Documentation
How QSNAPP works, module by module — written for the surveyor with the project open beside them.
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Estimates
Elemental estimates, in the order the tabs appear in the app.
Getting startedVersion controlEvery estimate is a version. This is where versions are created, compared and promoted, so a revision can be priced without disturbing the one already issued.Pricing the worksRatesThe rates an estimate is priced from: the platform's standard rates, your organisation's own, and the copy this project works off.Pricing the worksArea scheduleThe areas the estimate is measured against — construction area, lettable area, unit counts — recorded per location and totalled. It is the denominator behind every cost per m².Pricing the worksElemental breakdownHow an estimate is priced: elements, components, the composition behind a rate, and pricing it from the rate sheet.AdjustmentsPreliminariesSite establishment, supervision and the other time-related costs carried across the works.AdjustmentsContingenciesAllowances held against risk and design development, as a sum or a percentage of the works.AdjustmentsEscalationWhat the works are expected to cost by the time they are built, rather than at today's rates.AdjustmentsProfessional feesConsultant fees, including the statutory ASAQS scales, calculated off the works cost.What it adds up toReturn on investmentWhat the development returns against what it costs to build.Around the estimatePrint and exportThe estimate as a document: which sections print, how each is laid out, and the runs that have been produced.
Not written up yet: Total project cost, Cash flow, Notes, Settings.
Moving to QSNAPP
Bring your libraries and projects across from WinQS.
Across the project
From tender through to the final account, and the modules beside them.
QuantitiesSoon
Bills of quantities measured and priced item by item.TendersSoon
Issuing the bills, receiving bids, and comparing them.Variation ordersSoon
Changes to the contract works, priced and approved.ValuationsSoon
Interim valuations and payment certificates.Cash flowsSoon
The contract sum spread over the programme.Final accountsSoon
Closing out the contract: the agreed final sum.StorageSoon
Where a project's files and drawings are kept.AdvisorsSoon
The AI assistants that work alongside each stage.ManageSoon
Chat, time, schedule and site visits.MeasureSoon
The drawing register, on-screen take-off and measurement notes.Resources
Reference material and help.