If you’re building a residential house in Nepal and want a clear cost breakdown, a BOQ (Bill of Quantities) is the fastest way to bring structure to your budget.
This post includes a free BOQ sample template for civil works with standard items like earthwork, PCC, RCC, steel reinforcement, brickwork, plaster, flooring, paint, waterproofing, elevation works, and more.
You can use this BOQ to:
- compare contractor quotations fairly
- track quantities and variations during construction
- control “extra works” and avoid budget leakage
- understand where your money is actually going item-by-item
What’s inside the BOQ template?
This BOQ is structured like a practical site BOQ with columns:
- Site Location = XYZ (replace with your project location)
- S.No.
- Item
- Works Description
- Unit (cft / sqft / sft / kg / rft / Ls)
- Rate (with material)
- Quantity
- Amount
- Remarks
Formula:
Amount = Rate × Quantity
Download the Free BOQ (Google Sheet)
Download / View (Free):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14tIzQIMpD5zbvqLkqYkAHA8dLLK1tKBY/edit?gid=1255751443#gid=1255751443
Tip: Open the sheet → File → Make a copy to edit your own version.
How to use this BOQ (step-by-step)
- Set your Site Location (e.g., “XYZ – Bhaktapur”, “XYZ – Lalitpur”)
- Enter quantities based on your drawings (or measured on site)
- Fill rates (labour + material) based on your local market and brand choices
- Keep remarks for assumptions (cement brand, steel grade, tile type, thickness, mix ratio, etc.)
- Track changes/variations during construction (extra quantities, revised rates)
BOQ of Civil Works (Sample Item List)
Below is the same BOQ structure you can expect in the sheet. (Rates and quantities are intentionally left blank so you can customize by location and design.)
1.0 Earth Work
1.1 Earth Work in excavation in foundation, etc. including dressing of sides, lift up to 2.00 m, stacking of excavated materials beyond 2.00 m, clear from the edge of excavation within a lead of 50.00 m.
- a) Ordinary Soil (lift upto 2m) — Unit: cft
2.0 Filling Work
2.1 Earth Filling including watering, ramming all complete. Earth to be supplied from site within 50m distance from the place of filling — Unit: cft
2.2 Backfilling of soil up to plinth level including curing and ramming work all complete as per instruction — Unit: cft
3.0 Soling Work
- Soling Work — Unit: sqft
4.0 Concrete Work (P.C.C)
Providing and laying machine mixed P.C.C in nominal mix (volumetric proportion 1:3:6) including side shuttering, compaction, levelling, curing etc. as per drawings.
- P.C.C – Nominal Mix (1:3:6) — Unit: cft
5.0 R.C.C Work (Design Mix)
Providing and laying machine mixed / machine vibrated P.C.C in design mix in columns, beams, raft, slabs, lintels, sill, bed blocks etc. including ramming, levelling, curing etc. excluding formwork and reinforcement.
- M20 (Design Mix) — Unit: cft
(Only 20mm down coarse aggregates should be used.)
6.0 Reinforcement Steel
Providing and fixing Fe500 steel reinforcement in RCC works including straightening, cutting, bending, binding with 20 SWG annealed wire as per drawings and specifications.
- Fe500 reinforcement — Unit: kg
(Lapping, chairs & spacers as per joint measurement at site.)
7.0 Formwork / Shuttering
Providing, fabricating, erecting, centering and shuttering of plywood formwork in slabs, beams, shear walls, stairs etc. including bracing, propping, de-shuttering at all levels.
- Formwork — Unit: sft
8.0 Masonry Work (Brick Work)
Providing and laying brickwork at all heights including scaffolding, curing, raking joints, recesses, openings, toothing etc. as per drawings.
- 8.1 9″ thick chimney made brickwork in 1:5 cement mortar (Foundation / Superstructure) — Unit: cft
- 8.2 5″ thick chimney made brickwork in 1:4 cement mortar (Superstructure) — Unit: sqft
9.0 Door Frame
Providing and fixing salwood timber frames for doors as per drawings including fixing materials.
- Door frame — Unit: cft
10.0 UPVC Door and Window
- 10.1 UPVC doors/windows (sliding) with 5mm clear float glass including 50% flymesh (SS wiremesh) as per drawing — Unit: sft
- 10.2 Door panels comprised of 1mm mica, SS hinges, lock, handle etc. — Unit: sft
11.0 Flooring Work (Cement Punning with Screeding)
Providing and laying 3mm neat cement punning with screed of 50–75mm thickness in 1:4 cement mortar.
- a) Flooring — Unit: sqft
12.0 Granite Flooring
Providing and laying granite of approved colour/pattern including cement mortar base (1:3) over screed thickness in 1:4, joint filling with white cement and pigment.
- a) Flooring — Unit: sqft
13.0 Ceramic Tile Floor (Toilets/Bathrooms)
Supplying and laying porcelain non-glaze tile with 1:4 cement-sand mortar with border for toilets/bathrooms (Flooring Type-F2).
- Brand: Laminar / Kajaria / Nitco / equivalent
- Unit: sqft
14.0 Finishing Work (Cement Plaster)
Cement plaster inner walls 12–18mm & outer walls 18–24mm in proper line, level and plumb.
- 14.1 Inner plaster work — Unit: sqft
- 14.2 Outer plaster work — Unit: sqft
15.0 Painting Work
- 15.1 Wall putty + primer + minimum two coats paint including scaffolding — Unit: sqft
- 15.2 Chapra polish on wooden surface — Unit: rft
- 15.3 3mm thick putty on ceiling of all slab — Unit: sqft
16.0 Staircase / Railing Work
- 16.1 SS railing with wooden top — Unit: rft
- 16.2 Metal hand rails for top floor metal stair (including paint) — Unit: rft
- 16.3 Metal staircase for terrace access — Unit: Ls (Lump sum)
17.0 Iron Railing (Golden Paint)
Providing and installing iron railing at front elevation including painting, installation equipment, as per design.
- Unit: rft
18.0 Waterproofing Work
Waterproofing at lower terrace, upper terrace and washroom walls as per specification.
- Unit: sqft
19.0 Elevation Work
- 19.1 Cornice work in plaster incl. scaffolding — Unit: rft
- 19.2 Face brick work and filling gaps with surkhi — Unit: sqft
- 19.3 Elevation materials (tiles, lighting, panels etc.) incl. scaffolding — Unit: Ls
Total & Add-ons (Typical Estimation Method)
Your sheet can also include summary lines like:
- Total Amount (Excluding VAT)
- Sanitary work @ 5% of total cost
- Electrical work @ 5% of total cost
- Grand Total (Excluding VAT)
(Percentages vary by design/specs—use as a rough placeholder unless you have detailed MEP BOQ.)
Important notes (so you don’t misuse a BOQ)
- Rates change by location (Kathmandu vs outside valley), floor height, access road, labour availability, brand selections, and season.
- Always add a contingency for variation/extra works (common in residential builds).
- If you want accurate numbers, quantities must come from drawings + measurement, not guessing.
Need help filling this BOQ from your drawings?
If you send me your floor plan + structural concept + location, I can guide you on:
- what quantities to measure first
- where BOQs usually miss items
- how to compare contractor quotations item-by-item
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1) What is BOQ in house construction?
BOQ is a Bill of Quantities—an itemized list of work items with unit, quantity, rate, and total amount.
2) Is this BOQ enough for full house cost?
This template covers civil works. You’ll still need sanitary, electrical, and sometimes detailed finishing/interior BOQ depending on scope.
3) Can I share this BOQ with my contractor?
Yes. It’s best used to make scope clear and reduce confusion during billing and variations.
