# Construction Budget Planner

Build a bill of quantities with labour, taxes and contingency.

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Category: Construction

A bill of quantities turns a construction budget into costs you can check line by line.

Enter material and labour quantities with quoted rates, then add applicable taxes and contingency. Keep existing allowances out of later rows to avoid counting them twice.

## Inputs and controls

* Project name
* Labour total (PKR). Allowed range: 0 to 1000000000. Optional. Enter your own supplier quote.
* Transport total (PKR). Allowed range: 0 to 1000000000. Optional. Enter your own supplier quote.
* Tax on entered material subtotal (%). Allowed range: 0 to 100
* Contingency on subtotal plus tax (%). Allowed range: 0 to 100
* Material
* Unit
* Quantity. Allowed range: 0 to 100000000
* Unit rate (PKR). Allowed range: 0 to 1000000000. Optional. Enter your own supplier quote.

## How to use

* Enter project name.

* Enter labour total, transport total, tax on entered material subtotal and contingency on subtotal plus tax.

* Add the entries in material bill of quantities as separate rows. Include material, unit, quantity and unit rate for each row.

* Select Calculate estimate. Read the returned values alongside the assumptions below before copying, exporting or acting on the result.


## Why use this tool

The item schedule makes it easier to update one changing supplier quote without rebuilding the entire budget.


## Before relying on the result

A manually entered bill of quantities. It does not infer material quantities from house size.


## Tool limitations

A manually entered bill of quantities. It does not infer material quantities from house size.

## Questions

### Will the tool infer quantities from my house size?

No. Quantities are entered manually. Use measured schedules or the relevant quantity tools before adding items to the budget.

### What should I check before using Construction Budget Planner?

Check Project name, Labour total, Transport total and Tax on entered material subtotal. Use the exact units shown beside the controls and replace any example values with your own inputs.

Source page last modified (UTC): 2026-10-01T14:08:57+00:00

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