KWIKest is a rate build-up tool for Contractors, Subcontractors and Quantity Surveyors. Make use of the built-in library with over 1000 built-up rates and materials, or create and maintain your own library. Materials and projects are all location based, so your pricing is project specific. Update your rates real time from your local suppliers, with your own specific labour rates. Apply building cost escalation to your rates, taking into account the programme of your project and specific items of work.
Import and export Bills of Quantities for pricing. Extract cost breakdowns and supplier shopping list, with online ordering.
From a blank project to a priced tender in minutes, not evenings.
Add your project name and location of the site. Define the start and completion dates. Define your monthly building cost escalation rate for the project.
Import the Bill of Quantities for your project, or manually add your own quantities from the takeoff or measurement pad.
Select your rates from the built-in library, or add your own unique rates. Enter the start and completion dates for each item.
Extract a cost breakdown for your project, split into labour, subcontracts, material, wastage, plant, delivery, sundries, profit/markup and provision for building cost escalation. Extract a shopping list by supplier.
Calculate and prepare monthly valuations, based on value of work executed.
Every number is editable. Every rate shows its working.
A complete library across earthworks, concrete, formwork, reinforcement, masonry, waterproofing, roofing, carpentry, ceilings, ironmongery, plastering, tiling, plumbing, paint and glazing. Change any figure or build your own.
Prices read straight from supplier websites and price lists for the town the job is in, converted to your VAT basis. Different sites, different prices, kept per project.
Give suppliers an address and delivery pricing, and every project shows costs including or excluding delivery to site.
Cart-away inside excavation, concrete inside slabs: link rates together and they stay in step when a price moves.
Enter percentage complete per item and see value to date and materials still to buy.
One subscription, as many logins as you need. Everyone works from the same library and projects.
Each build up, with its own labour category, labour output, materials, delivery and waste. Edit the standard library to suit your company and project requirements.
| Trade | Build-up | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Site & Earthworks | Clear site - by hand | m2 |
| Site & Earthworks | Excavate for trenches < 800mm wide | m3 |
| Concrete | 20MPa in Footings - Premixed | m3 |
| Concrete | 25MPa in Surface Beds - Premixed | m3 |
| Reinforcement | Mesh Reinforcing 193 | m2 |
| Masonry | Half-Brick wall in superstructure (GF) | m2 |
| Masonry | Extra over brickwork for facings — Topaz Satin | m2 |
| Alterations | Hack up existing floor tiling & screed | m2 |
| Tiling | Lay ceramic floor and wall tiles (labour Only) | m2 |
| Carpentry & Joinery | Double hollow core door | No |
| Carpentry & Joinery | Meranti framed, ledged & braced door, hung | door |
| Ceilings & Partitions | Polystyrene Cornice 75mm | m |
| Roof Coverings | IBR Roof Sheeting | m2 |
| Roof Coverings | Concrete Roof Tiles | m2 |
| Plumbing | Gutter 125x100mm, galvanised steel | m |
| Plumbing | Downpipe 100mm, galvanised steel | m |
| Waterproofing | Torch-on bitumen membrane 4mm (e.g. Derbigum) | m2 |
| Masonry | Dampcourse | m2 |
| Paintwork | PVA emulsion, two coats, to plastered surfaces | m2 |
| Paintwork | Enamel paint on timber | m2 |
| Masonry | Precast concrete wall 2.1m high | m |
| Masonry | Clay paving bricks on sand bed | m2 |
| Waterproofing | Fibreglass waterproofing to planters | m2 |
| Alterations | Remove sanitary fitting (toilet, basin, urinal) | No |
| Alterations | Demolish one brick wall | m2 |
| Carpentry & Joinery | Supply and erect timber roof trusses | m2 |
| Alterations | Take off and remove timber roof trusses | m2 |
| Paintwork | Paint to structural steelwork | kg |
| Masonry | Build in steel window not exceeding 5m2 | m2 |
| Site & Earthworks | Strip 150mm topsoil and stock pile | m2 |
| Site & Earthworks | Cart away surplus rubble | m3 |
| Site & Earthworks | Cart Away By Wheel Barrow | m3 |
| Site & Earthworks | Cart away surplus earthfilling < 8km radius | m3 |
| Site & Earthworks | Excavate for trenches > 800mm wide | m3 |
| Site & Earthworks | Excavate for bases ne 2m deep | m3 |
| Site & Earthworks | Bulk Excavation to reduce levels to stock pile | m3 |
| Site & Earthworks | Bulk Excavation to reduce levels to spoil | m3 |
| Site & Earthworks | Back excavate to vertical sides n.e 2m | m3 |
| Site & Earthworks | Back excavate to vertical sides exc 2m | m3 |
| Site & Earthworks | Earthfilling around foundations | m3 |
Every plan starts with 14 days free. Prices exclude VAT. Scans beyond a plan's allowance cost R3 each, so you're never stopped mid-job.
R449 / month
For the sole trader pricing his own jobs
R1,299 / month
For the small builder with an estimator or site manager
R2,999 / month
For the established contractor with a tender office
from R6,500 / month
For QS practices, developers and assessors
Every plan starts as a free demo — one rate build-up per trade, your own rates and projects, no card. Subscribing unlocks the full library; payments are processed securely by Paystack and you can change plan or cancel at any time.
KWIKest reads prices from the websites and price lists of building suppliers that serve the project's town, and from any price list a supplier gives you. Every imported price shows its source and when it was read, and you can override any of them.
Yes — every labour output, material quantity, waste percentage and sundry is editable, and you can copy a rate for one project only so the library stays intact.
Everything KWIKest does — projects, take-off, bills of quantities, cost breakdowns, purchase lists — with one rate build-up per trade from the KWIKest library, 20 price scans a month and no AI features. It never expires and nothing is charged. Subscribe under Team & billing and the full library of rates unlocks straight away; your own rates and projects stay as they are.
The person who signed up is the account owner. Under Team they set how many logins the company has and invite people by email. Each login is added to the monthly bill.
Data is stored per company in a managed database, with passwords hashed and card details held by Paystack — KWIKest never sees your card number.
Free demo, no card, no time limit. Subscribe for the full library when you're ready.
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