatically — bend deductions use 2× bar diameter per 90° bend, hooks use the standard 9× bar diameter 180° hook allowance.

A single schedule combining every member's bar marks, grouped by member with a subtotal each, plus a project-wide total reinforcement weight. Exports to CSV or print.

For a member type that isn't one of the built-in ones — define your own variables (e.g. "width", "depth"), write a concrete volume formula and an optional formwork area formula in terms of those variables, test it against sample numbers, then save it. It appears in the Member Type list on every project from then on, right alongside the built-in types.

On a General or Structural Takeoff, select a completed measurement and use "Send to Estimation" — it opens the Calculation Workspace with that quantity ready to use. Pick the matching activity there and the field fills in automatically.