CivilQuants

Civil quantity take-off in CESMM4, NRM2, SMM7 & MMHW

CivilQuants turns parametric inputs into audit-traceable Bills of Quantities for civil engineering assemblies — culverts, manholes, retaining walls, pavements, drainage, earthworks — across four UK measurement standards (CESMM4, NRM2, SMM7, MMHW). Every quantity traces back to its formula, and you can export to Excel, DXF and PDF.

What you can ask

Paid tier only. Cut / fill, mass-haul, plant outputs, disposal economics, SHW Series 600. Anonymous callers get a TIER_INSUFFICIENT upsell body; paid callers get the full methodology. Sign up at https://civilquants.com/pricing.
Example path

MCP connector

Server URL: https://api.civilquants.com/mcp
Login: OAuth
Protocol: MCP 2025-11-25 · Interactive UI
Instructions: CivilQuants — QS-grade parametric estimating engine. Exposes 46 compute_<slug> tools (one per assembly), a tool for BoQ deliverables (Excel + Word), four project tools (, , , ) for paid-tier subscribers, and ten senior-QS skill methodologies (tender review + risk, QS measurement/contract advice, geotechnical + geo-environmental interpretation, earthworks, preliminaries, pavement design, subcontract analysis) reachable via the + tools (paid tier). The document-heavy skills require a code-execution client (Claude Code / Codex / VS Code) and the chunking pack from to run a real tender pack — on a chat connector you can read the methodology but cannot chunk/parse documents; the Word adjudication pack renders customer-side via word-report-base ( component='render'), not server-side. Anonymous callers may use the six free-tier compute tools (attenuation_tank, cantilever_wall, end_area_earthworks, gully, headwall, manhole) and the Excel render skill — all other tools return a TIER_INSUFFICIENT envelope until OAuth-based subscription resolution lights up. The free tier renders the MMHW standard only; CESMM4, NRM2 and SMM7 require a paid tier. Saved projects: creates a new project each call; to revise a parameter, fetch the stored assemblies with , amend them, call again (suffix the name, e.g. 'R02'), then recompute — takes no parameter overrides. In a later conversation, re-find saved work with or by exact name. Pass deliverables=["xlsx","dxf","pdf"] (any subset) on a compute call for one-shot download URLs: Excel BoQ (both tiers) plus dimensioned DXF + PDF drawing sheets (paid tier). For linear assemblies (pipe runs, kerbs, drains, barriers, channels), always confirm the run length with the user before computing — quantities scale directly with it and an unstated run length is the most common source of error. Read civilquants://intro for positioning and the free/paid boundary, and civilquants://catalogue for the full assembly picker with tiers. A compute response is large; pass output_mode='summary' or 'boq' to get a trimmed payload in chat (default returns the full result). For a procurement take-off (what to order — the aggregate quantity of each material, no priced bill), pass output_mode='material_schedule'. Trimmed modes null already-computed fields (the dimensioned drawing, the audit trail, sometimes the bill rows) to save tokens — that is paring, NOT a missing capability; _meta.output_mode lists what was omitted and the mode that returns it. Example: "Measure a 1200 mm manhole 3 m deep to MMHW." Not sure which tool to call? Describe the job in words and call — it routes you to the right assembly and lists the fields you'll need, then you call compute_<slug>.

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What you can ask

Paid tier only. Cut / fill, mass-haul, plant outputs, disposal economics, SHW Series 600. Anonymous callers get a TIER_INSUFFICIENT upsell body; paid callers get the full methodology. Sign up at https://civilquants.com/pricing.

Example path

MCP connector

Server URL

https://api.civilquants.com/mcp

OAuth

Protocol

MCP 2025-11-25 · Interactive UI

Instructions

CivilQuants — QS-grade parametric estimating engine. Exposes 46 compute_<slug> tools (one per assembly), a tool for BoQ deliverables (Excel + Word), four project tools (, , , ) for paid-tier subscribers, and ten senior-QS skill methodologies (tender review + risk, QS measurement/contract advice, geotechnical + geo-environmental interpretation, earthworks, preliminaries, pavement design, subcontract analysis) reachable via the + tools (paid tier). The document-heavy skills require a code-execution client (Claude Code / Codex / VS Code) and the chunking pack from to run a real tender pack — on a chat connector you can read the methodology but cannot chunk/parse documents; the Word adjudication pack renders customer-side via word-report-base ( component='render'), not server-side. Anonymous callers may use the six free-tier compute tools (attenuation_tank, cantilever_wall, end_area_earthworks, gully, headwall, manhole) and the Excel render skill — all other tools return a TIER_INSUFFICIENT envelope until OAuth-based subscription resolution lights up. The free tier renders the MMHW standard only; CESMM4, NRM2 and SMM7 require a paid tier. Saved projects: creates a new project each call; to revise a parameter, fetch the stored assemblies with , amend them, call again (suffix the name, e.g. 'R02'), then recompute — takes no parameter overrides. In a later conversation, re-find saved work with or by exact name. Pass deliverables=["xlsx","dxf","pdf"] (any subset) on a compute call for one-shot download URLs: Excel BoQ (both tiers) plus dimensioned DXF + PDF drawing sheets (paid tier). For linear assemblies (pipe runs, kerbs, drains, barriers, channels), always confirm the run length with the user before computing — quantities scale directly with it and an unstated run length is the most common source of error. Read civilquants://intro for positioning and the free/paid boundary, and civilquants://catalogue for the full assembly picker with tiers. A compute response is large; pass output_mode='summary' or 'boq' to get a trimmed payload in chat (default returns the full result). For a procurement take-off (what to order — the aggregate quantity of each material, no priced bill), pass output_mode='material_schedule'. Trimmed modes null already-computed fields (the dimensioned drawing, the audit trail, sometimes the bill rows) to save tokens — that is paring, NOT a missing capability; _meta.output_mode lists what was omitted and the mode that returns it. Example: "Measure a 1200 mm manhole 3 m deep to MMHW." Not sure which tool to call? Describe the job in words and call — it routes you to the right assembly and lists the fields you'll need, then you call compute_<slug>.

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