<p>They see exactly what it says: a Bill of Quantities, the itemized list of materials, labor, equipment, and costs behind a bid. In construction estimating, &quot;BOQ&quot; isn&#39;t jargon — it&#39;s the document that separates a real number from a guess. Anyone reviewing a proposal, whether it&#39;s a GC, an owner&#39;s rep, or your own PM, reads a BOQ as proof you know what you&#39;re building and what it costs to build it.</p> <p>That&#39;s the standard BidLight is built around. Export your Revit model, and two AI models read the geometry and metadata to classify BOQ line items automatically, at roughly 86% accuracy, then price each one against a database of about $30,000 in current rates plus Craftsman, 1Build, and RSMeans data.</p> <p>What that means for the person reading your bid:</p> <ul><li><strong>Every line traces back to the model</strong> — not a spreadsheet someone eyeballed.</li><li><strong>Quantities update in real time</strong> as the design changes, so the BOQ never goes stale mid-negotiation.</li><li><strong>Labor, equipment, material, and time are broken out</strong>, not bundled into a lump-sum guess.</li><li><strong>Pricing is sourced</strong>, so line items hold up when someone asks &quot;where did this number come from.&quot;</li></ul> <p>Say &quot;BOQ&quot; with BidLight behind it, and what they see is a number you can defend, not a placeholder you hope nobody questions.</p>