Construction resources

French Construction VAT Calculator

Find the applicable French VAT rate (5.5%, 10%, or 20%) based on property type and nature of work.

French BTP Labor Cost Calculator

An estimate of the loaded hourly cost of French construction labor, from your caisse's paid-leave rate and your employer contributions.

French BTP Price Revision Calculator

The revised price on a French contract from INSEE's BT/TP indices, formula Pn = P0 × (a + b × In/I0).

French Construction Delay Penalty Calculator

The delay penalty on a French site using the CCAG Travaux default formula.

French Construction Retention Guarantee Calculator

The retention guarantee (5% cap) and its release deadline after completion.

Markup vs Margin Calculator

Convert markup to margin and back, and price a job from cost and markup or from a target margin.

AIA G702 Pay Application Calculator

Contract sum to date, retainage on work and stored materials, and the current payment due, from a G703-style schedule of values.

Construction Estimate Template (Excel)

Line items by CSI MasterFormat division, material, labor and equipment costs, your markups and the bid total.

Bid Leveling Template (Excel)

Up to four subcontractor bids on one scope: plugs with basis and source, bond and tax, leveled totals, and a ranking marked final, provisional or not decided.

RFI Template (Excel)

A request for information form and an RFI log that counts days open and flags overdue answers.

Change Order Template (Excel)

Price a change, apply overhead, profit and bond, update the contract sum, and keep a change order log.

WH-347 Certified Payroll Checker

Check a certified payroll line by line: daily hours, overtime over 40, wage determination rates and fringe, gross and net.

Davis-Bacon Wage Calculator

The basic rate, the fringe credit with annualization, overtime on the basic rate, and any weekly shortfall for one worker.

Voltage Drop Calculator

Voltage drop for single-phase and three-phase circuits, copper or aluminum, from NEC Chapter 9 Table 8 or the K method.

Bid Leveling Calculator

Three to six subcontractor bids leveled to the same scope: plugs with their source, open items carried, bond and tax added, a ranking that says if it is final or provisional, CSV export.

Submittal Log Template (Excel)

Review periods by type in calendar or working days, each resubmission tracked, latest submit date from the on-site date, late flags.

Punch List Template (Excel)

One row per deficiency with location, trade, responsible sub, due date and status, days open and a summary by trade.

Daily Construction Report Template (Excel)

Weather, manpower by trade with hours, equipment, work performed, deliveries, inspections, delays and safety, plus a manpower log.

Schedule of Values Template (Excel)

Work completed, stored materials, retainage, balance to finish and the current payment due, on a generic continuation sheet.

How to Respond to a French Construction Tender

What the DCE contains, the 2026 thresholds and deadlines for French public works contracts, and how to avoid disqualification on form.

FIDIC Red Book: A Practical Notice and Claims Administration Guide

Time limits by edition (1999 and 2017), a notice register, an event matrix, the records to keep and a worked variation.

Electrical Takeoff from 2D Drawings: Workflow, Checklist and Quality Checks

Revision and scale control, legends, counts by zone and sheet, run length assumptions, reconciliation with the BOQ and a two-level review.

Electrical Home Run Calculation: How It's Done Manually and What Can Be Automated

Routes, verticals, makeup and waste, the voltage drop, fill and derating checks that length drives, a worked example and what software can take over.

How to Integrate an AI Document Workflow with Procore

Scope, permissions, field mapping, approvals and a parallel pilot, within the limits Procore's own API documentation sets.

How to Automate an Estimating Department: A Practical Guide

Map the workflow, pick the first one, prepare closed projects and cost codes, pilot on a bid already priced, define sign-off, measure and scale.

Estimating Under Pressure: A Bid Due Tomorrow, a Takeoff Backlog, an Estimator Leaving

Triage for a bid due tomorrow, how to sort a takeoff backlog, a handover checklist for a departing estimator, and the checks a person keeps.

How to Level Subcontractor Bids

Build the scope sheet, read lump sum, unit price and alternate bids, plug exclusions and silence, add tax and bond, and level three bids in a worked example.

Comparing Drawing Revisions: Impact on Quantities, Price and Scope

How to compare two drawing sets before bid: superseded, added and missing sheets, graphic or scope changes, addenda, and an impact matrix with a worked example.

Piping Takeoff from Isometric Drawings: MTO and Spool BOM

From isometrics to an MTO by size and spec and a spool BOM with cut lengths and welds: documents, conventions, revisions, traceability, a worked example.

NRM2 Bill of Quantities: Structure, Rules and NRM1 vs NRM2

Which NRM volume applies when, what an NRM2 bill contains, defined and undefined provisional sums, coding to the cost plan and the general measurement rules.

NEC4 Compensation Events and Early Warnings: The Process

Early warnings and the register, the 21 compensation events, the 8-week time bar, quotations, assessment, deemed acceptance and the Accepted Programme.

Bid Leveling

Takeoff & Estimating

Electrical Takeoff

Document Intelligence

Specification Review

Change Orders

RFI & Submittals

Progress Tracking

Plan Revision Comparison

Tender Response

Bill of Materials

Pay Applications

Golden Thread Compliance (UK)

NRM Quantity Surveying (UK)

NEC4 Contract Administration (UK)

CDM Compliance (UK)

CSI MasterFormat Extraction

Prevailing Wage Compliance

Piping Takeoff

Information Take-Off (ITO)

AI for Estimating Managers

AI for Quantity Surveyors